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Pile
Pile is a desktop app for reflective journaling. It's about simplicity, keeping your data local, and enhancing your journaling experience with AI.
Getting started
- Download the latest version of Pile by going to the Pile releases page.
- On macOS Open the
.zipor.dmgfile and drag the application to the destination of your choice (optional), such as yourApplications/folder. On Windows, use the.exeto install. - Finally open the application, create a
New Pile, and start your reflective journey.
AI reflections (requires GPT-4)
Enhance your journaling experience by integrating OpenAI's GPT AI reflections into Pile. If you have access to OpenAI's GPT-4 API, you can use your API key to:
- Reflect on entries: Click "reflect" on any written entry to get AI-generated insights and thoughts as a reply in the thread.
- Search or ask questions: Click the "reflect" icon on the top-right of the window to search or ask question about your entire journal.
How to setup AI features: head over to platform.openai.com/api-keys and create a new API key. Click the settings icon on the top-right corner of Pile and enter your secret API key into the API key field.
Before you use the AI-powered features within this app, we strongly recommend that you configure a spending limit within OpenAI's interface to prevent unexpected costs.
Contributing
If you'd like to contribute to Pile, feel free to fork the repository, make your changes, and submit a pull request. Contributions are welcomed and appreciated, however this is an experimental project, so any changes and new features are merged into this distribution of Pile at my discretion.
For a detailed guide on contributing, read the CONTRIBUTING.md file.
License
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.
Special thanks
Many thanks and appreciation to all these people and projects for their contributions to Pile.
- Zach Bogart: for the icon design.
- Electron react boilerplate: for making it easier to launch desktop apps.