📖 Journal AI

Journal AI is a distraction-free, privacy-first markdown journaling app designed for mindful daily writing and deep reflection. It features real-time metrics, an interactive calendar with date navigation, mood tracking, typography switching, dynamic 3-tier word count milestones (750w ➔ 1,400w ➔ 2,100w celebration), and instant .md file export with structured YAML frontmatter.

The app features an interactive AI Reflection & Analysis Hub equipped with a clean dropdown lens selector:

• 🌟 Living Life Pillars & PR Review: Discovers profound realizations & working solutions across your life domains (Career, Gym, Dreams, Relationships, Custom) with a GitHub PR-style review engine to ✓ Accept & Merge or ✗ Discard suggestions.
• 📋 To-Dos & Actions: Extracts interactive markdown checklists from your thoughts.
• 🧭 Core Principles: Discovers mental models, values, and life rules you set for yourself.
• 🔥 Motivational Coach: Empowering encouragement and tailored daily mantras.
• 🎯 Top Priorities (MITs): Identifies your 1–3 highest-leverage focus areas.
• 📑 Section Summary: Concise thematic breakdown with key takeaways.
• 🌡️ Mood Deep-Dive: Psychological analysis of emotional undertones and friction points.
• 🏷️ Compound Topics & Tags: Discovers compound themes (career · excited) and #subtopics.
• 💬 Custom AI Prompts: Ask any free-form question against your journal entry.

All entries, life pillars, and API keys stay 100% client-side in browser local storage—requiring zero build tools or backend servers.

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🚀 Quick Start

Simply clone and open index.html in any browser:

git clone https://github.com/teejaz/journal_ai.git
cd journal_ai
open index.html

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⚙️ AI Setup

Click the ⚙ (AI Settings) icon in the top navigation bar:

• Google Gemini: Free Google AI Studio key (gemini-3.6-flash, gemini-3.7-flash with auto-detect).
• OpenAI: OpenAI API Key (gpt-4o-mini, gpt-4o, o3-mini, o1, gpt-4.5 with auto-detect).
• Local Ollama: Start with CORS allowed (OLLAMA_ORIGINS="*" ollama serve) & auto-detect installed models.
• llama.cpp / Local Server: Connect to http://localhost:8080 (or LM Studio / LocalAI) with model auto-detection.
• Offline / Built-in: Switch to Off for zero-dependency local keyword extraction.

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⌨️ Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl / Cmd + N	New Entry
Ctrl / Cmd + B / I	Bold / Italic
Ctrl / Cmd + P	Toggle Markdown Preview
Ctrl / Cmd + E	Export to .md
Ctrl / Cmd + Shift + A	Run AI Topic Analysis

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📄 License

MIT License © 2026.