WorkLedger

An open-source engineering notebook for documenting your daily work.
Built with React, BlockNote, and Excalidraw.

Features

• Daily entries -- Organized by day with timestamps, create entries with Cmd+J
• Rich text editing -- Powered by BlockNote with slash commands for headings, lists, code blocks, and more
• Inline drawings -- Embed Excalidraw diagrams directly in your notes via /drawing
• Tagging -- Tag entries for easy categorization and filtering
• Search -- Full-text search across all entries and tags (Cmd+K)
• Sidebar filtering -- Click a tag or type to filter entries in real-time
• Archive & restore -- Archive old entries to keep your workspace clean, browse and restore them anytime
• Import & export -- Export all entries as JSON for backup, import them back anytime
• Local-first -- All data stored in IndexedDB, no server required
• Keyboard-driven -- Cmd+J new entry, Cmd+K search, Cmd+\ toggle sidebar, Escape clear filter

Optional: Think with AI

An optional AI sidebar with 10 structured thinking frameworks. Off by default, zero impact on the core app when disabled. Easy to remove if unwanted — fork and delete the src/ai/ and src/components/ai/ directories without affecting anything else.

Quick start:

1. Click the gear icon in the left sidebar and select Enable AI
2. Configure a provider — choose one:
   • Ollama (local): Install Ollama, run ollama pull mistral, done
   • Hugging Face (remote): Paste a free API token and pick a model
   • Custom server: Point to any OpenAI-compatible endpoint
3. Hover over a note and click the lightbulb icon
4. Pick a thinking framework and the AI applies it to your note

10 frameworks included: The Thinker's Toolkit, First Principles, Six Thinking Hats, TRIZ, Design Thinking, Socratic Method, Systems Thinking, Lateral Thinking, OODA Loop, Theory of Constraints

Getting Started

git clone https://github.com/gruberb/workledger.git
cd workledger
npm install
npm run dev

Open http://localhost:5173 in your browser.

License

MIT