Show HN: Echologue – the private AI voice journal I built for myself

Echologue, a private AI voice journal built by an anonymous developer, stores all data on-device and uses zero-data-retention endpoints for AI inference, allowing users to ask natural-language questions about their entries while maintaining complete anonymity. The app features voice-first input, automatic tagging, meaning extraction, and semantic retrieval via local embeddings, with export to LLM capabilities.

I have tried journaling many times but nothing stuck. So I decided to make my own app for myself with these features: Voice first Private first AI chat Automatic tagging, meaning extraction, and semantic retrieval using embeddings stored locally Export to LLM the AI angle is especially interesting for me. It allows me to ask questions like: "remind me highlights and crazy nights in the last 3 months" "How was I feeling during my trip in Spain and how big of a problem was my breakup" "How would you judge my overall interactions with Marc after I told him about my problems" the overall process is fire and forget. I just talk for let's say a minute every day or when there was something of interest. Everything is stored on device. The AI inference is done with Zero Data Retention Endpoints. No email or anything else is kept, you are completely anonymous, I have no idea what or how people use this. Otherwise journaling doesn't work. I can't say my secret thoughts when I know someone has a master key or can suffer a security breach. I hope you enjoy the product as much as I do. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49096767 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49096767 Points: 1 Comments: 0