Daily — A task management application focused on productivity, minimalism, and convenience. ✨
The idea came from my habit of organizing daily tasks in markdown, like:
## Tuesday, Dec 17
- [x] Deploy to staging
- [ ] Write documentation
- [ ] Plan next sprint
## Monday, Dec 16
- [x] Review pull requests
- [x] Team standup meeting
- [ ] Complete feature implementationI typically maintain my tasks organized by days, which allows me to revisit and track progress later.
This stems from the standard workflow requirement: "What I did yesterday, what I'm doing today" 📊
No bloat. No accounts. No complexity. Just a lightweight, local-first tool to help me stay on track, one day at a time.
- Day-centric workflow 📅 — organize tasks by date, focus on what matters today
- Calendar navigation — jump to any day, review past work, plan ahead
- Fuzzy search 🔍 — find any task instantly with intelligent fuzzy matching that handles typos
- Rich task content 📝 — markdown formatting, embedded images, file attachments
- Time tracking ⏱️ — estimate how long tasks will take, track actual time spent
- Focus timer 🪟 — dedicated timer window to stay concentrated on one task
- Quick retrospectives — see what you did yesterday, plan what you'll do today
- Smart organization 🏷️ — group tasks by project, priority, or context with tags
- Beautiful themes 🎨 — choose from 9+ UI themes to match any style
- iCloud sync ☁️ — optional cross-device synchronization for seamless workflow
- Local-first 📁 — everything stored locally, works completely offline
- Keyboard shortcuts ⌨️ — navigate and manage tasks without touching your mouse
See Daily in action with these feature demonstrations:
Daily stores everything locally on Mac — no accounts, no mandatory cloud dependency, no subscription fees.
Create tasks with everything you need:
- 📝 Markdown formatting — headers, lists, links, code blocks
- 🖼️ Images & Screenshots — paste images directly with
Cmd+Vor drag & drop - ⏱️ Time Tracking — set estimates and track actual time spent
- 🏷️ Tags — organize tasks by project, priority, or context
- 🔒 Private by Default — tasks stay on the device unless sync is enabled
✈️ Always Available — work offline anytime, no internet required- 💰 Zero Cost — no required subscriptions or storage fees
- 🛡️ Safe & Reliable — automatic conflict prevention, no data loss
- 📦 Easy Backup — simple export for backups or migration
- ☁️ Optional Sync — enable iCloud sync when cross-device access is needed
- Voice to task 🎤 — voice recording to task
Note
macOS Only: Daily currently supports only macOS. While built with Electron (which supports cross-platform deployment), this is a personal project and I don't have Windows or Linux systems available for proper testing and support (or I'm just lazy 🤷♂️).
- Go to Releases
- Download the
.dmgfile for macOS
Note
The app is currently not signed or notarized:
- macOS will show a Gatekeeper warning. Follow the terminal instructions below to remove quarantine.
This is intentional, as Daily is open-source and not distributed through centralized stores.
You can either:
- Open the downloaded
.dmg - Drag Daily.app to Applications
- Run this in terminal:
xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Daily.app
Or quick install via terminal:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scheron/Daily/main/scripts/install/install-mac.sh | shIf installed via terminal script, update using:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scheron/Daily/main/scripts/install/update-mac.sh | shOr just download the latest version from the Releases page.
Enjoy using Daily — organize tasks, own the days. ☀️