Journiv
Journiv is a self-hosted journaling app for privacy-conscious users, available on the web and through self-hosted deployment.
What Journiv is
Journiv is a self-hosted journaling app for privacy-conscious users, available on the web and through self-hosted deployment. It supports quick-log moments, rich-text entries, multiple journals, tags, and location or weather context. Users can define moods and activities, track goals, and have progress update from logged activities. Guided prompts, analytics, and advanced search help review entries, tags, and metadata; search offers more than 10 filters and an On This Day view. Photos, video, and audio are supported, with exports in JSON, PDF, HTML, and Markdown. Journiv can import from Journiv, Day One, and Daylio exports and connect to self-hosted Immich for media. The free Core plan includes journaling, tracking, prompts, search, analytics, and media support. Plus adds tag analytics, selected-entry publishing, and oEmbed, with a one-year, manually renewed license for one installation.
Good
- Free Core plan with journaling and tracking
- Self-hosted data in a chosen database
- Guided prompts, analytics, and advanced search
- Exports JSON, PDF, HTML, and Markdown
- Supports photos, video, and audio
Watch out
- No end-to-end encryption
- Mobile apps are listed as coming soon
- Immich link mode depends on Immich availability
- Plus licenses require manual yearly renewal
Who it suits
Journiv suits people wanting self-hosted journals with structured tracking, guided prompts, media, and advanced search. It is also suited to users who want data in their chosen database and no telemetry or external service dependencies.
Verdict
Journiv offers a structured, self-hosted journal with substantial free features and flexible exports. Consider its lack of end-to-end encryption and the setup requirements before deployment.
Plans and prices
From Journiv's own pricing page, checked 20 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Core | Free | Self-hosted journaling · Mood, activity, and goal tracking · Prompts, search, analytics, and media support · Free forever |
| Journiv Core | Free | Core app is fully functional without Plus features |
| Journiv Plus | — | Optional features; one self-hosted installation per license · no auto-renewal · no refunds · License valid for 1 year; renew manually |
The facts
Each one read from Journiv's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- Available platforms
- web,self_hostedchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Mobile apps
- The installation guide describes iOS and Android apps as coming soon.checked 7 Oct 2026
What it does
- Deployment
- Journiv can be installed with Docker Compose or manually; media uploads and import/export require a Redis/Valkey broker and Celery worker.checked 7 Oct 2026
- End-to-end encryption
- Nochecked 20 Sep 2026
- Export formats
- JSON,PDF,HTML,Markdownchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Immich integration
- Journiv connects to a self-hosted Immich instance to attach photos and videos, with link-only and copy modes.checked 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.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Import and export
- Journiv supports full and selective exports and imports from Journiv, Day One, and Daylio exports.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Journaling
- It supports Quick Log moments, rich-text entries, multiple journals, tags, and location and weather context.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Media support
- photos_video_audiochecked 20 Sep 2026
- Mood and goals
- Users can define moods and activities, track goals, and have goal progress update automatically from logged activities.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Plus features
- Journiv Plus adds tag analytics, public publishing of selected entries, and oEmbed support for published entries.checked 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.checked 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.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Prompt features
- guidedchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- Journiv is a self-hosted journaling app for privacy-conscious users, with mood tracking, prompts, analytics, and search.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Search and discovery
- Search covers entries, tags, and metadata, with more than 10 filters and an On This Day feature.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Search scope
- advancedchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Security
- The security guide states that Journiv uses JWT authentication, Argon2id password hashing, and recommends HTTPS in production.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker lists Discord, GitHub, documentation, and [email protected] for help.checked 7 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
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