Aether

A fully encrypted, private journaling application designed to secure your thoughts and data.

Features

Encrypted Journaling

Aether provides a secure environment for your personal entries. Every file is fully encrypted on disk using AES-256 symmetric encryption and remains unreadable without your unique passphrase. The password is never written to disk or local storage, ensuring maximum privacy.

Secure Editor

The core of Aether is a clean, distraction-free editor featuring a premium dark-mode interface. Files are decrypted only in memory when loaded and immediately re-encrypted upon saving.

AI Agent Chat

Aether includes an integrated AI agent assistant. This allows you to interact intelligently with your journal entries and ideas directly within the secure environment.

Memory Management

The Memory feature provides enhanced context and recall capabilities, allowing the application to intelligently reference past ideas and notes while maintaining strict data privacy.

Architecture Overview

Aether is built using a modern, containerized stack:

• Backend: Python and FastAPI utilizing python-gnupg for cryptographic operations.
• Frontend: React and Vite, delivering a responsive single-page application.
• Database: Local file system storage, keeping data resilient as independent, AES-256 encrypted .gpg files.
• Vector Database: ChromaDB is used to manage and query embeddings for the AI Agent and Memory capabilities.
• Infrastructure: Docker Compose with bind mounts for persistent, encrypted file storage on the host machine.

Getting Started

To launch the application locally, ensure Docker is installed and run the following commands:

cd Aether/
docker compose up --build

Once the containers are running, access the application at: http://localhost:5173