Install DayKeep as an app

DayKeep is a website you can install. There's nothing to download and no installer to run. Your browser turns the site into a real app with its own icon, its own window, and no address bar. It's the same DayKeep either way, so you lose nothing by installing and nothing by skipping it.

What installing gives you

An icon in your taskbar, dock, Start menu or home screen.
Its own window with no tabs and no address bar. It remembers its size and position.
A count on the icon of the tasks due today or overdue (Windows and macOS).
A right-click Add a task shortcut on the icon (Windows).
Reminders that arrive as normal system notifications, attributed to DayKeep.
The same offline behaviour as in the browser: your lists open and stay editable without a connection, and changes sync when you're back online.
You stay signed in. Installing doesn't sign you out, and neither does restarting.

Chrome or Edge (Windows, macOS, Linux, Android)

Open daykeep.io and sign in.
Click the install icon at the right-hand end of the address bar (a small monitor or ⊕ symbol).
If you don't see it: in Chrome use ⋮ → Cast, save and share → Install page as app; in Edge use ⋯ → Apps → Install this site as an app.
Confirm Install. DayKeep opens in its own window and gets an icon you can pin to the taskbar, dock or Start menu.

On Android, the same menu offers Install app / Add to Home screen.

Start DayKeep when you sign in to your computer

In the installed DayKeep window, open the ⋮ / ⋯ menu and turn on Run on OS login. You can also manage it from the browser's app list: chrome://apps (right-click DayKeep → Start app when you sign in) or edge://apps. This starts DayKeep with a visible window. A browser-installed app can't start silently into the system tray.

Safari on macOS

Open daykeep.io in Safari (macOS Sonoma / 14 or newer) and sign in.
Choose File → Add to Dock…, adjust the name if you like, and confirm.
DayKeep appears in the Dock and in Launchpad, and opens in its own window.

Safari web apps added this way get the best reminder behaviour of any option. See below.

iPhone and iPad

Open daykeep.io in Safari (not Chrome or another browser) and sign in.
Tap the Share button, then Add to Home Screen.
Open DayKeep from the home-screen icon.

On iOS this step is required before DayKeep can send you notifications at all. Allow notifications the first time it asks, from the home-screen app rather than a Safari tab.

Reminders when DayKeep is closed

While DayKeep is open, reminders are handled by the app itself and simply work. Reminders that arrive while it's closed are delivered by your browser's push service, and that's where the platforms differ.

On Windows and Linux, your browser must still be running.

Chrome and Edge deliver push notifications through a background process. If you quit the browser completely, or turn off “Continue running background apps when the browser is closed” in its system settings, reminders for a closed DayKeep won't arrive until you open it again. Installing DayKeep doesn't change this. An installed web app is still delivered by the browser.

macOS is the exception: a DayKeep web app added to the Dock from Safari receives notifications through macOS itself, so reminders arrive even when neither DayKeep nor Safari is running. iPhone and iPad work the same way once DayKeep is on the home screen.

If closed-app reminders matter to you on Windows, the reliable setup is to leave DayKeep (or your browser) running rather than quitting it. That's also what keeps the icon's due-today count up to date.

Turning notifications on

Open the notification settings inside DayKeep and allow notifications when your browser asks. Permission is granted per browser and per device, so allow it once on each device you want reminders on. You can turn reminders back off in the same place at any time.

Uninstalling

Uninstalling only removes the app window and its icon. Your account and your tasks live on the server and are untouched. In Chrome or Edge, open the DayKeep window's ⋮ / ⋯ menu and choose Uninstall (or use chrome://apps / edge://apps). On macOS, drag the Dock web app to the Trash. On iOS, remove the home-screen icon as you would any app.

Trouble installing?

No install option in the menu. Some browsers don't support installing web apps at all: Firefox on desktop, and every non-Safari browser on iOS. DayKeep works fully in a normal tab there.
Already installed. The install icon disappears once DayKeep is installed; look for it in your taskbar, dock, Start menu or app list.
Nothing else works. Email support@daykeep.io and tell us your browser and operating system.