Installation

Requirements

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

Installation

Install the CLI with npm:

npm install -g swelog-cli

Note

You have to use npm, not any other package manager, or it won’t install the binary correctly

Confirm the installation:

swelog --help

Once installed, continue to the Quick Start.

WSL-specific configuration

WSL ships without a Secret Service provider, so Integrations fail until you install one.

Install the keyring and its manager:

sudo apt install gnome-keyring seahorse

Open the keyring manager:

seahorse

Create a new password keyring named login. Any password works, but your WSL user password is the easiest to remember.