Dear Diary: a skeuomorphic local-LLM journal with grounded citations
Charming_Group_2950 · reddit · 2026-08-20
A developer open-sourced Dear Diary, a skeuomorphic AI journaling app for local LLMs that deliberately avoids the ubiquitous dark-mode chat bubble UI, aiming for a tactile, nostalgic, and private feel.
- Built on the open-source memory engine Gray Box. Flow: write → seal into a local inbox → "engrave" into structured entity nodes → ask questions and get answers in dynamic bleeding ink.
- Grounded citations: every retrieved fact links directly back to your source notes instead of opaque context stuffing.
- Fully BYOK — works out of the box with any local model or cloud endpoint.
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