Daily Notes

Daily notes give you a dedicated page for each day. Open today’s note, and Lokus creates it automatically if it doesn’t exist. Notes live as plain Markdown files inside a Daily Notes/ folder in your workspace.

Open today’s note

Click the Daily Notes icon in the sidebar, then click Open Today’s Note. If the file Daily Notes/2026-02-22.md doesn’t exist, Lokus creates it with a default heading:

# 2026-02-22 - Sunday

You can also use the quick-access buttons for Yesterday and Tomorrow.

Navigate between days

When viewing a daily note, arrow buttons appear in the Daily Notes panel:

• Click < to go to the previous day
• Click > to go to the next day

The panel labels each note contextually: “Today”, “Yesterday”, “Tomorrow”, or a formatted date like “Feb 20, 2026”.

Calendar view

Toggle Calendar View in the Daily Notes panel to see a month-at-a-glance calendar. Click any date to open (or create) that day’s note. Dates with existing notes are highlighted.

Recent notes list

The bottom of the Daily Notes panel shows the 10 most recent daily notes, sorted newest first. Click any entry to jump to it.

File naming and folder

Daily notes are stored as:

<workspace>/Daily Notes/yyyy-MM-dd.md

The default format is yyyy-MM-dd (e.g., 2026-02-22). The folder is created automatically when you open your first daily note.

Configure daily notes

Lokus stores daily notes configuration in your global config. Available settings:

Setting	Default	Description
format	yyyy-MM-dd	Date format for file names
folder	Daily Notes	Folder name within your workspace
template	null	Template content for new daily notes
openOnStartup	false	Auto-open today’s note when Lokus starts

Templates for daily notes

Set a template string in your daily notes configuration to control what new daily notes contain. Templates support these variables:

Variable	Output
{{date}}	Formatted date (e.g., 2026-02-22)
{{date:MMMM do, yyyy}}	Custom format (e.g., February 22nd, 2026)
{{yesterday}}	Previous day’s formatted date
{{tomorrow}}	Next day’s formatted date
{{day_name}} / {{day}}	Full day name (e.g., Sunday)
{{day_short}}	Short day name (e.g., Sun)
{{month_name}} / {{month}}	Full month name (e.g., February)
{{month_short}}	Short month name (e.g., Feb)
{{week_number}} / {{week}}	ISO week number
{{year}}	Four-digit year
{{time}}	Current time as HH:mm
{{time:HH:mm:ss}}	Custom time format

Example template

# {{date:MMMM do, yyyy}} - {{day_name}}

**Week:** {{week_number}} | **Year:** {{year}}

## Today's Focus


## Schedule
- 9:00 AM -
- 10:00 AM -
- 2:00 PM -

## Notes


## Tomorrow
[[{{tomorrow}}]]

This creates a structured daily note with the date, week number, schedule, and a wiki link to tomorrow’s note.

Link between daily notes

Use wiki links to connect daily notes:

See yesterday's notes: [[2026-02-21]]
Continued in: [[2026-02-23]]

These links appear in the graph view, connecting your daily entries into a timeline.