Journal

A lightweight journaling app for macOS, built with privacy as its core principle. No cloud. No syncing. No sharing. Just your thoughts stored locally, and seen by no one but you. A calm, focused writing experience made just for your Mac.

It's also open source (MIT license).

Try it out: Download.

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Features

• Backups the old fashioned way: Your journal data is stored in ~/Library/Application Support/Journal/journal.db. You can export this to your Downloads folder in Settings to save to an external hard drive or import old journal entries to view in your Journal.
• Ctrl + b: Blur your screen when it's not in use. Also blurs automatically after a minute of non-use. Click to dismiss or hit Crtl+b again.
• Dark mode: Toggleable in Settings between System, Light, and Dark.
• Encryption at rest: AES-256 encryption on your local journal entries database.