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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?
This is Nice.

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.

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.

Dann, that’s a fancy README.md , love it
The biggest problem is that this is not available on mobile platforms. Most people do this on their phones, not their laptops.
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.

More here: https://alabhya.me/rclone

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.

> Every entry is encrypted with AES-256-GCM before it touches disk

Until the OS needs more memory and swaps your secrets out.

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.
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looks sleek, fast, and stays true to the privacy-first roots we all loved. Awesome job modernizing a classic without losing its soul.
How are we pronouncing that name?
You can just encrypt your partition and use a file editor.
There already is another, unrelated "Diarium" journaling app: https://diariumapp.com

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.

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?

Anyhow, very cool project. Don't aband it :)

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.

Definitely a niche thing. Thanks for the feedback
key reuse, and probably other issues in a homebrew cryptosystem that wraps AES.

is there a reason we aren’t using high level crypto libraries in 2026?

Some feedback, a screenshot of the main app experience rather than the login screen might help.
Why not simply use your password manager like KeePass to store journal entries and notes?
What are the benefits of cramming everything into an app instead of using better editors in an encrypted container?
I'm still using allmyjournals, even though the app, website, and company are all gone.