Journal-for-macOS

Journal for macOS

A native journaling app for macOS inspired by Apple's Journal app for iOS

🌟 About

Since Apple hasn’t brought their beautiful Journal app to macOS yet, I decided to create a native macOS version that captures the same elegant simplicity and thoughtful features. This app lets you document your thoughts, track emotions, and reflect on your days - all with a clean, native macOS interface.

Features

• Clean, distraction-free writing experience
• Beautiful, native macOS design
• Track your emotions with an intuitive Emotion Orb
• Insightful writing statistics
• Organized by months
• Supports system appearance
• Fast and lightweight

Screenshots

Getting Started

Requirements

• macOS 13.0 or later
• Xcode 15.0 or later

Installation

1. Clone the repository
2. Open Journal for macOS.xcodeproj in Xcode
3. Build and run

Tech Stack

• SwiftUI for the UI
• UserDefaults for local storage
• SwiftUI Introspect for native controls
• RichTextKit for text formatting
• Sparkle for automatic updates
• Orb for intuitive emotion tracking

License

MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome! Feel free to check the issues page.

👤 Author

Ali Nasser

• Twitter: @alijnxo
• GitHub: @itssali

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