DailyDesk

All-in-one productivity multi-tool — one app replacing six.

Use it inside Claude

An MCP server — its own repo, MIT — lets an assistant call the tools that genuinely need a server — the Office and PDF conversions, PDF/A, OCR, and web capture:

claude mcp add --scope user diemdesk -- npx -y diemdesk-mcp

Nine tools, not a hundred: everything else runs in the browser and never touches a server, so exposing it here would mean uploading files to do work the machine already does locally. Setup guide, Claude Desktop config and troubleshooting: https://diemdesk.com/mcp-server

Related MCP server: quillpdf-mcp

Modules

Tech Stack

• Frontend: Next.js 14 + Tailwind CSS + Shadcn/UI

• Backend: Node.js + Express

• Database: PostgreSQL

• Cache: Redis

• File Storage: MinIO (self-hosted S3)

• Background Jobs: BullMQ

• Auth: JWT + bcrypt

Subscription

• Free: Limited features, 1GB storage

• Pro — $4.99/month: Unlimited + AI features

Project Structure

DailyDesk/
├── frontend/          # Next.js app
│   ├── app/
│   ├── components/
│   └── lib/
└── backend/           # Node.js + Express API
    ├── src/
    │   ├── routes/
    │   ├── controllers/
    │   ├── middleware/
    │   ├── models/
    │   └── utils/
    └── uploads/

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js 20+

• PostgreSQL 16

• Redis 7

• MinIO (optional for local dev)

Backend

cd backend
npm install
cp .env.example .env
npm run dev

Frontend

cd frontend
npm install
cp .env.example .env.local
npm run dev