Montréal
A private journal for a bilingual interior life.
Type in English, French, or both — the file doesn't care, and neither does anyone else.
Montréal switches languages mid-sentence and so will your journal. There is no spellchecker pretending to be a teacher. There is just the cursor.
Useful in a Mile End loft, a café on Saint-Denis, or the back of a #80 bus on a snowy Tuesday.
The file stores plain Unicode — accents, ligatures, and code-switching all survive a round-trip through the encryption.
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.
Questions
Est-ce que ça fonctionne en français?
Oui. L'interface est en anglais, mais vous pouvez écrire en français, en anglais, ou alterner librement — le fichier stocke du texte Unicode sans correction automatique.
Is it compliant with Quebec's Law 25?
Law 25 regulates organisations that collect or use personal information. We don't collect yours from journal entries, so the Act's obligations don't attach to your use of the journal.
Will autocorrect mangle my Franglais?
There is no built-in autocorrect. Whatever spellcheck your OS or browser provides can be turned off in the journal's settings.
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