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Products that do what Startwriting.in – a simple privacy conscious private journal does

1. 1JP
   JournalBook – Privacy centric, offline first, personal journal app▲268

   2019 · journalbook.co.uk

2. 2IM
   I made a privacy-focused online journal▲100

   2019 · gekri.com

3. 3WM
   WriteFreely – minimalist, federated blogging platform▲337

   2018 · writefreely.org

4. 4CA
   Commento: a fast, privacy-focused alternative to Disqus▲271

   2019 · commento.io

5. 5OA
   Openring, a free and decentralized network of blogs▲351

   2019 · git.sr.ht

6. 6AO
   An open source note-taking app that respects your privacy▲53

   2013 · janusnotes.com

7. 7AF
   A friendship-centric journal▲96

   2016 · github.com

8. 8PP
   Privacy preserving notes and journal webapp with personal analytics▲7

   2020 · poplar.one

9. 9PF
   Privacy-Focused Alternative to Google Docs and Microsoft Word▲48

   2019 · docs.arcaneoffice.com

10. 10
    Mini Diary▲144

    Simple and secure journal app

    2019

11. 11PA
    Point – a Chrome plugin for private sharing and discussion on any website▲62

    2014 · getpoint.co

12. 12LA
    LightWrite, A Free Online WriteRoom Clone▲47

    2011 · gun.io

13. 13IA
    IO – A minimalistic and anonymous editor▲30

    2016 · bold.io

14. 14PP
    Page00 – Publishing content anonymously▲11

    2016 · page00.com

15. 15SN
    Simple note-taking and blogging▲57

    2018 · notepin.co

16. 16OJ
    Online journal that encrypts entries with a cipher▲45

    2015 · bitjournal.io

17. 17NA
    Notesnook – A cross-platform privacy focused zero-knowledge notes app▲32

    2021 · notesnook.com

18. 18AF
    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

19. 19PB
    Private blogging and journaling with a simulated audience▲48

    Dec 2025 · tempblog-psi.vercel.app

20. 20JA
    Journally – A simple journal, a daily personal organizer▲18

    2016 · journally.net

21. 21SP
    Simple personal blogging service. Looking forward to feedback▲13

    2015 · followme.co

22. 22LA
    Linked, an open source daily journal app▲18

    2021 · github.com

23. 23WA
    Write.app - Private digital notebooks▲5

    2012 · writeapp.me

24. 24BC
    bol – CLI/web journal with encryption+synchronization across devices▲5

    2017 · github.com

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