A journal that stays yours.
yourkive is a private, local-first journal. Your entries live on your device as plain Markdown — no account, no server holding your words. Sync to your own cloud, and let automations quietly enrich each day.
No sign-up. Runs right in your browser and works offline — or install it to your home screen if you like. You don’t have to.
Most journaling apps keep your life on their servers. yourkive keeps it on yours — and still does the clever things.
Entries never touch our servers — the app literally can’t phone home. Add at-rest encryption and an app lock for a second layer.
Automations fold in weather, workouts and “on this day” — context you’d never log by hand, attached to the moment it happened.
Plain Markdown files, synced to your own Google Drive. Export everything, anytime. No lock-in, no “please don’t leave” dark patterns.
Link entries with [[…]]. yourkive tracks backlinks, so your archive quietly connects itself over time.
Turn on an automation and each new entry can pull in the weather where you were, the workout you just finished, or what happened on this day in history — automatically, and only when you want it. Everything stays on your device; the hosted helpers fetch on demand and store nothing. This is just the start — more automations are in active development.
Everything you need to keep a private journal is free. A few extras unlock when you join as a tester — no payment, just your feedback while we build.
Keeping a private journal is free — and always will be.
More power while we build — and you help shape it.
We issue keys to testers who share what they think — hit a limit in the app and we’ll invite you in.
Active testers may be invited to a small beta group — early access to new features before anyone else.
Open yourkive, write one line, and see how it feels to own your words.
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