# Install diary with Homebrew

Text-based journaling program. Version 0.16 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:diary
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install diary
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:diary
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.16
- **Source summary:** Text-based journaling program
- **Homepage:** <https://diary.p0c.ch>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- diary (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.16
## Project history and usage

diary is a text-based journaling program that stores entries as date-named text files and can import, export, and synchronize calendar entries.

### Project history

The official manual documents a terminal journaling workflow driven by a diary directory, an optional XDG configuration file, and editor integration.

### Adoption history

The supplied Homebrew facts identify diary as packaged for Homebrew with an MIT license and the official homepage at diary.p0c.ch.

### How it is used

Users navigate days in the terminal, edit entries with their configured editor, import or export .ics files, and optionally sync entries to CalDAV.

### Why package nerds care

It is package-manager friendly because it is a small terminal utility with XDG-style configuration, plain text journal storage, and optional CalDAV integration.

### Timeline

- Current: Official manual documents XDG config, DIARY_DIR storage, .ics import/export, and CalDAV sync.

### Related projects

- CalDAV clients, terminal diaries, plain-text journaling tools, calendar import/export tools.

### Sources

- <https://diary.p0c.ch/man>
- source_facts.homepage
- source_facts.package-manager


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/diary/diary.cfg

## Credential files

- Unix: ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/diary/diary.cfg

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/diary.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/diary.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph