Journiv
What Journiv is
Journiv is a self-hosted journaling app for privacy-conscious users, with mood tracking, prompts, analytics, and search. It supports quick-log moments, rich-text entries, multiple journals, tags, and location and weather context. Users can define moods and activities, track goals, and have goal progress update automatically from logged activities. Search covers entries, tags, and metadata, with more than 10 filters and an On This Day feature. The free Core plan includes self-hosted journaling, tracking, prompts, search, analytics, and media support. Journiv imports from Journiv, Day One, and Daylio exports, and offers full or selective exports in JSON, PDF, HTML, or Markdown. It can connect to a self-hosted Immich instance for photos and videos. In link mode, media depends on the referenced files remaining in Immich and Immich being online. Journiv stores data in the user's chosen database and describes itself as having no telemetry or external service dependencies, but it does not provide end-to-end encryption. Installation is through Docker Compose or manually; media uploads and import/export require a Redis/Valkey broker and Celery worker. Plus adds tag analytics, public publishing of selected entries, and oEmbed support. A Plus license is valid for one year, applies to one installation, and requires manual renewal. iOS and Android apps are described as coming soon.
Who it suits
Journiv may suit people who want a self-hosted journal with structured entries, mood and goal tracking, and extensive search. Readers who require end-to-end encryption or ready-to-use mobile apps should note that it does not provide the former and its mobile apps are described as coming soon.
What it does well
- Free Core plan
- Imports from Day One and Daylio exports
- Exports to JSON, PDF, HTML, and Markdown
- More than 10 search filters
- No telemetry or external service dependencies
What to know first
- No end-to-end encryption
- Mobile apps are coming soon
- Media uploads and import/export require Redis/Valkey and Celery
- Plus license requires manual renewal
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Core | Free forever · Self-hosted journaling · Mood, activity, and goal tracking · Prompts, search, analytics, and media support | Free |
| Journiv Core | Core app is fully functional without Plus features | Free |
| Journiv Plus | License valid for 1 year; renew manually · Optional features; one self-hosted installation per license · no auto-renewal · no refunds | On request |
As journiv.com lists them, read 20 Sept 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
Journiv offers a substantial self-hosted journaling toolkit, including tracking, prompts, search, and export options. Its lack of end-to-end encryption and the additional deployment requirements for media and import/export are worth weighing.
Facts from Journiv's own pages
- Deployment
- Journiv can be installed with Docker Compose or manually; media uploads and import/export require a Redis/Valkey broker and Celery worker. · journiv.com, 7 Oct 2026
- End-to-end encryption
- No · journiv.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Export formats
- JSON,PDF,HTML,Markdown · journiv.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Free plan
- Yes · journiv.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Immich integration
- Journiv connects to a self-hosted Immich instance to attach photos and videos, with link-only and copy modes. · journiv.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Immich limitation
- Link mode references media on Immich, so linked media disappears from Journiv if deleted from Immich and requires Immich to be online to view. · journiv.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Import and export
- Journiv supports full and selective exports and imports from Journiv, Day One, and Daylio exports. · journiv.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Journaling
- It supports Quick Log moments, rich-text entries, multiple journals, tags, and location and weather context. · journiv.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Media support
- photos_video_audio · journiv.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Mobile apps
- The installation guide describes iOS and Android apps as coming soon. · journiv.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Mood and goals
- Users can define moods and activities, track goals, and have goal progress update automatically from logged activities. · journiv.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Available platforms
- web,self_hosted · journiv.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Plus features
- Journiv Plus adds tag analytics, public publishing of selected entries, and oEmbed support for published entries. · journiv.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Plus licensing
- Plus licenses are bound to one installation, valid for one year, and require manual renewal because they do not auto-renew. · journiv.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The maker describes Journiv as self-hosted, with data stored in the user's chosen database and no telemetry or external service dependencies. · journiv.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Prompt features
- guided · journiv.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Purpose
- Journiv is a self-hosted journaling app for privacy-conscious users, with mood tracking, prompts, analytics, and search. · journiv.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Search and discovery
- Search covers entries, tags, and metadata, with more than 10 filters and an On This Day feature. · journiv.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Search scope
- advanced · journiv.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Security
- The security guide states that Journiv uses JWT authentication, Argon2id password hashing, and recommends HTTPS in production. · journiv.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker lists Discord, GitHub, documentation, and [email protected] for help. · journiv.com, 7 Oct 2026
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