Welcome to RoboJournal

What is RoboJournal?

RoboJournal is a cross-platform, database-driven application that allows you to keep a journal/diary on your computer by means of an intuitive graphical user interface. RoboJournal is designed to run on a variety of operating systems, including Windows and practically any type of Linux. Support for Mac OS X is the early planning stages and will hopefully be implemented before the release of version 0.5. RoboJournal has this portability because it was developed with the Qt Framework, a cross-platform development toolkit that runs on nearly any computer system.

Unlike similar computerized journal tools that store user entry data in a data file, RoboJournal stores all entry data "in the cloud" as a MySQL database. These journal databases may be accessed directly through the server machine, through another computer on the same LAN/WAN as the server, or even remotely via the Internet. For instance, you can run RoboJournal on your primary workstation while your journal database is stored on a server machine in the same building or even in another country. You may even store RoboJournal itself and your journal on the same computer and run RoboJournal in an entirely closed ecosystem.

Current Limitations

At the moment, RoboJournal is not designed as or intended to be a high-security program. Because of this, all journal data is stored in the database in an unencrypted state. RoboJournal currently offers some security; by means of account restrictions and a password, journals are protected from all other unauthorized users except the root-level database administrator (who has unconditional access to all MySQL databases stored on the server whether they were created by RoboJournal or not). This danger is minimal if you control the root account; if not, keep in mind that it is possible for your journal to be read by others.

Support for on-the-fly encryption/decryption of journal content is planned for a later version. Once this new design feature has been implemented, all journal data will be permanently stored in an encrypted form and will be decrypted into a readable state only when necessary. Not even the root user will be able to unlock the journal content unless he or she has the correct password required for decryption.

Help Topics

Most RoboJournal software features have been documented. Consult the Table of Contents for a complete list of topics.