Some sort of diary app with encryption. I originally used Standard Notes but I had to use third party extensions for markdown since native version is paywalled, which is fine. But exporting is a pain because it only exports as .txt lol.
Jrnl looked simple enough even though it's CLI, but the thing is that it only encrypts individual entries it seems.
I ended up using RedNotebook. It doesn't encrypt, but I figured it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make. I encrypted /home + have a login password so I'm hoping that's secure enough. I just hate having sensitive things in the open regardless of how many layers of system security I have.
I'm going to use Cryptomator anyway since I have to backup some stuff on the clouds anyway, so I guess I could use that to encrypt the notebook if needed.
if you're lucky, maybe https://obsidian.md/ or https://silverbullet.md/ have an encrypted option/plugin. https://hackmd.io/ is a self-hostable webserver for markdown notes but probably not not what you're looking for.
yeah I think plugging your diary app into an encrypted storage location is the best bet. you could use Veracrypt or similar to make an encrypted volume, mount it before writing in your diary, and unmount after you're done. encrypted /home is probably already good enough, just make sure not to leave your computer running while you're not at it
I use joplin which uses markdown natively and has e2e encryption with cloud sync. I just use it offline on an encrypted drive so I can't comment much on the specifics of the encryption features. No diary features out of the box, there are plugins for that but I haven't used them.
I use Joplin too but for school notes. I don't want to accidentally share my darkest secrets with a classmate on accident so I avoid writing anything personal in it lol
Just a suggestion: Use KeepassXC, it's intended as a password manager, but it also supports encrypted text, or you can write your diary into a different file format, and then add it as an attachment to an entry (thus encrypting it).
Some sort of diary app with encryption. I originally used Standard Notes but I had to use third party extensions for markdown since native version is paywalled, which is fine. But exporting is a pain because it only exports as .txt lol.
Jrnl looked simple enough even though it's CLI, but the thing is that it only encrypts individual entries it seems.
I ended up using RedNotebook. It doesn't encrypt, but I figured it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make. I encrypted /home + have a login password so I'm hoping that's secure enough. I just hate having sensitive things in the open regardless of how many layers of system security I have.
I'm going to use Cryptomator anyway since I have to backup some stuff on the clouds anyway, so I guess I could use that to encrypt the notebook if needed.
if you're lucky, maybe https://obsidian.md/ or https://silverbullet.md/ have an encrypted option/plugin. https://hackmd.io/ is a self-hostable webserver for markdown notes but probably not not what you're looking for.
Silverbullet looks pretty cool, gonna have to give it a go at somepoint.
yeah I think plugging your diary app into an encrypted storage location is the best bet. you could use Veracrypt or similar to make an encrypted volume, mount it before writing in your diary, and unmount after you're done. encrypted /home is probably already good enough, just make sure not to leave your computer running while you're not at it
I use joplin which uses markdown natively and has e2e encryption with cloud sync. I just use it offline on an encrypted drive so I can't comment much on the specifics of the encryption features. No diary features out of the box, there are plugins for that but I haven't used them.
I use Joplin too but for school notes. I don't want to accidentally share my darkest secrets with a classmate on accident so I avoid writing anything personal in it lol
... what was the windows equivalent to this. the closest i could find is something called lifograph, and that's cross-platform lol
I’m sorry for not understanding, but by a diary app do you mean a text editor with encryption built in?
As a person whose done a fair bit of journaling on different Linux systems it would help to understand what you’re talking about.
Just a suggestion: Use KeepassXC, it's intended as a password manager, but it also supports encrypted text, or you can write your diary into a different file format, and then add it as an attachment to an entry (thus encrypting it).