{"id":28442195,"url":"https://github.com/barsatkhadka/vinaya-journal","last_synced_at":"2026-01-21T13:25:19.022Z","repository":{"id":292069971,"uuid":"977744211","full_name":"BarsatKhadka/Vinaya-Journal","owner":"BarsatKhadka","description":"A secure, local RAG journal that understands you better the more you write.","archived":false,"fork":false,"pushed_at":"2025-12-26T01:56:14.000Z","size":27281,"stargazers_count":157,"open_issues_count":5,"forks_count":12,"subscribers_count":4,"default_branch":"main","last_synced_at":"2026-01-19T22:55:33.861Z","etag":null,"topics":["desktop-app","electronjs","good-first-contribution","good-first-issue","ollama","rag","showcase","showcase-app","springboot","typescript"],"latest_commit_sha":null,"homepage":"https://vinaya-journal.vercel.app","language":"TypeScript","has_issues":true,"has_wiki":null,"has_pages":null,"mirror_url":null,"source_name":null,"license":"mit","status":null,"scm":"git","pull_requests_enabled":true,"icon_url":"https://github.com/BarsatKhadka.png","metadata":{"files":{"readme":"README.md","changelog":null,"contributing":null,"funding":null,"license":"LICENSE","code_of_conduct":null,"threat_model":null,"audit":null,"citation":null,"codeowners":null,"security":null,"support":null,"governance":null,"roadmap":null,"authors":null,"dei":null,"publiccode":null,"codemeta":null,"zenodo":null,"notice":null,"maintainers":null,"copyright":null,"agents":null,"dco":null,"cla":null}},"created_at":"2025-05-04T21:48:25.000Z","updated_at":"2026-01-18T12:36:42.000Z","dependencies_parsed_at":null,"dependency_job_id":"bb073fd0-4b76-48aa-8e10-9a6a0aa06495","html_url":"https://github.com/BarsatKhadka/Vinaya-Journal","commit_stats":null,"previous_names":["barsatkhadka/vinaya-journal"],"tags_count":1,"template":false,"template_full_name":null,"purl":"pkg:github/BarsatKhadka/Vinaya-Journal","repository_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories/BarsatKhadka%2FVinaya-Journal","tags_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories/BarsatKhadka%2FVinaya-Journal/tags","releases_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories/BarsatKhadka%2FVinaya-Journal/releases","manifests_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories/BarsatKhadka%2FVinaya-Journal/manifests","owner_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/owners/BarsatKhadka","download_url":"https://codeload.github.com/BarsatKhadka/Vinaya-Journal/tar.gz/refs/heads/main","sbom_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories/BarsatKhadka%2FVinaya-Journal/sbom","scorecard":null,"host":{"name":"GitHub","url":"https://github.com","kind":"github","repositories_count":286080680,"owners_count":28633757,"icon_url":"https://github.com/github.png","version":null,"created_at":"2022-05-30T11:31:42.601Z","updated_at":"2026-01-21T04:47:28.174Z","status":"ssl_error","status_checked_at":"2026-01-21T04:47:22.943Z","response_time":86,"last_error":"SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 peeraddr=140.82.121.5:443 state=error: unexpected eof while reading","robots_txt_status":"success","robots_txt_updated_at":"2025-07-24T06:49:26.215Z","robots_txt_url":"https://github.com/robots.txt","online":false,"can_crawl_api":true,"host_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub","repositories_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories","repository_names_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repository_names","owners_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/owners"}},"keywords":["desktop-app","electronjs","good-first-contribution","good-first-issue","ollama","rag","showcase","showcase-app","springboot","typescript"],"created_at":"2025-06-06T05:39:56.791Z","updated_at":"2026-01-21T13:25:19.015Z","avatar_url":"https://github.com/BarsatKhadka.png","language":"TypeScript","funding_links":[],"categories":[],"sub_categories":[],"readme":"\u003ch2\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BarsatKhadka/Vinaya-Journal/main/desktop/src/assets/vinayaLogoWhite.png\" alt=\"Vinaya Logo\" width=\"70\" /\u003e\n  \u003cspan\u003eVinaya Journal\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/h2\u003e\n\n\nVinaya Journal is a **cross-platform** journaling desktop app that integrates local AI via [Ollama](https://ollama.com/) and a retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipeline using ChromaDB. \nIt is designed for **offline-first, privacy-conscious AI journaling** so that your thoughts stay on your device.\n\n![Front Page of Vinaya Journal](https://github.com/BarsatKhadka/Vinaya-Journal/blob/5f949193089048c592ed4985b814e24d9a9de7d0/desktop/src/assets/READMEImgs/FrontPageVinaya.png?raw=true)\n\n\n## Why Use Vinaya ?\n\n- **Privacy-First**  \n   Unlike other \"AI\" Journaling apps , Vinaya keeps everything on your own machine. No cloud, no servers, no data leaks. It's up to you to keep your journal safe because everything's on your device.\n- **Simple \u0026 Clean UI**  \n  I’ve built the interface to be as simple and intuitive as possible—something I’d personally enjoy using every day. If you're contributing, I ask you to honor this design philosophy: less clutter, more clarity.\n\n- **Built by a Journaler, Not a SaaS Product**  \n This isn’t some SaaS product chasing data or engagement graphs. That said, if you see me promoting Vinaya on Reddit or LinkedIn, know that I, too, hope it finds its way into real hands other than me. But its roots are honest: Vinaya was born out of a personal need—for a local, intelligent, and private journaling space to support my daily meditation and practice of restraint.\n\n# Core Features\n\n- **Semantic Search of Your Entries**  \n  Powerful retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipeline using ChromaDB enables deep semantic search, allowing you to find entries based on meaning, not just keywords.\n\n  ![Semantic Search RAG](https://github.com/BarsatKhadka/Vinaya-Journal/blob/5f949193089048c592ed4985b814e24d9a9de7d0/desktop/src/assets/READMEImgs/RAGReadMe.png?raw=true)\n\n- **Mood Insight and Visualization**  \n  Tools to track and visualize your mood over time to help you reflect on emotional patterns.\n\n  ![Mood Insights](https://github.com/BarsatKhadka/Vinaya-Journal/blob/5f949193089048c592ed4985b814e24d9a9de7d0/desktop/src/assets/READMEImgs/Mood_InsightsREADME.png?raw=true)\n\n- **Personalized Chat with Vinaya’s Contextual Ollama AI**  \n  Engage with your journal in conversation with an AI that understands your entries, helping deepen reflection and insight.\n\n  ![Vinaya Ollama AI Chat](https://github.com/BarsatKhadka/Vinaya-Journal/blob/5f949193089048c592ed4985b814e24d9a9de7d0/desktop/src/assets/READMEImgs/VinayaOllamaAIREADME.png?raw=true)\n\n\n## Project Structure\n\nThis project follow a clear separation between core development and release packaging:\n\n- **`main`**  \n  Contains the core codebase for all active development across:\n```\n vinaya-journal/\n├── desktop/         → Electron + React app\n├── backend/         → Spring Boot API\n├── ai/              → FastAPI embeddings + RAG service\n├── website/         → Static marketing site\n├── .gitignore\n├── README.md\n```\n- **`release-packaging-vX` branches**  \n  These branches are versioned (e.g., `release-packaging-v1`) and include:\n  - All code up to that specific release\n  - Additional packaging, deployment scripts, and configuration files\n  - Content not relevant to core development, intentionally excluded from `main`\n\n\u003e ⚠️ Note: `release-packaging-vX` branches are not merged into `main` to keep the main codebase clean and focused.\n\n## Running Vinaya Locally\nYou can run the full Vinaya Journal stack on your own machine (frontend + backend + AI service).\nSee the full guide here 👉 ![docs/LOCALSETUP.md](https://github.com/BarsatKhadka/Vinaya-Journal/blob/9b33b2caef03ada02ea7f894ae0db85dcad69f81/docs/LOCALSETUP.md)\n\n# License \n\n![MIT License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)\n\nCopyright (c) 2025 Barsat\n\nPermission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy\nof this software and associated documentation files (the \"Software\"), to deal\nin the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights\nto use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell\ncopies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is\nfurnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:\n\nThe above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all\ncopies or substantial portions of the Software.\n\nTHE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED \"AS IS\", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR\nIMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,\nFITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE\nAUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER\nLIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,\nOUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE\nSOFTWARE.\n\n\n\n\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fbarsatkhadka%2Fvinaya-journal","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fbarsatkhadka%2Fvinaya-journal","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fbarsatkhadka%2Fvinaya-journal/lists"}