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Snapshot 0 · 2026-11-04T12:47:28Z · Swift · MIT

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The automatic work journal/time tracker. Privately turns your screen into a timeline of what you actually accomplished. Open-source and local-first.

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  <img src="docs/images/dayflow_header.png" alt="Dayflow" width="380">

  <p><strong>A private, automatic work journal for Mac.</strong></p>

  <p>
    Dayflow understands the work you do on your Mac and turns it into a clear timeline of your day.
    Built from the ground up for privacy, it’s open source, local-first, and can run entirely with local AI.
  </p>

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## Automatic Timeline

Dayflow turns raw screen activity into a chronological timeline of what you actually did, so you can reconstruct the day without timers or manual notes.

<p align="center">
  <img src="docs/images/hero_animation_1080p.gif" alt="Dayflow automatic timeline view" width="900">
</p>

## Daily Standup

See a GitHub-style activity grid of your day, plus yesterday's highlights, today's priorities, and blockers, so you can walk into standup with the update already written.

<p align="center">
  <img src="docs/images/daily.png" alt="Dayflow daily workflow and standup view" width="900">
</p>

## Weekly Review

See your week at a glance: when you were focused, where time went, which apps dominated, and what pulled you off track.

<p align="center">
  <img src="docs/images/weekly.png" alt="Dayflow weekly analytics view" width="900">
</p>

## Chat With Your Work Journal

Ask questions about your day/week/year and get answers grounded in your timeline instead of digging through notes, screenshots, or memory.

<p align="center">
  <img src="docs/images/chat.gif" alt="Dayflow chat feature answering questions about your workday" width="900">
</p>

## What Dayflow Does

Dayflow runs quietly on your Mac and builds a useful record of your day from your screen activity.

| Feature | How it works | Why it's useful |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Automatic timeline | Dayflow captures lightweight screen chunks, analyzes them with your chosen AI provider, and turns the day into activity cards. | You get an accurate work journal without starting timers or writing notes. |
| Context-aware summaries | It looks at what you were actually doing on screen, not just which app was active. | Cursor, Chrome, YouTube, or Slack become meaningful work context instead of vague app usage. |
| Daily standup | Dayflow pulls yesterday's highlights, today's tasks, and blockers from your timeline. | You can write updates in minutes and stop relying on memory. |
| Chat with your work journal | Ask natural-language questions about your timeline and recent activity. | You can recover details, explain where time went, and turn raw activity into useful answers. |
| Weekly review | It aggregates your timeline into focus patterns, categories, app usage, and interaction graphs. | You can see where the week actually went and spot the habits that helped or hurt. |
| Distraction tracking | Dayflow identifies distracting sessions and shows them alongside focused work. | You can catch drift early without manually labeling every break. |
| Timeline export | Export your timeline as Markdown for any date range. | Useful for status updates, client notes, personal reviews, or saving a searchable record. |
| Local-first storage | Recordings, timeline data, and the app database stay on your Mac by default. | You stay in control of sensitive screen history and can delete it whenever you want. |
| AI provider choice | Use local models, Gemini, ChatGPT, or Claude depending on your privacy and quality needs. | You can trade off privacy, cost, speed, and summary quality instead of being locked into one backend. |
| Automatic cleanup | Configure storage limits and let Dayflow purge old recordings automatically. | You get the value of a work journal without filling your disk forever. |

## Why People Use It

Most time trackers tell you which app was open. Dayflow tries to understand what you were doing.

Cursor for two hours could mean shipping a feature, debugging auth, reviewing a PR, or getting lost in setup. Dayflow gives you the context, not just the window title.

## Privacy

Dayflow is local-first and open source.

Your recordings, timeline, and database live on your Mac at:

```text
~/Library/Application Support/Dayflow/
```

You choose how AI analysis runs:

- Local models through Ollama or LM Studio
- Gemini with your own API key
- ChatGPT or Claude through their local CLI tools

If you choose a cloud provider, activity data needed for analysis is sent to that provider. If you choose local models, analysis stays on your machine.

## Install

### Download

Download the latest `Dayflow.dmg` from GitHub Releases:

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  <a href="https://www.dayflow.so/api/download?source=github_readme_install">
    <img src="docs/images/download_dayflow_button.png" alt="Download Dayflow for Mac" width="352">
  </a>
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Open the DMG, drag Dayflow into Applications, then grant macOS Screen & System Audio Recording permission when prompted.

### Homebrew

```bash
brew install --cask dayflow
```

## Requirements

- macOS 14+
- Screen & System Audio Recording permission
- Optional: Gemini API key, Ollama, LM Studio, Codex CLI, or Claude Code depending on your preferred AI provider

## Build From Source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/JerryZLiu/Dayflow.git
cd Dayflow
open Dayflow/Dayflow.xcodeproj
```

Select the Dayflow scheme in Xcode and run it.

## Contributing

Issues and pull requests are welcome. If you are planning a larger change, open an issue first so the scope is clear.

## License

Dayflow is licensed under the MIT License.

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