# Pile

**Repository Path**: sifke/Pile

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: Pile
- **Description**: No description available
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: MIT
- **Default Branch**: main
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2024-03-09
- **Last Updated**: 2024-03-09

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

# Pile

Pile is a desktop app for reflective journaling. It's about simplicity, keeping your data local, and enhancing your journaling experience with AI.

![Pile app screenshot](./assets/cover.png)

## Getting started

1. Download the latest version of Pile by going to the [Pile releases page](https://github.com/UdaraJay/Pile/releases/).
2. On macOS Open the `.zip` or `.dmg` file and drag the application to the destination of your choice (_optional_), such as your `Applications/` folder. On Windows, use the `.exe` to install.
3. 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](https://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](https://platform.openai.com/account/limits) 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](CONTRIBUTING.md) file.

## License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE.md](LICENSE.md) file for details.

## Special thanks

Many thanks and appreciation to all these people and projects for their contributions to Pile.

- [Zach Bogart](https://twitter.com/zachbogart): for the icon design.
- [Electron react boilerplate](https://github.com/electron-react-boilerplate/electron-react-boilerplate): for making it easier to launch desktop apps.