For The Classroom
A journal that isn't observed.
The one room with the door closed.
Teaching is performed in public. Thirty pairs of eyes all day, then parents, then administrators, then the group chat — a teacher's working life has more audience than almost any other profession, and the parts that most need saying are exactly the parts that can't be said to any of those audiences.
The student you're worried about and the one wearing you down. The parent email you rewrote four times. The lesson that died, the one that flew, the annual question of whether you can keep doing this. Teachers vent in cars and cry in supply closets; a journal is a better room — one where the whole day can be put down honestly, at full length, with the door actually closed.
The Sealed Journal keeps it closed: no district account, no cloud, no company reading. Entries are encrypted on your own device with your passphrase. Write the unfair version, the tired version, the proud version. Nothing observes this classroom.
The Typewriter Experience
The cursor stays. The text moves.
In Write mode, your cursor remains exactly at the centre of the screen. The page rises up to meet it. Past words fade into soft shadow at the edges, leaving the present sentence in clear focus. Switch to Read mode and the entry flattens into an evenly lit document — the fade is for writing; the flat light is for returning.
Radical Privacy & Encryption
AES-256-GCM, in your browser, with a key only you derive.
- ·PBKDF2 key derivation at 600,000 iterations — the OWASP 2024 recommendation. Existing journals upgrade transparently on first unlock.
- ·No accounts, no telemetry, no analytics, no cookies, no third-party scripts.
- ·IndexedDB storage with a localStorage fallback. Encrypted before it touches the disk.
- ·The file is not minified. You can read the source. We'd rather you trust it than us.
What It Does Not Do
- ✕No word counts chasing you across the screen.
- ✕No formatting toolbar wrestling your thoughts into neatness.
- ✕No cloud sync. No distant servers. Your words stay yours.
- ✕No social sharing. Your vulnerability is not content.
- ✕No AI assistant finishing your sentences.
- ✕No streak counters. No guilt. No gamification.
- ✕No subscriptions. No mood trackers. No noise.
Licensing & Gift Copy
One purchase covers up to three of your personal devices. It also includes a second untouched copy of the file — meant to be given to one person you trust. Lifetime updates. 30-day, no-questions refund. If you run a clinic, school, or workplace and want a copy for everyone, ask us about a site licence.
One Purchase. Yours Forever.
The price is $24 today. It will become $29.
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Get The Sealed JournalQuestions
Can I write about specific students?
Judgment call — many teachers write around names for their own peace of mind. Either way, the entries exist only on your device, encrypted, on no school system.
Is this connected to my school accounts?
No accounts at all. It's a file you own personally, unaffected by district IT, offboarding, or whoever administers your email.
Summer versions of me wonder: will I keep it up?
Term-time might be one line a day; summer might be pages. There's no streak. The record takes what it gets.
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Somewhere to say it at full volume.
Unfair, unfiltered, and sealed.
Practices & Methods
One line a day. That's the whole practice.
The smallest journal that still counts.
Core
A private, offline journal that asks nothing of you.
One file. One password. Yours forever. No accounts, no cloud, no algorithms reading your three-in-the-morning thoughts.
Core
An encrypted journal where the passphrase never leaves your device.
AES-256-GCM with PBKDF2 key derivation at 600,000 iterations — the OWASP 2024 recommendation. Done in your browser, not on a server.
The cursor will be there when you return.
Centered. Blinking. Patient.
Start Writing