Ichinichi
The most recommended of 3 journaling apps
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.
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.
23 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 22
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 96%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 22 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 22 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Likes the concept and design
“Love it! The name, the design, the concept, the open source codebase, everything!”
Comment from 14 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Ichinichi – One note per day, E2E encrypted, local-first” “This is an awesome idea, very polished congratulations!”
Comment from 14 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Ichinichi – One note per day, E2E encrypted, local-first” “I rather like the concept of the application.”
Comment from 14 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Ichinichi – One note per day, E2E encrypted, local-first” - Comment from 15 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Ichinichi – One note per day, E2E encrypted, local-first”
- Comment from 15 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Ichinichi – One note per day, E2E encrypted, local-first”
Past days are read-only by design
“The read-only past is a really smart design choice.”
Comment from 14 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Ichinichi – One note per day, E2E encrypted, local-first” “The read-only past is the right constraint.”
Comment from 15 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Ichinichi – One note per day, E2E encrypted, local-first” “I like the idea that the past is fixed”
Comment from 14 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Ichinichi – One note per day, E2E encrypted, local-first” - Comment from 16 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Ichinichi – One note per day, E2E encrypted, local-first”
Local-first with encryption
“Smart approach with the key wrapping.”
Comment from 14 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Ichinichi – One note per day, E2E encrypted, local-first” “Love the local-first approach.”
Comment from 14 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Ichinichi – One note per day, E2E encrypted, local-first”
Other journaling apps people recommend
The two most recommended other journaling apps, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
See all 3 journaling apps, rankedWhat people said
20 of the 24 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“This removes that trap entirely.”
“"Can't edit yesterday" is off-putting for me.”
“It installs easily under Linux.”
“got a blank page for the day. Checked back on my phone, and everything gone here also.”
“Looks great; love the concept and the design.”
“The read-only past is the right constraint.”
“I love the idea and the implementation!”
“Anyway amazing app, thank you”
“I only started journaling (dogfooding ichinichi) from 1st January this year.”
“layout is uncomfortable. More than 1/4th of the screen width is taken by the calendar widget”
“I rather like the concept of the application.”
“Love the local-first approach.”
“That divider with a time stamp on the right is very cute!”
“Smart approach with the key wrapping.”
“The entire docs is gpt/claude-esque.”
“Love it! The name, the design, the concept, the open source codebase, everything!”
“I really like the idea, and I've actually built something similar.”
“I like the idea that the past is fixed”
“The read-only past is a really smart design choice.”
“This is an awesome idea, very polished congratulations!”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.