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Cozy is a journaling app where your entries live on your computer, the same way your thoughts live in your mind. They stay yours to keep and yours to share with whoever you want, never trapped in a server or fed into someone's AI.
Really like the philosophy here. Quick question — when iOS and Android land, how will entries move between devices if nothing syncs to a server? Manual export/import, or something local like iCloud/folder sync? @alberto gallego
Awesome product! I'm glad more people are betting on local-first applications.
Finally, a beautiful journaling app that doesn't lock me behind a monthly subscription. Local-first is the way to go. Congrats on the launch Alberto!
Hi!
Alberto here, the developer of Cozy.
I don't love naming names, but Cozy sits somewhere between Day One and Obsidian. I always wanted to build a kind of "interface for your thoughts": your writing stays on your computer, all the time, and you never have to wonder where it lives.
I used Day One for years. The day they added AI was the day I went looking for something else. I want a dedicated app for journaling, and for a while I used Bear for that (still love it for notes).
Your private thoughts shouldn't be fed into any AI. You're the one who decides whether they ever are.
That's why Cozy runs on a few simple principles:
Nothing synced to a server. No mystery cloud. Your journal lives right where you write it, on your own machine. No breach to worry about, no subscription, no stranger who can open your diary.
Nothing fed to an AI. Your private writing shouldn't train anyone's model. Nothing you write in Cozy is scraped, read, or shipped off to an algorithm. No AI, simple as that.
Your words are yours. What you write belongs to you. Maybe you're working through a rough day, maybe you're just keeping track of life as it happens. Either way you stay in charge: keep your entries to yourself, or export and share them whenever you like.
I've kept a journal for seven years, and I want to build a good app for people like me who are tired of subscriptions. So Cozy is a one-time payment, now and always, because there's no monthly server bill for me to cover.
For now it's desktop only (Windows and Mac), with iOS and Android planned.
If you have any question please let me know :)
About Cozy on Product Hunt
“Your journal, yours to keep”
Cozy was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 16 upvotes and 8 comments, placing #34 on the daily leaderboard. Cozy is a journaling app where your entries live on your computer, the same way your thoughts live in your mind. They stay yours to keep and yours to share with whoever you want, never trapped in a server or fed into someone's AI.
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Really like the philosophy here. Quick question — when iOS and Android land, how will entries move between devices if nothing syncs to a server? Manual export/import, or something local like iCloud/folder sync? @alberto gallego