🌟 AI Journal - Your Digital Thought Sanctuary

✨ Features

• 🤖 AI-Enhanced Journaling - Your personal AI companion for deeper self-reflection.
• 📝 Rich Text Editor - Express yourself with a beautiful, intuitive interface.
• 🔒 Secure & Private - Your thoughts are encrypted and protected.
• 🌙 Dark/Light Mode - Journal comfortably any time of day.
• 📱 Responsive Design - Perfect on any device.
• 🔄 Real-time Sync - Never lose a thought again.

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v14 or later)
• MongoDB (or a MongoDB Atlas account)
• Pinecone account for AI features.

Installation & Setup

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Hsinha11/AI-Journal.git
   cd AI-Journal

2. Install server dependencies:

   cd server
   npm install

3. Install client dependencies:

   cd ../client
   npm install

4. Set up environment variables:

   • Create a .env file in the server directory.
   • Add the following variables:

     PORT=8000
     MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string
     PINECONE_API_KEY=your_pinecone_api_key
     JWT_SECRET=a-very-long-and-secure-random-string-for-dev
     

Running the Application

1. Start the backend server:

   cd server
   npm start

2. Start the frontend development server:

   cd ../client
   npm run dev

The application will be available at http://localhost:5173.

🎭 Tech Stack

Frontend

• React - For beautiful UI composition
• Vite - Lightning-fast development
• Tailwind CSS - Stylish and responsive design

Backend

• Node.js - Server-side excellence
• Express - RESTful API orchestration
• MongoDB - Data persistence perfection
• JWT - Secure authentication

AI & Machine Learning

• Pinecone - Vector database for semantic search
• @xenova/transformers - For generating text embeddings

🌿 Project Structure

ai-journal-app/
├── client/              # Frontend sanctuary
│   ├── src/
│   │   ├── components/  # UI building blocks
│   │   ├── context/
│   │   ├── lib/
│   │   └── pages/
│   └── public/
└── server/             # Backend fortress
    ├── models/         # Data blueprints
    ├── src/
    │   └── services/
    └── server.js

🤝 Contributing

Your creative energy is welcome here! Feel free to:

1. 🍴 Fork the repository
2. 🌟 Create your feature branch
3. 💫 Commit your changes
4. 🚀 Push to the branch
5. 🎉 Open a Pull Request

📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

💖 Acknowledgments

• Hat tip to all contributors
• Special thanks to the open-source community
• Inspired by the power of AI and human creativity

Made with ❤️ by Harianant Sinha

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