# journiv/journiv-app

Journiv - Self hosted private journaling app

Repository: https://github.com/journiv/journiv-app
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/journiv-app
Homepage: https://www.journiv.com
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: journal, journaling-app, mood, mood-tracker, homelab, self-hosted, selfhosted, note-taking, notes-app, privacy, privacy-tools
Last push: 2026-09-03T01:59:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 84/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 99, longevity 22
- inputs: {"age_days": 318, "days_push": 0, "days_rel": 10, "gap_med": 7, "n_releases_24m": 18}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1200, forks 48 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:13.216945+00:00)

## What it is
Journiv is a self-hosted, privacy-first journaling application with mood, activity, and goal tracking, prompt-based journaling, media uploads, analytics, and full-text search. It runs on your own infrastructure via Docker with SQLite or PostgreSQL storage, JWT/OIDC authentication, and zero telemetry.

## Use cases
- self-host a private journaling app on my homelab
- track my daily mood and activities with goal progress
- journal with writing prompts without a cloud service
- search across years of journal entries with full-text search
- keep therapy or mental health notes off cloud providers
- export my journal to markdown and  for portability
- connect my Immich photos to journal entries

## When to choose
- you want complete data ownership with no telemetry or third-party access
- you run a homelab, NAS, or VPS and want Docker-based deployment
- you need mood, activity, and goal tracking alongside journaling
- you want OIDC/SSO integration and multi-user support
- you need open export formats like JSON, Markdown, and HTML

## When to avoid
- you want a polished, stable product - it is beta software with possible breaking changes
- you prefer a hosted, zero-setup cloud journaling service
- you need native mobile apps today (they are listed as coming soon)
- you require a permissive open-source license - the license is custom open-core

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: self-hosted, search-engine, auth, analytics
- domain: developer-tools, privacy, self-hosted, web-development
- platform: self-hosted, windows, cross-platform
- tags: journaling, mood-tracker, note-taking, homelab, privacy-first, fastapi, oidc, immich-integration, docker, web-server, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- journiv/journiv-app (main) score 84

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:13.216945+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:22:06.379037+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/journiv/journiv-app (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:13.216945+00:00, sha 9182401ecf95)
  - homepage: https://www.journiv.com (fetched 2026-08-29T12:29:15.675461+00:00, sha b228d406d06b)
  - site_page: https://www.journiv.com/features (fetched 2026-08-29T12:29:15.684639+00:00, sha 75404230433c)
  - site_page: https://www.journiv.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T12:29:15.686592+00:00, sha ad6dd4aed253)
  - site_page: https://www.journiv.com/docs/installation (fetched 2026-08-29T12:29:15.688409+00:00, sha 8940ad4dc146)
  - site_page: https://www.journiv.com/features/privacy (fetched 2026-08-29T12:29:15.689903+00:00, sha 68e045524700)
  - site_page: https://www.journiv.com/features/self-hosted (fetched 2026-08-29T12:29:15.691485+00:00, sha 4343aa6e9f3b)
  - site_page: https://www.journiv.com/features/mood-tracking (fetched 2026-08-29T12:29:15.693075+00:00, sha 13d2eab23666)
  - site_page: https://www.journiv.com/features/people (fetched 2026-08-29T12:29:15.694653+00:00, sha f5e12be85ee2)
  - site_page: https://www.journiv.com/features/search (fetched 2026-08-29T12:29:15.696041+00:00, sha 693cd7c37727)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.