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samihsoylu/journal
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Document your life, daily happenings, special occasions, and reflections on your goals.

v1.5.1(2y ago)70247[4 issues](https://github.com/samihsoylu/journal/issues)[3 PRs](https://github.com/samihsoylu/journal/pulls)GPL-3.0-onlyPHPPHP ^7.4|^8.0

Since May 24Pushed 2w ago1 watchersCompare

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Journal
=======

[](#journal)

Journal is a privacy first, self-hosted digital log book. It is designed to be accessible anywhere you go, allowing you to organize your thoughts, feelings and opinions in one place. Your Journals are stored with AES 256 encryption using your own password as the encryption key, resulting in a protected and inaccessible log book from outsiders.

[![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/f9ffe23da35a9e6c1c4acadc76363e7f72ab2925c15214c5a1442fb94feb48f9/68747470733a2f2f73616d6968736f796c752e6e6c2f646f776e6c6f6164732f64617368626f6172642d6a6f75726e616c76312e322e332e706e67)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/f9ffe23da35a9e6c1c4acadc76363e7f72ab2925c15214c5a1442fb94feb48f9/68747470733a2f2f73616d6968736f796c752e6e6c2f646f776e6c6f6164732f64617368626f6172642d6a6f75726e616c76312e322e332e706e67)

Feature highlights
------------------

[](#feature-highlights)

- Mobile friendly
- Advanced content editor (supports image upload)
- Organise entries using categories
- Create predefined sets of templates for entries
- Entries, Templates and Images have AES-256 Encryption
- Order your favorite categories to appear on the top
- Quickly add entries by enabling the quick-add widget
- Advanced search
- Create accounts for users
- Export entries

Getting started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

- You can use [our Hosted version](https://journalapp.nl). This is the simplest way to use Journal.
- You can [host it yourself](https://samihsoylu.notion.site/Installation-fb156297be1f421c8540a41fe34314ec)
- You can join our [Discord](https://discord.gg/bfkMjU5teE) if you have questions

Try it out using Docker
-----------------------

[](#try-it-out-using-docker)

```
curl -o docker-compose.yml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/samihsoylu/journal/master/docker-compose.yml

docker compose up -d
```

Visit: `http://localhost:8080/` Username: `demouser` Password: `demopass`

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- A Linux-based server with shell access
- PHP 7.4 or later.
- MySQL 5.6+

### PHP Extensions

[](#php-extensions)

The listed extensions are usually installed and enabled by default in most PHP 7 installations

- [json](https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.json.php)
- [pdo](https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.pdo.php)
- [openssl](https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.openssl.php)
- [tokenizer](https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.tokenizer.php)
- [mbstring](https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.mbstring.php)
- [ctype](https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.ctype)
- [pcre](https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.pcre)
- [session](https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.session)

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

- [Installation](https://samihsoylu.notion.site/Installation-fb156297be1f421c8540a41fe34314ec)
- [Upgrading](https://samihsoylu.notion.site/Upgrading-04fcbde744c244bcacad577604c43b41)

###  Health Score

44

—

FairBetter than 90% of packages

Maintenance62

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 88.5% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~60 days

Recently: every ~135 days

Total

18

Last Release

882d ago

Major Versions

v1.5.1 → v2.0.0.x-dev2024-03-18

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP ^7.4|^8.0

v2.0.0.x-devPHP ^8.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7b365b39ce2f7cf44f9d18c2f2d89ddf67cf090a8ad2aac95c7d29bd1106cd64?d=identicon)[SamihSoylu](/maintainers/SamihSoylu)

---

Top Contributors

[![samihsoylu](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7690781?v=4)](https://github.com/samihsoylu "samihsoylu (299 commits)")[![aliselcukkaya](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/44002494?v=4)](https://github.com/aliselcukkaya "aliselcukkaya (30 commits)")[![ekremparlak](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6561198?v=4)](https://github.com/ekremparlak "ekremparlak (7 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (1 commits)")[![taintedkernel](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/352735?v=4)](https://github.com/taintedkernel "taintedkernel (1 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

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