Philo

A daily journaling app that builds things for you.

Write your notes in a timeline, manage tasks that carry forward automatically, and hit ⌘↵ to generate custom mini-apps — a calorie tracker, a world clock, a habit chart — embedded right inside your journal.

How it works

1. Journal — write daily notes in a scrollable timeline (tomorrow → today → past)
2. Track tasks — checkbox tasks roll over automatically; unchecked items carry forward to today on each app launch
3. Recurring tasks — add #daily, #weekly, #monthly, #2days, #3weeks, etc. to a task and it reappears on schedule after you check it off
4. Generate widgets — describe what you need and press ⌘↵ to create an interactive widget inline
5. Save to library — widgets are disposable by default. Save the ones you like (⌘J to browse) and reuse them anywhere.

Features

• Daily timeline — tomorrow, today, and past notes in a single scrollable view with a floating "Go to Today" button
• Task rollover — unchecked tasks from past days automatically move to today
• Recurring tasks — tag tasks with recurrence intervals (#daily, #weekly, #2weeks, etc.) to have them repeat
• AI widgets — generate interactive React mini-apps inline via Claude
• Widget library — save and reuse generated widgets across notes (⌘J)
• Image support — paste or drag-and-drop images directly into notes
• Local storage — all data stored as markdown files on disk ($APPDATA/philo/journal/)
• Dark mode — follows system theme

Use cases

• Daily journaling — capture thoughts, plan tomorrow, review the past
• Habit tracking — recurring tasks like - [ ] Meditate #daily reappear each day
• Personal dashboards — embed a calorie tracker, mood logger, or workout log directly in your journal
• Quick tools — need a unit converter or tip calculator? Generate it on the spot
• Project planning — spin up a kanban board, countdown timer, or progress tracker inside your notes

Keyboard shortcuts

• ⌘↵ — Generate a widget from the current selection
• ⌘J — Open the widget library
• ⌘, — Open settings

Inspiration

Inspired by Logseq and @omer_vexler.

Stack

Tauri v2 · React 19 · TypeScript · TipTap · Tailwind CSS v4 · Anthropic Claude