Ichinichi – One note per day, E2E encrypted, local-first
Look, every journaling app out there wants you to organize things into folders and tags and templates. I just wanted to write something down every day. So I built this. One note per day. That's the whole deal. - Can't edit yesterday. What's done is done. Keeps you from fussing over old entries instead of writing today's. - Year view with dots showing which days you actually wrote. It's a streak chart. Works better than it should. - No signup required. Opens right up, stores everything locally in your browser. Optional cloud sync if you want it - E2E encrypted with AES-GCM, zero-knowledge,…
Ichinichi – One note per day, E2E encrypted, local-first launched on March 14, 2026 with 136 votes, #280 of 23,380 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
In plain words
Ichinichi is a journaling app that limits users to writing one note per day, with past entries locked from editing. It stores data locally in the browser with optional end-to-end encrypted cloud sync, requiring no signup to start. The app displays a year view with dots marking writing streaks and is built as a progressive web app. Designed for people who want a simple daily writing habit without organization features like folders, tags, or templates.
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Look, every journaling app out there wants you to organize things into folders and tags and templates. I just wanted to write something down every day. So I built this. One note per day. That's the whole deal. - Can't edit yesterday. What's done is done. Keeps you from fussing over old entries instead of writing…
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