Free & Open Source

Never forget your achievements again

MindReel is a free desktop app that automatically logs your work with gentle hourly reminders and generates AI-powered weekly or sprint-length summaries. Perfect for standups, reviews, and career tracking.

Automatic logging
AI summaries
100% local data
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MindReel app interface

Everything you need to track your wins

Simple, powerful features that help you remember and showcase your work

Automatic hourly popups

Gentle reminders every hour ask "What are you working on?" Quick to answer with "Same as before" option.

Popup window screenshot

AI-powered summaries

AI summaries can follow your default week or a custom, named sprint grouping, creating professional highlights for meetings and reviews.

Weekly summary card

Local & private

Your data stays on your machine. Only sent to OpenRouter API when you request a summary.

Organized history

View all your entries organized by day. Edit, delete, or search through your work history anytime.

History view screenshot

Free forever

100% free and open source. No subscriptions, no ads, no hidden costs. MIT licensed.

For everyone

Perfect for developers, designers, managers, students, and anyone who wants to track their progress.

Simple workflow, powerful results

Start logging your work in minutes

1

Answer the popup

Every hour, a small popup asks what you're working on. Type your task or click "Same as before" to continue.

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2

Build your history

All entries are automatically saved and organized by day in your local database.

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3

Get AI summaries

Generate weekly summaries that highlight your key achievements and progress.

Ready to track your wins?

Build MindReel for macOS and start building your achievement history today.

Installation Instructions

MindReel is currently distributed as source code. Follow these steps to build and install:

Build steps:

  1. Get the source code:

    Option A: Download ZIP (no git required)

    • Download Source code (zip) from Releases
    • Extract the ZIP and navigate to the folder
    cd path/to/mindreel-1.0.0
nvm use
npm install

    Option B: Clone with git

    git clone https://github.com/zetdotcom/mindreel.git
cd mindreel
nvm use
npm install
  2. Build the application: 
    # For your current architecture
npm run make

# Or for specific architecture:
npm run make:mac-intel    # Intel Macs (x64)
npm run make:mac-arm      # Apple Silicon (arm64)
  3. Find the DMG in out/make/ directory
  4. Install by opening the DMG and dragging MindReel to Applications
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  • Build the application: 
    # For your current architecture
npm run make

# Or for specific architecture:
npm run make:mac-intel    # Intel Macs (x64)
npm run make:mac-arm      # Apple Silicon (arm64)
  • Find the DMG in out/make/ directory
  • Install by opening the DMG and dragging MindReel to Applications

    • For detailed instructions, see the README

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    macOS Intel & Apple Silicon
    Free forever
    Open source