# Ichinichi

22 Hacker News commenters recommended Ichinichi and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free, open-source daily journal allowing one encrypted, local-first note per day, praised for its clean design and fixed past. Main caveat: past entries cannot be edited.

## Why people recommend it

- Likes the concept and design (5 comments): "Love it! The name, the design, the concept, the open source codebase, everything!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47381087)) "This is an awesome idea, very polished congratulations!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47380357)) "I rather like the concept of the application." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47382557))
- Past days are read-only by design (4 comments): "The read-only past is a really smart design choice." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47380586)) "The read-only past is the right constraint." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47385425)) "I like the idea that the past is fixed" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47380716))
- Local-first with encryption (2 comments): "Smart approach with the key wrapping." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47381592)) "Love the local-first approach." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47382503))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Piruetas](https://hackerapproved.com/p/piruetas.md): 7 recommend
- [Echologue](https://hackerapproved.com/p/echologue.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Ichinichi", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ichinichi/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).