Daily

Daily is an AI-powered task manager focused on productivity, minimalism, aesthetics, and day-to-day planning.

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Overview

Daily is built around a simple question: What did I do yesterday, and what matters today?

It combines day-based planning, fast task operations, and an execution-focused AI assistant in a local-first app for macOS.

Core Principles

• Day-first workflow: tasks are organized by date, not buried in endless lists.
• Local-first architecture: your data stays on your Mac and works offline.
• Action over chat: AI is built to execute operations, not just answer questions.

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Features

Plan your day

Tasks are grouped by day, with fast date switching, month navigation (wheel/swipe), and keyboard-driven flow.

Organize work visually

Use both List and Board layouts. Empty columns can be hidden/collapsed, and tasks can be moved or reordered.

Context menu provides quick task actions without leaving the current view.

Projects/branches let you isolate task spaces. Switch branch in header, manage projects in Settings, move tasks across projects, and navigate from search with automatic branch switch.

Tasks can be rescheduled to another day in a few steps.

Capture rich task details

Task content supports markdown, file/image attachments, and tag-based organization.

Inline commands work in-editor: #tag adds, -#tag removes, with autocomplete.

Find and recover quickly

Fuzzy search scans all tasks, tolerates typos, and jumps directly to the target date.

Deleted tasks can be restored or permanently removed.

Stay local, sync when needed

iCloud sync is optional. The app remains local-first and fully usable offline.

UI customization includes 9+ themes, including Glass UI.

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AI Assistant

Daily includes an in-app AI assistant that executes real operations in your workspace.

What it can do

The assistant performs real in-app operations: task CRUD, status updates, date-based search, batch actions, tag/time/attachment management, and day summaries.

Typical prompts

• "Create a task to review the PR tomorrow at 2pm"
• "I spent 2 hours on the documentation task"
• "Complete all my work tasks for today"
• "How's my day going?"

Model options

Both runtime modes are supported: local models and remote API models.

Local models	Remote models (OpenAI-compatible)
Run fully offline with llama.cpp	Use cloud models with your API key
Metal acceleration on macOS	No local model download required
Three curated local profiles: fast, balanced, quality	Access latest hosted models

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Privacy and Data Control

Daily stores data locally on your Mac by default.

• No account required
• No mandatory cloud dependency
• Works offline
• Optional iCloud sync
• Local-first storage with data integrity safeguards

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Platform Support

Note

macOS Only: Daily currently supports only macOS. While Electron supports cross-platform deployment, Windows/Linux builds are not officially supported yet due to limited testing coverage.(or I'm just lazy 🤷‍♂️).

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Installation

1. Open Releases
2. Download the latest macOS .dmg
3. Move Daily.app to Applications

If macOS blocks launch because the app is not notarized, run:

xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Daily.app

Quick install (optional):

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scheron/Daily/main/scripts/install/install-mac.sh | sh

Warning

curl | sh executes a remote script. Prefer the Releases package when possible, or review the script first.

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Updating

If installed via script, update with:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scheron/Daily/main/scripts/install/update-mac.sh | sh

Or download the latest release manually from Releases.