Daily Pilot is a productivity-focused SidePanel browser extension that provides an at-a-glance overview of your daily tasks, events, and useful information — right beside your active browser tabs.

Daily Pilot enhances your daily workflow by consolidating personal productivity tools directly into the browser. It’s designed to be lightweight, fast, and always available — no need to switch between apps or tabs.

• 🕒 Current Time Display
• 📑 Active Tab Details
• ✅ Task List – create and manage your daily todos
• 📅 Calendar / Event List – view and add upcoming events
• ⭐ Favorites List – manage favorite websites or resources
• 🎂 Birthdays – track upcoming birthdays
• 📊 Dashboard – centralized overview of:
  • Today’s tasks
  • Next birthdays
  • Upcoming events
  • Number of open tabs
  • Quick view of favorites

• 🔒 Extended Clipboard Tools (e.g., ChatGPT secret codes, snippets)
• 📱 Mobile Companion App with device synchronization
• 💾 Custom integrations and additional dashboard widgets

• 🇩🇪 German
• 🇬🇧 English
• 🇪🇸 Spanish

• Offline-first architecture
• Cloud sync via Dropbox or custom data storage
• Import / Export of configuration and user data

• Target Browsers: Chrome, Edge
• Built With: React + TypeScript + Vite

To get started with development:

git clone https://github.com/ixnode/DailyPilot.git
cd daily-pilot
npm install
npm run dev

Open your browser: http://localhost:5173

🧩 Installation in Browser (Local Build)

After development, build the extension for your browser:

npm run build

This will generate a dist folder containing the production build. Optionally, copy or move the folder to a convenient location, for example:

cp -a dist /path/to/your/desired/location/

Then load it manually into your browser:

• Open edge://extensions/
• Enable Developer mode
• Click Load unpacked
• Select your dist folder

• Open chrome://extensions/
• Enable Developer mode
• Click Load unpacked
• Select your dist folder

Daily Pilot will soon be available for download via the official browser extension marketplaces:

• Chrome Web Store
• Microsoft Edge Add-ons Store

Once published, users will be able to install and automatically receive updates directly from these stores.

Stay tuned for the public release announcement!

Daily Pilot aims to become a personal productivity dashboard that seamlessly integrates your everyday browser experience with the tools you use most — keeping everything in one place, beautifully organized and accessible.

This tool is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details

Created and maintained by Björn Hempel [email protected]

📧 Reach out or contribute ideas via issues or pull requests.