Looks really cool, I like the pretty but minimalist interface. Could I store the SQlite file on, say, google drive so that I could access my journal from different devices while the contents are still kept secure because they’re encrypted?
However, how do one access their diary, when you stopped maintaining it? Is this targeted more at the technically inclined, high-profile people who need to keep secrets?
Personally, I believe that for something like a diary/journal, it should be in a format easily readable by most tools (so a Plain-Text or a MarkDown at best), then it is in a container/folder. Now, encrypt that container/folder instead. In the future, when you need to change the tool for Encryption/Decryption, move the container/folder.
You could also use plain markdown files, any free Markdown editor/IDE, and git, and sync with a remote Git repo using gcrypt for encryption (git-remote-gcrypt).
It's just a bit of a pain to set up, and also, not mobile-friendly.
Here's another approach using Rclone and an editor of your choice. Rclone has a built in crypt library that can encrypt your data and store it in a cloud provider. I use it along with Sublime Text to journal, and store my encrypted data on Dropbox.
One major problem, I don't want a journal with unbreakable encryption where I lose all my data if I ever lose the key.
I already pay for a journaling website where I know I can always recover my journals as long as I have access to my Gmail.
So, while I appreciate this security first mindset, for me it actually becomes less interesting. I want my journal to sync to the cloud, I want to be able to unlock it, I don't want to risk losing years of journals if I forget a single key.
I'm using obsidian and cryfs. Nothing has access to those except a few programs. I'm storing notes, files, documents, whatever is important and everything is synced to the cloud.
Thank you for sharing this, this is very interesting problem to tackle.
I find this interesting mostly to understand how you are handling encryption and security. I think this is one approach but others expressed concern over long term viability.
Using Tauri is also very interesting. How did you find using it for this simpler case?
I like the idea, as a niche project for users that don't have control over their hardware/OS, or run on USB flash for portability.
Speaking of which, I have notes / journal entries dating back several decades, all in plain text files. I'm worried about these new projects and their longevity and whether it'll be actively supported 30 years from now. For simplicity, I'd use gocryptfs, Veracrypt, or other general file-based encryption which suits your risk tolerance, and use whatever editor (ie Obsidian, vscode, OneNote, etc) I want to use.
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However, how do one access their diary, when you stopped maintaining it? Is this targeted more at the technically inclined, high-profile people who need to keep secrets?
Personally, I believe that for something like a diary/journal, it should be in a format easily readable by most tools (so a Plain-Text or a MarkDown at best), then it is in a container/folder. Now, encrypt that container/folder instead. In the future, when you need to change the tool for Encryption/Decryption, move the container/folder.
For instance, tools such as https://cryptomator.org comes to mind.
It's just a bit of a pain to set up, and also, not mobile-friendly.
More here: https://alabhya.me/rclone
I already pay for a journaling website where I know I can always recover my journals as long as I have access to my Gmail.
So, while I appreciate this security first mindset, for me it actually becomes less interesting. I want my journal to sync to the cloud, I want to be able to unlock it, I don't want to risk losing years of journals if I forget a single key.
Until the OS needs more memory and swaps your secrets out.
It's a paid app, not open source, but I've been using it for years and it has been working very well for me.
I find this interesting mostly to understand how you are handling encryption and security. I think this is one approach but others expressed concern over long term viability.
Using Tauri is also very interesting. How did you find using it for this simpler case?
Anyhow, very cool project. Don't aband it :)
Regarding Tauri, I liked it a lot. This is my first time using it for any serious project.
Speaking of which, I have notes / journal entries dating back several decades, all in plain text files. I'm worried about these new projects and their longevity and whether it'll be actively supported 30 years from now. For simplicity, I'd use gocryptfs, Veracrypt, or other general file-based encryption which suits your risk tolerance, and use whatever editor (ie Obsidian, vscode, OneNote, etc) I want to use.
is there a reason we aren’t using high level crypto libraries in 2026?