Show HN: Faithful Today: A Privacy-First Journaling App (No Cloud, Local Storage

2 pointsposted 14 hours ago
by sbworker

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sbworker

14 hours ago

Most wellness apps lock your personal thoughts behind a cloud login; we wanted something where the user owned the data.

The Tech (Local-First):

Database: It uses localStorage for everything. Your journal entries and settings are encrypted and stored purely on the client side. We literally cannot see your data.

Mood Engine: We built a custom logic engine that maps inputs to specific datasets. We recently added lazy-loaded audio to keep the initial bundle small while ensuring accessibility.

No Frameworks: The UI is vanilla JavaScript.

Feedback Request: Since this is a bootstrapped project, we're looking for feedback on:

The "App-like" feel—does the navigation feel smooth without a framework? Audio performance, we're lazy-loading the spoken audio. How does the playback feel on slower networks?

Thanks for checking it out!