DailyTxT
DailyTxT is a self-hosted note-taking tool that provides encrypted diary Web application to save your personal memories of each day. Includes a search.
Overview
Encrypted Diary Web-App > [!WARNING]
- When you are coming from version 1 (most likely 1.0.15), you MUST read the Migration Instructions below!
- Note: A tag like
...-testing.1is a non-stable version and (obviously) used for testing. Please backup your data and help testing the new version which uses this testing-tag. You can set up notifications for this at the end of the settings ❤️ The project has 455 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT.
Key Features
Source: GitHub README
- Encryption: Everything you write is encrypted before it’s written to the server’s storage. Even the admin can’t read your private stuff!
- File-Upload: You can upload arbitrary files for each day (500 MB max each). They are stored encrypted on the server as well. Images are automatically recognized and added to the…
- Image Viewer: View all images of a day in a gallery view and in full screen.
- Markdown: You can write your entries in markdown and see a live preview.
- Tags: You can add tags to your entries for better organization.
- Search: You can search for any word, tag or filename in your entries.
- Custom Templates: You can create and use custom templates for your entries.
- Read Mode: A distraction-free mode for reading your entries of each month.
- Export to HTML: You can export your entries (including uploaded files) to HTML format.
- Mobile: Responsive design for easy use on mobile screen. Additionally: allows installation as a PWA (Progressive Web App) to your Homescreen.
Getting Started
Source: GitHub README
- You can swipe left/right in the calendar to change months.
- You can swipe left/right in the date-area above the editor to switch between days.
- Use Alt + Left/Right (or Ctrl + Option + Left/Right on Mac) to switch between days.
- Drag’n’drop files into DailyTxT to upload them.
- The editor saves automatically. Green border means everything is saved, orange border means unsaved changes.
- You can change the order of files (and images!) by dragging them (at the left side) in the file list.
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Normalized Features
Source: tool-features-normalized.json
docker, docker compose, encryption, mobile app, multi user, npm, responsive, rest api, tags, templates.
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Features
Authentication & Access
- Multi-User Support
Integrations & APIs
- REST API
Search & Discovery
- Tags / Labels
Customization & Branding
- Templates
Security & Privacy
- Encryption
Mobile & Desktop
- Mobile App
- Responsive / Mobile-Friendly
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