Dayflow
An automatic work journal that helps you work more meaningfully.
Dayflow is a free, open-source automatic time tracker for Mac that records screen activity and uses AI to turn it into a readable timeline of your day. It solves the problem of manually tracking time or guessing where your time went, providing a truthful, automated log of your work without requiring timers or tags. Full recordings and databases stay stored locally on your Mac, and you choose whether analysis happens on-device or via a cloud provider.
The app automatically captures activity and generates a visual timeline with daily and weekly summaries, as well as a chat feature for reviewing progress. It offers local AI analysis using models like Ollama or LM Studio, or you can bring your own API key for Gemini, ChatGPT, or Claude. Dayflow also integrates with coding assistants like Codex and Claude Code via MCP or CLI, allowing them to read your timeline. It is a native macOS app built with SwiftUI, requiring macOS 14 or later.
Dayflow is designed for developers, freelancers, and knowledge workers who want to own their data and stop guessing where their time went. It is free and open source under the MIT license, with a free plan that includes local or bring-your-own AI. A Pro plan with managed AI analysis is available on a monthly subscription, and an Enterprise plan adds SSO/SAML, data retention controls, and deployment support for teams.
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