A free cross-platform encrypted daily journal / diary app, with full CSS styling. It is built with Sqlite3 and SQLcipher with AES 256 CBC encryption.

I released the first version of Epic Journal in Nov 2017 after one month's coding experience. As you can imagine, it was a bit rough around the edges...

I've been working on a business project since then and only just getting back into it now. However I'm coming back with a few years coding experience, so this time it's serious! 🚀

I've upgraded all the bits of framework to the latest versions and I've switched to @journeyapps/sqlcipher so we can now build for MacOS and Linux without any issues.

Download the latest release here.

I built it as a free and open replacement for The Journal by DavidRM, which I have used for many years. The main issues I wanted to solve were better styling, and the ability to know that my entries are safe for the long-term, with an open and known database format.

• Fast and clean Electron app
• AES 256 CBC encryption
• Single journal file that you can store in your Dropbox, or wherever you like
• Custom style types
• Pure HTML5 compatible
• Syntax highlighting
• Insertable templates
• Tagging
• Image support
• Active development

See the documentation here.

I'll be working towards feature parity with The Journal, but the next things I'm working on are:

• Search. Good fast search.
• Multiple folders. They will be tabs above the editor - think of them as master categories.
• Linking between entries
• Minimise to tray, and hotkey open
• Notes folder – i.e. non date-related entries

To set up the dev environment, just:

npm install

This should run electron-builder after install to rebuild the SQLCipher package for your environment.

To run or build:

npm run dev
npm build