# Diary (open-source notes app)

> Diary is a free, open-source notes app for Android. Personal diary or journal. It has 307 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.

Write down what you did, your ideas, your dreams... This application will help you keep it ordered by date like a traditional journal or personal diary. What you write is saved on your device in plain text files, so it's easy to backup and you can open the files with other applications. Includes basic functionality for browsing the old entries. * Available in English, Catalan, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, German, French, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch and simplified Chinese.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/billthefarmer/diary |
| Platforms | Android |
| Built with | Java |
| GitHub stars | 307 |
| License | GPL-3.0-only (open source) |
| F-Droid | https://f-droid.org/packages/org.billthefarmer.diary/ (package org.billthefarmer.diary) |
| F-Droid anti-features | none flagged |
| Google Play | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.webview |
| App Store | not linked |
| Website | https://billthefarmer.github.io/diary |
| Official | no |
| Category | Notes & to-do |
| Latest release | v1.105 (Mar 7, 2024) |
| Last commit | May 22, 2026 |

F-Droid builds its apps from source and flags anti-features: https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Anti-Features/

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