They don’t have to. As long as Obsidian or any tool is working for someone then that is what they should use.

But for many including me Obsidian is not a solution for journaling although I extensively use Obsidian for note taking. You can read why here

• https://www.reddit.com/r/immich/comments/1onj6ay/journiv_011beta_is_out_a_selfhosted_privacyfirst
• https://journiv.com/blog/the-story-behind-journiv

Thank you. Looking forward to your feedback.

Thank you. I am glad you like it.

I can very much relate to the parent part. That is how Journiv was born actually :)

https://journiv.com/blog/the-story-behind-journiv

https://journiv.com/blog/journiv-immich-integration

Thank you. Journiv can be used by multiple user on same instance. Journiv has been built with industry grade security practices (https://journiv.com/docs/configuration/security) and support user management (https://journiv.com/docs/configuration/user-management) with role based access control. If you are using with multiple user it is recommended to use postgres as the db over sqlite: https://journiv.com/docs/configuration/database

Journiv currently does not support shared journal where you can share your journal with other users in your instance. It is a requested feature so will be added https://github.com/journiv/journiv-app/issues/62

Thank you. Please report any issues or feedback on github. This post has details on current status of immich integration https://www.reddit.com/r/immich/comments/1p7g4t7/journiv_v010beta8_this_thanksgiving_give_your/ It will be coming soon. Stay tuned!

Thank you. It is never too late and now you have all your journal entries to yourself forever :)

Shared journals is a requested features: https://github.com/journiv/journiv-app/issues/62 Please upvote the issue so it can be prioritized better.

I really can’t believe this is going so far for a sentence in the post…

Like I said above that is your interpretation of the sentence. People can have their own. The sentence does not state a fact which is either true or false.

So this Thanksgiving, give your family the gift of memories that last forever!

This is what I was thinking when I wrote that. “give your family the gift of memories that last forever” you don’t even have to give them the instance software to use it. You start using it capturing your memories and thoughts where you have full control and ownership on your data which can last with you for decades rather than according to some third party company terms and policies etc.

At somepoint you can “if you want to” give all/some part of it to your kids/family. What is said above is how Journiv started https://journiv.com/blog/the-story-behind-journiv

My kids are growing faster than I can keep up. Every day brings a hundred tiny moments worth remembering: the first clumsy dance, the way they mangle a new word, the small family adventures I wish I could preserve forever. Like many parents, I wanted to capture these moments—not just for today, but so my kids could look back decades from now and see their childhood through my eyes.

Quoted text ^

Both Day One and Apple Journal, which this software is proudly positioned as an alternative to, marketed themselves on “personal” and “private”, not “for the family”.

Yes because even they can just easily give it away in Apple or Google play family sharing they want you to pay the subscription individually :)

And now I am out of this comment thread. I don’t think I will have the last word here so I will let you go next :)

YUNOhost looks interesting. I didn’t know about it. Thanks I will look into it. Is YUNOhost popular?

I am not sure where this thread is going. I don’t see it adding any value to the discussion or the project. If you have any specific feedback on how to make the project better. I will love to hear that.

I am also not sure how nitpicking on choice of word is helpful here. People can interpret things differently and above is your interpretation.

To provide context on why the post has that sentence:

• The major feature of this release is user management with RBAC.
• You might not have a use case where you use software with other family members but many do specifically in self hosted world where they self host for the family. See:
• https://github.com/journiv/journiv-app/issues/93
• https://github.com/journiv/journiv-app/issues/41
• https://github.com/journiv/journiv-app/issues/18
• https://github.com/journiv/journiv-app/issues/62 many more …
• Hence that sentence.
• Like I said you are reading too much into it. Its like a vegan having a problem with a billboard which says “Delicious meat” just because they don’t eat meat.

Thank you. Yes, at some point. It is totally doable but I haven’t had a chance to look into building standalone desktop apps yet. As of now it is possible to run this manually outside of docker: https://journiv.com/docs/installation/manual

You are reading too much into it… Happy thanksgiving!

Thank you. Immich integration is being built: More updates on immich community post : https://www.reddit.com/r/immich/comments/1p7g4t7/journiv_v010beta8_this_thanksgiving_give_your/

Thank you using Journiv. Please report and feature request or bugs on Github. Regarding how long term:

• It is very dependent on the support and sustainability the project gets from the community. So if you feel the project makes your life better and is valuable to you then definitely consider contributing and supporting it https://journiv.com/sponsors
• Journiv, core mission is to let users completely control their data and enable freedom to do whatever they wan’t with it. So open data formats and robust export is being built from day one. Journiv-viewer (coming soon https://journiv.com/docs/guides/journiv-viewer#exporting-to-markdown) allow users to access their journiv export as HTML webpages completely client side and standalone HTML pages. So even if you don’t have journiv instance running years down the line you have easy access to your journals. This viewer can also generate markdown export zips with frontmatter which can then be imported to any markdown viewer or note app which support markdown without any metadata loss.

The article and discussion here is about open source software which is not free software. Thats where the problem lies it is assumed that open source software has be free.

Freedom in software does not mean free software.

It’s funny how common this mindset is in the self-hosting community: “If I’m running it on my own hardware, the software should basically be free… maybe I’ll toss a tiny ‘tip’ if I feel generous.”

The logic seems to be that since there’s no ongoing server cost, the developer’s time, skill, and effort must somehow be worth nothing and that we should magically fund the entire project through some hypothetical cloud version that they themselves will never use.

It’s like showing up to a brewery with your own growler and expecting the beer to be free because you didn’t use their glass.

Definitely!

Exactly for the reason you said. They don’t care about your privacy they want your verified email address to sell to the higher bidder.

Burning the midnight oil on my self hosted journal app: https://github.com/journiv/journiv-app