Calendar Journal for VS Code

A lightweight personal and work journaling extension for Visual Studio Code. Keep your daily notes organized with an interactive calendar and automatic file management.

Features

• Daily Journal Entries: One Markdown file per day with YAML frontmatter
• Calendar View: Interactive calendar in the sidebar
• Auto-create Entries: Click any day to create/open a journal entry
• Visual Indicators:
  • Dots show days with existing entries
  • Weekend highlighting
  • Last opened day indicator
• Smart File Management: Organized in journal/yyyy/mm/yyyy-mm-dd.md structure
• Built-in Markdown Editor: Uses VS Code's native Markdown editing

Usage

1. Open a workspace folder in VS Code
2. Click the Journal icon in the Activity Bar
3. Click any day in the calendar to create or open a journal entry
4. Use the navigation arrows to browse different months

Journal Entry Format

Each entry is created with YAML frontmatter:

---
date: yyyy-mm-dd
type: journal entry
---

Requirements

• VS Code 1.85.0 or higher

Extension Settings

This extension works out of the box with no configuration required. All journal entries are stored in a journal/ folder in your workspace root.

Optional Settings

• journal.useStructuredEditor: Enable the experimental structured block editor (default: false)

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for details.

Known Issues

None at this time. Report issues on GitHub.

Release Notes

0.2.0

Enhanced features and stability improvements.

0.1.0

Initial release with calendar view and daily journal entries.

License

MIT