02 · Features

Write a name. Link the thing.

Type [[ while you write and pick who or what you mean — a friend, a book, a concert. The link stays in your sentence, and your journal remembers every place it came up.

How it works

One trigger

[[ suggests people and records of every type as you type. Arrow keys and Enter pick one.

Create without leaving

Not there yet? Create it from the suggestion list and keep writing. Fill in the details later.

Links stay readable

The name stays in your words, so the entry reads naturally. Click it to open the record.

Backlinks for free

Every record lists the entries that mention it — a quiet history of everywhere it came up.

Who it's for

People who want to remember who was there, without keeping a contact list

Readers and film lovers tying notes back to what they read and watched

Travellers linking each day's entry to the place they were

Anyone who has searched an old journal for one name

In depth

Structure that comes from writing

Most tracking apps ask you to fill in a form first and write second. Lite Journal works the other way round: you write as you normally would, and when you mention something worth keeping, you link it. The structure builds up out of the journal instead of the journal being squeezed into a structure.

People are linked the same way

There's no separate people feature to learn. A friend is linked with [[ like a film or a city, and their page shows every entry they appear in. Over months that becomes a record of who keeps turning up in your life, built without ever filling in a contact card.

Records you can open

Each link opens the record it points to: its properties, and below them the entries that mention it, newest first. From there you can jump back into any of those entries and keep reading.

FAQ

What can I link?+

People, and records of any type — the starter ones like films and travels, or types you create yourself.

Can I link something that doesn't exist yet?+

Yes. Create it from the [[ list without leaving the entry.

Can one entry link several things?+

Yes, as many as you like, including several of the same type.

Can I see everywhere something was mentioned?+

Yes. A record's page lists every entry that links to it.

Related features

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