Journiv v0.1.0-beta.8: This Thanksgiving, give your family the gift of memories that last forever
Hello everyone!
First of all, thanks a lot for the amazing response and interest in Journiv. We have hundreds of stars, thousands of docker pull and many many feature request (and bugs reports) on Github in just two weeks (sleepless two weeks for me :)).
Journiv v0.1.0-beta.8 is out and in it I have added the most requested features.
Highlights:
- OIDC support (now pretty stable)
- In app with history. So you always have your memories safe and backed up even if you don't want to deal with docker backups
- Role Based Access Control for user management.
- Many quality of life features and bug fixes.
- Read the release notes here
Journiv began as a deeply personal project, a way for me to capture memories, reflections, and the stories behind thousands of photos and videos of my fast-growing kids. What started as a tool for my own parenting journey has grown into something that fills a real gap in the self-hosting community.
If you’re curious, you can read the full story behind Journiv here.
I’m grateful that Journiv is now helping others preserve their memories as well.
The Journey Ahead
Journiv is in active development, with a fully functional backend, a web frontend, and mobile apps launching soon. It is self-hosted, and designed to be your companion for decades.
Journiv is being built because our memories deserve to be ours, forever.
So this Thanksgiving, give your family the gift of memories that last forever!
The Story Behind Journiv
The story of how Journiv was born and how it is being developed.Journiv Team (Journiv)
Meet Journiv! A Self-Hosted, Privacy-First Journaling App (Day One/Apple Journal Alternative)
Hello everyone!TL;DR:
Journiv is a a beautiful, self-hosted, privacy-first journaling app with mood tracking, daily prompts, and meaningful insights. The mission is simple: your memories should always stay yours. Own them, don’t rent them.Journiv 0.1.0-beta.4 is now live on GitHub and fully Docker-hostable.
Start owning your thoughts and memories forever and keep them completely private.The Story Behind Journiv
I got into self-hosting last year and while exploring options journaling solution, I realized there wasn’t a truly modern, self-hosted equivalent to Day One or Apple Journal. Most alternatives were either general note apps or old abandoned projects.
I wanted something focused on journaling with:
- “On This Day” memories
- Prompt-based journaling
- A clean, minimal, distraction-free writing experience
So… I built my own: Journiv, a beautiful (at least I am trying to make it so), self-hosted, privacy-first journaling app with mood tracking, daily prompts, and meaningful insights.
Get Involved
Give Journiv a try, share your feedback and report issues. It means a lot at this stage.
GitHub - journiv/journiv-app: Journiv - Self hosted private journaling app
Journiv - Self hosted private journaling app. Contribute to journiv/journiv-app development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub

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