Journal 0.1.0

Journal 0.1.0 is the first release.

What it is

• A journal that is a folder of Markdown files: one .md per entry with YAML frontmatter, photos in a content-addressed folder. Sync it with iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Syncthing or git; open it with any editor. Format: docs/format.md.
• Desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux: timeline, editor with autosave, tags, multiple journals, On This Day, full-text search (works for CJK), calendar, dark mode.
• Day One import: Export → JSON in Day One, import the zip. Entries, photos, tags, location, weather and stars come across; re-importing never duplicates.
• journal CLI and an MCP server (journal mcp serve, 11 tools) so Claude Code or any MCP client can read and write your journal. Docs: docs/mcp.md.
• No account, no server, no telemetry.

Known limitations

• No mobile app yet. Entries written elsewhere show up through folder sync.
• No built-in sync service; it relies on whatever syncs the folder.
• Windows and Linux builds are unsigned, so Windows SmartScreen will warn on first run. The macOS builds are signed and notarized.
• Location on macOS is a city-level guess from the network connection (the webview cannot use the system location service); weather comes from Open-Meteo. One toggle in Settings turns both off.
• No PDF export and no encryption at rest yet.

Install

• macOS: Journal_0.1.0_aarch64.dmg (Apple Silicon) or Journal_0.1.0_x64.dmg (Intel).
• Windows: Journal_0.1.0_x64-setup.exe or the .msi.
• Linux: .AppImage, .deb or .rpm.
• CLI/MCP: the journal-* binaries, or cargo install --path crates/journal-cli.