Happiness Tracker Release

I’ve released the first version of a desktop journaling app called Happiness Tracker for Windows and Linux.

This project exists because a lot of mental health and “wellbeing” apps accidentally add pressure. This one is intentionally built to avoid that.

You write journal entries. The app reflects back: 

• A neutral happiness score (0–100)
• A breakdown across multiple wellbeing dimensions
• Clear explanations of why a score appeared
• Optional suggestions that are explicitly ignorable

There are no streaks, no urgency, no reminders, no rewards, and no gamification.

Suggestions are capacity-aware (low-effort, gentle, neutral), avoid “should” language, and assume refusal is always allowed. The app is designed to be usable even on low-capacity days.

Everything runs locally: 

• No accounts
• No cloud sync
• No telemetry
• No analytics
• No AI services

Your data stays on your machine, and you can export or import it as a simple JSON file at any time.

Features in this first release: 

• Journal entry history and filtering
• Explainable scoring (not a black box)
• Trend charts over time
• Dark mode

This is not a medical or diagnostic tool. A score of 50 is neutral, not bad. Scores are informational, not judgments.

If this app does nothing for you today, that’s okay. It won’t punish you for leaving.