# UdaraJay/Pile

Desktop app for digital journaling.

Repository: https://github.com/UdaraJay/Pile
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pile
Homepage: https://udara.io/pile
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: desktop-app, journaling
Last push: 2024-12-26T19:08:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 18/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 75
- inputs: {"age_days": 1054, "days_push": 615, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3113, forks 210 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:44.052828+00:00)

## What it is
Pile is an open-source desktop app for reflective journaling that keeps entries stored locally. It optionally integrates AI (OpenAI GPT-4 or local Ollama) to generate reflections on entries and answer questions across the whole journal.

## Use cases
- keep a private digital journal on my desktop
- journal locally without my data going to the cloud
- get AI insights and reflections on my journal entries
- search and ask questions across my entire journal
- journal in short bursts over time

## When to avoid
- you need mobile or web access to your journal
- you want a mature, feature-rich journaling platform with sync and collaboration
- you are unwilling to configure AI API keys for the AI features

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: experimental
- function: gui, nlp, chatbot
- domain: developer-tools, desktop-applications, artificial-intelligence
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: journaling, electron, local-first, ai-reflections, openai, ollama, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- UdaraJay/Pile (main) score 18

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:44.052828+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:26:41.249625+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/UdaraJay/Pile (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:44.052828+00:00, sha 84a74c3108f4)
  - homepage: https://udara.io/pile (fetched 2026-08-29T09:42:01.437979+00:00, sha bc70277125ac)
  - site_page: https://udara.io/about (fetched 2026-08-29T09:42:01.448223+00:00, sha 7da12f3fd5ab)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.