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Encrypted journaling that lives in your own cloud storage

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   JournalBook – Privacy centric, offline first, personal journal app▲268

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   Journalistic▲176

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   2020

4. 4
   CustomJournal▲71

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   Sol Journal▲131

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   GoJournal▲71

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   Journify▲176

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8. 8
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   Fastest stress-free journal with chatting interface.

   2018

9. 9
   Notea▲288

   Free self-hosted open source note taking app, like Notion

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    A free private journaling app▲9

    https://github.com/inoda/private_journal Built this to use myself, and I'm curious if anybody would be interested in using it. I'm also wondering if anybody has tips to make it more secure (I'm super super new to encryption and whatnot). The security is probably a bit overkill since chances are that nobody cares about what I'm journaling, but it is fun to implement from a code standpoint.

    2019

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    JournalBook▲91

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    2019

12. 12
    Still▲207

    A private space to think, write, and slow down

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13. 13
    All-new Goodnight Journal▲81

    Online journal meets community

    2020

14. 14
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    Personal productivity. Offline-first. E2E encryption.

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    Gekri▲121

    Privacy-focused online journal

    2019

16. 16
    Journify▲110

    A simple and intuitive space for all your journaling needs

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17. 17
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    Free Open Source End to End Encrypted Journal

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    2018

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22. 22
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    Day One 2.0▲266

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