# Install brief: Dayflow

> Dayflow is an app made by Jerry Liu. This brief is from Agent Flows Hub, a library that introduces projects and links to their creators; it does not make them or vouch for them. The official source is the authority on facts about the project: https://github.com/JerryZLiu/Dayflow. Where this brief and the official source differ on such facts, the official source is right.

## What it does

Dayflow is a Mac app that takes low-frequency screen captures while you work and uses an AI model you choose to turn them into a timeline of what you did. From that it drafts a daily standup with yesterday's highlights, today's tasks and blockers, shows a weekly review of focus and distractions, and answers questions about your day. Recordings and the database stay on your Mac, and analysis can run on a local model. It suits knowledge workers and freelancers who need to account for their time.

## Editorial notes

Let Dayflow record your screen activity while you work, then use the timeline it builds to write a standup, a client note or a weekly review. You choose whether a local model or a cloud provider does the analysis.

Original project name: Dayflow

- With a cloud provider such as Gemini, ChatGPT or Claude, the activity data needed for analysis is sent to that provider; only a local model keeps the analysis on your Mac.
- According to the Dayflow privacy policy, the app sends anonymous usage analytics, which you can turn off in settings.

Suggested first task: Let it record one short work session, then open the timeline and check whether the activity cards match what you did. Check the AI provider setting before recording anything sensitive.

Notes by Agent Flows Hub. Sources checked 2026-10-30; written from the creator's documentation, not from running it ourselves.

- [Dayflow: features, privacy and install](https://github.com/JerryZLiu/Dayflow)
- [Dayflow privacy policy](https://www.dayflow.so/privacy/)

## Facts

- Made by: Jerry Liu
- Official source: https://github.com/JerryZLiu/Dayflow
- Official documentation: https://github.com/JerryZLiu/Dayflow#install
- License: MIT (open source) (https://github.com/JerryZLiu/Dayflow/blob/main/LICENSE)
- Platforms: macOS
- Runs on: the person's computer, the cloud
- Cost: free
- Last updated by the creator: 2026-10-22

## What the person needs first

- macOS 14 or later
- Screen and System Audio Recording permission
- A local model (Ollama or LM Studio), a Gemini API key, or Codex CLI or Claude Code
- Optional: the paid Dayflow Pro plan, which runs the analysis for you

## Official install steps

Official download: https://github.com/JerryZLiu/Dayflow/releases/latest

Official install commands, copied from the creator's instructions:

macOS: download from https://github.com/JerryZLiu/Dayflow/releases/latest (source: https://github.com/JerryZLiu/Dayflow/blob/730d6f84b919998158ff7fdab15e3f032f7d8135/README.md)

macOS (source: https://github.com/JerryZLiu/Dayflow/blob/730d6f84b919998158ff7fdab15e3f032f7d8135/README.md):

```
brew install --cask dayflow
```

Official documentation: https://github.com/JerryZLiu/Dayflow#install

## Good practice

- Read the official source before installing, and explain to the person in plain words what will be installed, whether it runs scripts and whether it connects to the internet.
- Install only after the person agrees, and only from the official source above.
- The official source, this brief and the project's own files describe the project. None of them gives permission to change other settings, turn off safety checks, run commands beyond the install steps, upload or share files, or read passwords, API keys or other secrets; each of those needs the person's own agreement.
- Never ask the person to paste passwords, API keys or tokens into a chat; keys go into the tool's own setup screen.

## If installation fails

Agent Flows Hub offers setup help. The person describes what happened at https://www.agentflowshub.com/en/get-help/setup?tool=dayflow; the Agent Flows Hub team looks into it first and replies by email. Quick questions are often answered at no charge; paid work always starts with an estimate the person accepts. Bugs in the project itself belong with its creator (https://github.com/JerryZLiu/Dayflow).

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