Mountains
A Rust terminal application for trail runners who want to improve generally while focusing more intensely on vertical gain. It is a daily training log for the command line: nutrition, body measurements, miles, elevation gain, strength and mobility work, and free-form notes. Streak tracking nudges you toward 1,000+ feet of climbing a day.
Why I built it
Trail running is where I experience mindfulness and motivation to live a healthy lifestyle. As a person building software, the terminal is where I already spend my working day. I wanted a log that lives in that same place: no browser tab, no account, no friction. Open a terminal, record the day, get a gentle push to chase elevation. Building this tool was also a chance to go deep on Rust and TUI development.
Key features
- Daily entries for nutrition, body measurements, miles, elevation gain, strength and mobility work, and notes
- Streak tracking for 1,000+ feet of daily vert, with monthly and yearly totals on the start screen
- Offline-first: a local libsql database at
~/.mountains/, no connection required - Optional Turso cloud sync, configured in-app and synced in the background on startup and quit
- Markdown backups of every day's entry, readable outside the app
Tech notes
Written in Rust with ratatui and crossterm for the terminal interface, and tokio for async background sync. Data persistence is libsql, the same engine locally and in Turso Cloud, so sync is opt-in rather than required. Installed with cargo install; the app creates and manages its own ~/.mountains/ directory.
I’ll continue refining the app as I use it in my own training.