Installation

Install the CLI with npm:

npm install -g swelog-cli

Confirm the installation:

swelog --help

Requirements

• Obsidian — swelog writes all of its files into an Obsidian vault.
• Node.js 22 or newer — required by the npm package installer.

Optional

• A summarization provider — Ollama running locally, or an API key for OpenAI or OpenRouter. see swelog summarize for more information.
• Integration credentials — a GitHub token, or a Linear or Google Calendar authorization. see swelog fetch for more information.

Once installed, continue to the Quick Start.