# Piruetas

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Piruetas and 7 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a simple, light diary app with a clean design, a calendar, and light and dark themes, and it can be self-hosted. Critics report that the demo and login often fail.

## Why people recommend it

- Clean, attractive design (2 comments): "What a gorgeous and calming site - the logo is perfect btw." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48052079)) "I thought the design looked really nice." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47985636))
- Simple, light, with light and dark themes (1 comments): "Nice, simple, light and dark theme, a calendar." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47985716))
- Self-host it if you distrust hosts (1 comments): "If you just don't trust the person hosting it, I'd honestly recommend self-hosting yourself." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47986480))

## What people warn about

- Demo and login credentials fail (2 comments): "The demo doesn't work (invalid account when using the creds mentioned on the homepage)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47985399)) "username and password are not working in the login page" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47985665))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Ichinichi](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ichinichi.md): 22 recommend
- [Echologue](https://hackerapproved.com/p/echologue.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

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