The minimalist journal that turns your daily experiences into meaningful insights
Track your life with simple 1-5 ratings and discover patterns you never knew existed. FaveDay combines the simplicity of quick daily logging with powerful analytics to help you understand your journey through life.
- Calendar & Life Year Progress: See how much of your year has passed and track progress from birthday to birthday
- Coverage Analytics: Monitor your journaling consistency with beautiful progress indicators
- Streak Tracking: Celebrate your journaling habits and find your best consecutive days
- 5-Second Entries: Just rate your day 1-5 and add optional notes
- Rich Analytics: View trends by day, month, year with intuitive visualizations
- Tag System: Use #hashtags and @mentions to categorize and find entries instantly
- Search Everything: Find any entry with powerful search including date ranges and ratings
- Your Data Stays Local: Everything stored on your machine - no cloud, no tracking, no subscriptions
- Optional Sync: Choose your own cloud storage (Dropbox, etc.) if you want backup
- No Analytics: We don't collect anything about you or your entries
- Dark Theme: Easy on the eyes for daily use
- Bento Grid Dashboard: Modern, card-based layout shows your key metrics at a glance
- Color-Coded Insights: Instantly see patterns with smart color coding
- Cross-Platform: Native desktop app for Windows, macOS, and Linux
- Daily Reflection: Quick mood tracking without overwhelming complexity
- Life Analytics: Discover which days, months, and activities make you happiest
- Mental Health: Track patterns and identify triggers or positive influences
- Productivity: Correlate your best days with activities, sleep, or life events
- Personal Growth: See your journey over months and years with beautiful visualizations
- Progress Meters: Calendar year and life year progression tracking
- Coverage Stats: See how consistently you're journaling
- Recent Activity: Quick access to your latest entries and streaks
- Inspiration: Rediscover your best moments with random 5-star entries
- Monthly Overview: See your entire month with color-coded day ratings
- Yearly Perspective: Visualize complete years with daily score heatmaps
- Multi-Year Trends: Compare years side-by-side to spot long-term patterns
- Smart Search: Find entries by text, tags, ratings, or dates
- Filter by Score: Quickly find all your 5-star days or identify difficult periods
- Tag Exploration: Click any #hashtag to see all related entries
- Date Range Queries: Search specific time periods with natural language
- Best Days Analysis: Discover which days of the week work best for you
- Monthly Patterns: See which months tend to be your strongest
- Tag Insights: Understand which activities correlate with higher ratings
- Streak Statistics: Track your longest consecutive journaling periods
- Download the latest release for your platform
- Install and launch FaveDay
- Select a folder to store your journal files
- Start logging your days with simple 1-5 ratings!
- Rate Today: Click the "+" button to add your first entry
- Set Your Birthdate: Visit Settings to enable life year tracking
- Explore Views: Check out the Years, Tags, and Search features
- Add Notes: Enhance your ratings with #tags and detailed notes
- Consistency Beats Perfection: Even rating without notes builds valuable data
- Use Tags Strategically: #work #family #exercise help identify patterns
- Review Regularly: Monthly reviews help spot trends and celebrate growth
- Backup Your Data: Your journal folder can be synced with any cloud service
- Export Friendly: All data stored in simple text files you can read anywhere
To create distributable packages for multiple platforms:
npm run makeThis will generate installers/packages in the out directory:
- Windows: Squirrel installer
- macOS: ZIP archive
- Linux: DEB and RPM packages
npm startContributions are welcome! Feel free to:
- Report bugs or suggest features
- Submit pull requests
- Share your journaling insights
- Help improve documentation
FaveDay stores your entries in simple, readable text files:
2024-07-12,5,Had an amazing day! Completed the new dashboard features. #coding #productivity
2024-07-11,4,Good progress on the project. #work
This format ensures your data is always accessible, even without FaveDay.
Made with ❤️ for people who want to understand their lives better
Your journey matters. Start tracking it today.