# samuelmeuli/mini-diary

📘 Simple and secure journal app

Repository: https://github.com/samuelmeuli/mini-diary
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mini-diary
Homepage: https://minidiary.app
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: journal, diary, electron-app, diary-application, mac-app, windows-app, linux-app
Archived: true
Last push: 2021-07-11T19:25:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2969, "days_push": 1879, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1090, forks 244 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:32.870304+00:00)

## What it is
Mini Diary is a simple, secure journaling desktop app built with Electron and React, featuring password-encrypted local storage, full-text search, themes, statistics, and import/export in formats like PDF and Markdown. The project is no longer maintained, and users are advised to switch to a different journal app.

## Use cases
- keep a private encrypted journal on my desktop
- write daily diary entries locally without cloud sync
- import my journal from another diary app
- export my diary to PDF or Markdown
- search across all my journal entries
- a free open-source diary app for Mac, Windows, and Linux

## When to choose
- you need a local, password-encrypted journal with no cloud dependency
- you want to import entries from other diary apps or export to PDF/Markdown
- you prefer a minimal, distraction-free writing interface

## When to avoid
- you want an actively maintained app with bug fixes and updates
- you need cloud sync or mobile apps
- you might forget your password, since it cannot be reset

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: cryptography, search-engine, internationalization, gui
- domain: developer-tools, desktop-applications, privacy
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: journal, diary, electron-app, local-first, encrypted-diary, no-longer-maintained, macos, linux, electron

## Member repositories
- samuelmeuli/mini-diary (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:32.870304+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 2026-08-30T06:49:14.089891+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/samuelmeuli/mini-diary (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:32.870304+00:00, sha d89038f714ca)
  - homepage: https://minidiary.app (fetched 2026-08-29T12:51:28.683806+00:00, sha d127cc0928db)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.