ShortJo is a keyboard-first bullet journal that lives in your browser.
No account. No tracking. No cloud you don't already own.
Type . milk for a task,
- idea for a note,
and get on with your day.
Open the app and start writing. There's no signup, no login, no email confirmation, no recovery flow. We can't lock you out because we don't have an account to lock.
By default everything stays in your browser. Optionally sync to your own Google Drive or Dropbox — in plain text files you can read, grep, back up, or walk away with at any time.
High-contrast, no animations, monospace chrome, full keyboard control. ShortJo was built to be readable on an e-reader and usable on a phone. No bloat, no frameworks shouting at the GPU.
Ryder Carroll's bullet journal in four symbols, mapped to four keys. Designed for thumbs on a phone or eight fingers on a keyboard. Same muscle memory, either way.
It loads in under a second. Today's log appears, ready to type. Nothing to configure.
One character, one entry type. Press enter to file it under today.
Jump to Week, Month, Quarter or Year with one tap. Unfinished tasks roll forward. Habits build streaks. Pinned notes float to the top.
Settings › Connect Drive or Dropbox. ShortJo writes plain text files into a folder you own. We never see them. Skip this step entirely and everything stays in your browser.
ShortJo renders cleanly on every e-reader with an experimental browser — Paperwhite, Oasis, Scribe, Kobo, BOOX. High contrast, no animations, no fixed pixel zoom traps. If you've ever wanted a notebook that runs on the same device as your novels, here it is.
Tested on Kindle Paperwhite (11th gen) experimental browser.
ShortJo is free to use, with no tiers, no upgrade prompts, no "pro" features locked behind a paywall. There's nothing to bill because there's no server to bill for — your data lives in your browser or your own cloud.
If it becomes useful to you, tell a friend who keeps a notebook. That's the entire business model.
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