org-journal.nvim

A daily journal plugin for nvim-orgmode.

Installation

In this example, we're using lazy.nvim as our package manager and including org-journal.nvim as a dependency of nvim-orgmode:

{
  "nvim-orgmode/orgmode",
  dependencies = {
    {
      "productivitykit/org-journal.nvim",
      cmd = "OrgJournal"
    }
  }
}

Usage

Open the current journal entry:

:OrgJournal

• Creates journal files organized by date
• Automatically creates parent directories as needed
• Supports all os.date() format codes: %Y, %m, %d, %A, %B, etc.

Configuration

To customize the behavior, call setup() with your desired options:

• org_journal_dir: Directory where journal files are stored
• org_journal_file_format: Date format for journal filenames
• org_journal_file_template: Template content inserted into new journal files (supports date formatting)

Default configuration:

require('org-journal').setup({
  org_journal_dir = '~/orgfiles/journal/',
  org_journal_file_format = '%Y/%m/%d.org',
  org_journal_file_template = '* %Y-%m-%d',
})