Reyn is a local-first Mac tool that proactively journals and recaps your workday
Reyn is a local-first Mac screen-capture AI that passively journals everything you do, surfaces proactive insights, and sends a daily recap of what you worked on and what's still open — with raw screen data never leaving your device.
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Reyn's proactive recap layer distinguishes it from reactive screen-capture tools by automatically surfacing what went undocumented in a workday, without sending raw screen data to the cloud.
- 01Raw screen data is never stored in the cloud — all processing stays on the user's Mac.
- 02Granular filters let users exclude specific apps, windows, websites, or keywords from capture.
- 03Reyn's proactive layer surfaces insights autonomously and sends a daily recap of work done, open items, and things needing attention.
Reyn is a local-first Mac application built by toluwajibodu that passively captures screen activity to create a searchable journal of a user's entire workday. The creator describes it as "granola but for everything," positioning it as a solution to the problem of organizing and recalling work that goes undocumented — not as a note-taking or task-management tool, but as a way to surface context about what actually happened throughout the day.
The journal feature also enables search across anything done on the Mac.
The core differentiator is a proactive insights layer. While most tools in the screen-capture AI space are reactive — retrieving information only when queried — Reyn monitors activity against a user-configured profile of what an ideal workday looks like (covering hours worked and types of work), then autonomously surfaces insights and delivers a daily recap of what was worked on, what remains open, and what deserves attention. The journal feature also enables search across anything done on the Mac.
Privacy is handled through a local-first architecture: raw screen data is never sent to the cloud, and user-controlled filters are granular enough to exclude specific apps, windows, websites, or keywords before they ever enter the capture pipeline. Current integrations include Obsidian, Gmail, calendar, and web search via a floating window with some agentic functionality. Notion integration and BYOK support for LLM API requests are on the roadmap. The product is currently in public beta, with the journal and insights features described as the strongest parts at this stage.
Key facts
- 01Raw screen data is never stored in the cloud — all processing stays on the user's Mac.
- 02Granular filters let users exclude specific apps, windows, websites, or keywords from capture.
- 03Reyn's proactive layer surfaces insights autonomously and sends a daily recap of work done, open items, and things needing attention.
- 04The proactive insights are configured around what the user defines as their ideal workday.
- 05Current integrations include Obsidian, Gmail, calendar, and web search via a floating window with agentic functionality.
- 06Notion integration and BYOK for LLM API requests are on the roadmap.
- 07The product is in public beta, with the journal and insights features described as the strongest parts.
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