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# Introducing Lucive
- URL: https://nickrroberts.com/introducing-lucive/
- Published: 2025-06-18T20:59:13.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-18T20:59:13.000Z
- Description: A beautiful and lightweight journaling app for macOS, built with privacy as its core principle.
- Author: Nick Roberts
- Tags: Technology, Productivity

I've been working these past few weeks to build an app I'm calling Lucive. The goal? I'm trying to make the journaling and life-planning experience I always wanted: fully private, simple, calming, and disconnected from cloud services. Fiona, my partner on this adventure, took design inspiration from the minimal, cream-colored pages and brown covers of the Moleskine notebooks we both love. 

We're finally ready to launch! I would be so honored if you could try it out and let me know what you think.

**Why “Lucive?”** It’s a mash-up of **“Lucid”** and **“Thrive.”** I liked the ring to it...and the lack of trademark collisions. I wanted something that evoked intentionality, introspection, and planning ahead. So, Lucive.

[Check it out](https://www.lucive.app/?ref=nickrroberts.com)

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## **What’s in this first release**

- **Local Storage** – Your entire journal lives in an encrypted database **on your Mac.** Never in the cloud.
- **AES-256 Encryption** – Entries are encrypted at rest with AES-256, and your key is stored securely in the macOS Keychain.
- **Privacy Blur (Ctrl +B)** – Step away for a moment and Lucive blurs the application. Click (or press Ctrl +B again) to reveal your words.
- **Markdown Support** – Write headings, lists, links, and emphasis with familiar Markdown syntax while keeping the editor clean.
- **Dark Mode** – Toggle between Light and Dark in Settings to match your workspace.
- **Easy Backups** – Export your encrypted database to the Downloads folder for off-disk backups, or import an archive to restore old entries.
- **Accessible by design** – High-contrast colors, full keyboard navigation, and screen-reader-friendly labels built to WCAG guidelines.

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## **Where we’re headed (your $5 fuels the journey)**

1. **Windows & Linux builds** – because great reflection shouldn’t require a Mac.
2. **iOS companion app** – with private, encrypted sync back to your desktop (other platforms to follow).
3. **Goal-framing tools** – features to help frame your personal goals for the week, near term, and future.
4. **On-device AI** – local models that surface insights and semantic search *without* sending data to a server.

As Lucive grows, the price will too, but **early adopters get every future feature** for the one-time $4.99 purchase.

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## **Help us shape Lucive**

This is an **early release**, and we’re listening closely.

Every new user receives a short onboarding email with a link to a Tally feedback form. Your notes will directly influence the roadmap.

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### **Ready to write?**

Grab Lucive today for **$4.99** *(pay once, own it forever)* → 

[Get the download](https://www.lucive.app/buy?ref=nickrroberts.com)

Thank you for joining Fiona and me on this ride! We can’t wait to hear what you think.