{
  "slug": "journiv",
  "category": "journaling",
  "name": "Journiv",
  "description": "Self-hosted journal web app with mood tracking, writing prompts, media uploads, search and writing statistics, run with Docker. Released as beta software.",
  "website": "https://www.journiv.com",
  "source": "https://github.com/journiv/journiv-app",
  "license": null,
  "platforms": [
    "web"
  ],
  "jurisdiction": null,
  "pick": false,
  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": "C",
  "score": 65,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "Journiv scores 65 out of 100 (grade C) on the journaling apps criteria. It meets 2 of 4 criteria: open source and no ads or data sales. It partly meets no trackers or telemetry. It does not meet independent audit.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/journaling/journiv/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/journaling/journiv/index.md",
  "answers": {
    "open_source": {
      "title": "Open source",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://github.com/journiv/journiv-app/blob/main/LICENSE.md",
      "note": "All code is public under the source-available PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0, which is not OSI-approved."
    },
    "no_trackers": {
      "title": "No trackers or telemetry",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://github.com/journiv/journiv-app/blob/main/app/services/version_checker.py",
      "note": "No third-party trackers, but each instance registers with the Journiv Plus server and sends its version, platform and database type for update checks by default. An admin can turn this off."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.journiv.com/plus",
      "note": "Funded by optional Journiv Plus licenses. No ads."
    },
    "independent_audit": {
      "title": "Independent audit",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No independent audit is published."
    },
    "transparency_report": {
      "title": "Transparency report",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "user_notice": {
      "title": "Tells users about requests",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "tls": {
      "title": "TLS configuration",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "security_headers": {
      "title": "Security headers",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "web_standards": {
      "title": "Modern web standards",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": null,
    "observatory": null,
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": [
      {
        "name": "Google Fonts",
        "host": "fonts.googleapis.com",
        "effect": "none"
      }
    ],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T07:02:21.269Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T07:44:20Z"
}