Dated Folder

Create a folder named after today's date (for example 2026-08-28) inside a folder of your choice, then open it straight in your terminal. Handy for scratch work, downloads triage, daily notes, or anything you want grouped by day.

Usage

Run Create Dated Folder. That is it — the folder is created (or reused if it already exists), a terminal window opens inside it, and a HUD confirms the path.

Preferences

Preference	Default	Notes
Parent Folder	Desktop/temp	Where dated folders are created. It is created on first run if missing.
Terminal	System default	Any installed app. When empty, macOS follows the terminal registered as the default handler for shell scripts — the setting apps like Ghostty, iTerm2, and Warp write when you accept "make this your default terminal" — and falls back to Terminal.app.
Folder Name Format	yyyy-MM-dd	Tokens: yyyy, MM, dd, HH, mm, ss. Wrap words in single quotes to keep them literal, e.g. 'summer'-yyyy → summer-2026. Use / to nest, e.g. yyyy/MM/dd creates 2026/08/28. The result must stay inside the parent folder.
Reveal	Off	Also reveal the folder in Finder.

Notes

• Folder name format — tokens are expanded wherever they appear, so quote any word that contains one: 'add'-yyyy rather than add-yyyy, which would otherwise read dd as the day. '' produces a single quote.
• Terminal — the folder is opened with the chosen app via open, so any terminal that accepts a folder works (Terminal, iTerm2, Ghostty, Warp, kitty, WezTerm, …).