v4.0.0 - Pro Features & Discovery Tools

🚀 Major Release: Pro Features & Discovery Tools

This release introduces journalot Pro and adds powerful discovery features to the free tier.

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✨ NEW Free Features (Forever)

Random Entry Discovery

journal --random

Rediscover old thoughts serendipitously. Great for reflection and seeing how you've grown.

Git Diff View

journal --diff 2025-01-15

See the full edit history of any entry. Perfect for tracking how your thoughts evolved.

Archive System

journal --archive 2024               # Archive all 2024 entries
journal --archive 2024 --unarchive   # Restore from archive

Keep your journal organized by moving old years to an archive folder.

Daily Writing Prompts

journal --prompt    # Show today's prompt

20 thoughtful prompts that rotate daily, automatically added to new entries:

• "What made you smile today?"
• "What challenged you today?"
• "What are you grateful for right now?"
• And 17 more...

Disable prompts with DISABLE_PROMPTS=true in ~/.journalotrc.

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💎 NEW: journalot Pro

Sustainable open source through Open Core model.

What's Included (Coming Soon)

• 🤖 AI Insights: Weekly patterns, mood tracking, personalized analysis
• 🎙️ Voice Capture: Record and transcribe voice memos
• 🔐 Encryption: GPG encryption for sensitive entries
• ☁️ Cloud Backup: Auto-backup to S3/Dropbox beyond Git
• 📊 Graph View: Visualize tag connections and patterns

Pricing

• $20/year or $50 lifetime
• FREE for GitHub Sponsors ($50+/month tier)

How It Works

1. Get license at journalot.dev/pro (coming soon)
2. Add to ~/.journalotrc:

   PRO_LICENSE=your-license-key-here

3. Use Pro features: journal --insights, journal --voice, etc.

Try It Now

Pro features are stubbed out. Try journal --insights to see the upgrade message.

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🤝 Support Open Source

GitHub Sponsors (LIVE NOW!)

Sponsor journalot

Tiers:

• ☕ Coffee ($5/month): Support + updates
• 🌟 Supporter ($15/month): Early access + Discord
• 💎 Pro ($50/month): FREE Pro license + priority support
• 🏢 Business ($200/month): 5 Pro licenses + consulting

Why Sponsor?

• Shape the roadmap
• Get Pro features free
• Support sustainable open source
• Help journalot stay independent

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📝 Philosophy

Free Gets BETTER, Not Restricted

This release added 4 major free features. The free tier will never be crippled.

No Nagware

Pro features show a friendly message once, then get out of your way. No popups, no badges, no guilt trips.

Open Core

• CLI: MIT licensed forever
• Pro features: Closed source, optional
• Your journal: Always yours, plain markdown

Sustainable Development

Pro revenue funds:

• Full-time development
• Better documentation
• Community support
• Long-term maintenance

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🎯 Complete Feature List

Free (v4.0.0)

✅ All v3.0.0 features (quick capture, search, stats, export, etc.)
✅ Random entry discovery
✅ Git diff view
✅ Archive system
✅ Daily prompts (20 prompts)

Pro (Framework Ready)

🔜 AI insights and analysis
🔜 Voice capture
🔜 GPG encryption
🔜 Cloud backup
🔜 Graph visualization

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📦 Upgrading

cd journalot
git pull origin main
sudo ./install.sh

All your entries are safe in ~/journalot/entries/.

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🗺️ What's Next

This Month (October 2025)

• Launch GitHub Sponsors tiers
• Build AI insights (first Pro feature)
• Create license system

Next Month (November 2025)

• Voice capture implementation
• Pro beta for sponsors
• Marketing push

Future

• Encryption feature
• Cloud backup
• Graph visualization
• Mobile apps (maybe)

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💬 Feedback

This is a big shift for journalot. Feedback welcome!

• Open an issue for bugs/features
• Discussion for philosophy/direction
• Email: sponsor@journalot.dev

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The free CLI will always be amazing. Pro makes it exceptional. ✨

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v3.0.0 - Feature-Rich Release

🎉 Major Feature Release

This release adds 11 major features while keeping journalot minimal and focused. Every feature follows the core philosophy: minimal friction, maximum value, complete file ownership.

✨ Quick Wins

Quick Capture

journal "Had a breakthrough idea today"

Instantly append to today's entry without opening an editor. Perfect for capturing fleeting thoughts.

Enhanced List View

journal --list

Now shows word count and first-line preview for each entry.

Template Support

Create ~/journalot/template.md to customize new entries:

# {{date}}

## What happened today?

## Grateful for

## Tomorrow's focus

Auto-Sync

Set AUTOSYNC=true in ~/.journalotrc to skip commit/push prompts.

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🔍 Search & Discovery

Search Entries

journal --search "confidence"

Case-insensitive search across all entries with line numbers.

Week View

journal --week

Opens all entries from current week in your editor.

Tag Filtering

journal --tag work

Find all entries containing #work (or any hashtag).

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📊 Statistics (Non-Gamified)

journal --stats

Shows:

• Total entries
• First entry date
• Total words written
• Average words per entry

Important: No streaks, no "days missed", no guilt. Just information.

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💪 Power Features

Timestamped Entries

journal --time

Create multiple entries per day: 2025-01-15-1430.md

Export

journal --export html   # Export to HTML
journal --export pdf    # Export to PDF (requires pandoc)

Config File

Create ~/.journalotrc:

AUTOSYNC=true
# JOURNAL_DIR="$HOME/my-journal"

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📦 Full Feature List

• ✅ Quick capture: journal "text" appends without editor
• ✅ Enhanced list view with word count and preview
• ✅ Template support from ~/journalot/template.md
• ✅ Auto-sync config option
• ✅ Config file support (~/.journalotrc)
• ✅ Stats command (non-gamified)
• ✅ Search command
• ✅ Week view
• ✅ Timestamped entries (multiple per day)
• ✅ Tag filtering with #hashtags
• ✅ Export to HTML and PDF

🚀 Upgrading

cd journalot
git pull origin main
sudo ./install.sh

All your existing entries are safe in ~/journalot/entries/

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💡 Tips

• Quick capture is great for fleeting thoughts: journal "Check that API bug"
• Use tags for organization: #work, #personal, #ideas
• Week view helps with weekly reviews
• Templates support {{date}} placeholder
• Stats are informational only - no pressure!

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v2.0.0 - Entries Subfolder Structure

🚨 Breaking Changes

Journal entries now stored in entries/ subfolder for better organization.

Migration Required

If you have existing journal entries, run:

```bash
mkdir -p ~/journalot/entries
mv ~/journalot/*.md ~/journalot/entries/
```

Changes

• ✅ Journal entries now stored in ~/journalot/entries/ instead of ~/journalot/
• ✅ Updated .gitignore to protect user entries from being committed
• ✅ Cleaner repository structure separating code and user data
• ✅ Updated documentation with new folder paths

Installation

```bash
git clone git@github.com:jtaylortech/journalot.git
cd journalot
sudo ./install.sh
```

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v1.0.0

Release v1.0.0