Daylily for your desk.
One page a day, on macOS, Windows and Linux. No account, no cloud. Your journal is a folder on your machine.
Version 0.5.1 · October 25, 2026 · Apple silicon · 144 MB
macOS
macOS 13 Ventura or later
Linux
Ubuntu 22.04, Fedora 39 or similar · x64
- AppImageDaylily-0.5.1-x86_64.AppImage · 139 MBDownload
- Debian packagedaylily_0.5.1_amd64.deb · 114 MBDownload
What’s in it
The human core, first.
Everything you need to write every day. Search, sync and AI arrive later, and AI stays optional.
Today’s page
A calm editor with a title and a cover. It opens on “How was your day?” and saves as you type.
Sealed at 4am
When the day ends, at 4am, the page seals and stays honest, like ink. Past days open, but never change.
Garden and calendar
Every day you write plants a flower. Scroll back through covers and titles like a photo album.
Plain files you own
Each day is a markdown file in a folder you choose. Open it in any editor, today or in twenty years.
A gentle evening nudge
“How was your day?” at 9pm. Change the time, or turn it off. It never mentions a missed day.
Open source
Build it yourself.
Every line is on GitHub under AGPL-3.0, with instructions to build Daylily from source.