A desktop planner for neurodivergent days

A schedule that feels like a sketch, not a contract.

Gentle Day is a calm day-planning app for people who want structure without pressure: time blocks when they help, a list when they don’t, and Google Calendar as a read-only layer around the real day.

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Windows + macOS builds available
Google Calendar stays read-only
Built with AI, then hand-polished

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Today

Both views, side by side

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Gentle start8:30–9:15

Morning reset9:30–10:15 · Calendar

Film the easy clip10:30–11:15

Appointment3:00–3:45 · Calendar

Listflexible

Edit caption when brain is warmer

No need to decide the exact time yet.

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Reply to DMs

A maybe task, not a demand.

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Fold laundry enough

Done enough counts.

home

Why I built it.

A small app with a real origin story: one conversation, one need, and a weekend of AI-assisted making.

“I want a planner that doesn’t make me feel bad when the day changes.”

That was the spark: planning with less guilt, less visual noise, and more room for a creative brain to breathe.

A friend came over while I was talking about how I build apps with AI now. She has ADHD, and she’d always wanted a neurodivergent-friendly planner/calendar app that could help her plan the day without turning the plan into pressure.

So I mocked it up with Open Design, built the first version with Claude, tightened the app with Codex, and published it. Gentle Day is the result: a soft place to sketch the day, move tasks between schedule and list, and keep real calendar events as anchors instead of commands.

No shame loops Drag tasks both ways Soft buckets Evening review

Made for the days that refuse to behave.

Gentle Day borrows the structure of a calendar, but keeps the emotional temperature closer to a notebook.

01

Schedule when it helps.

Drag a task onto the day to time-block it. Resize, move, or pull it back into the list when reality changes.

02

List when time is too much.

Some days need a flexible checklist, not a minute-by-minute plan. Gentle Day keeps both modes close by.

03

Real events stay real.

Google Calendar events appear as read-only boundaries, so meetings and appointments guide the plan without becoming another inbox.

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If Gentle Day helps you or someone you love, the easiest support is a GitHub star. Coffee money also helps keep the project moving.

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Open GitHub releases for Windows installers and macOS DMG/zip builds. Newest public build: Gentle Day v0.1.4.

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Plan gently. Change freely. Count “done enough.”

Gentle Day is still early, but the intention is clear: make planning feel less like failing at a perfect system and more like giving your day a soft place to land.

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