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Hello everyone!

Journiv is a self-hosted private journaling application that puts you in complete control of your personal reflections. Built with privacy and simplicity at its core, Journiv offers comprehensive journaling capabilities including mood tracking, prompt-based journaling, media uploads, analytics, and advanced search. All while keeping your data on your own infrastructure.

Journiv v0.1.0-beta.9 is out with

  • Markdown support
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  • Many bug fixes and improvements.

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The Journey Ahead

Journiv is in active development, with a fully functional backend, a web frontend, and mobile apps launching soon. It is self-hosted, and designed to be your companion for decades.

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[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've used this the last 8 days and have really liked it. Takes away some of the friction to journaling.

[–] rockstar1215@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Thank you. I am glad to hear.

[–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It looks really good, I'm definitely going to be spinning this up once I get a chance. Having OIDC right out the gate is a huge plus in my book!

[–] rockstar1215@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Thank you. Looking forward to your feedback.

[–] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In your opinion, why should someone use this over something like Obsidian, especially if they already use Obsidian for journaling?

[–] rockstar1215@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

They don't have to. As long as Obsidian or any tool is working for someone then that is what they should use.

But for many including me Obsidian is not a solution for journaling although I extensively use Obsidian for note taking. You can read why here

[–] hoppolito@mander.xyz 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Been seeing the posts pop up recently and I really like the look of your software, bookmarked for future jrnl integration possibilities.

But what a missed opportunity to not have a Journiv Ahead in your second headline :)

[–] rockstar1215@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Thank you. You are right. Journiv Ahead sounds way better :)

[–] alk@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Been using it for a couple weeks and love it!

[–] rockstar1215@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Thank you. I am glad you like it.

[–] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Currently using obsidian, will check this out ASAP

[–] rockstar1215@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Thank you. Please provide feedback on github issues.

[–] Sunny@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Looks great, thanks for sharing!

[–] rockstar1215@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Thank you. Please provide feedback on github issues.