Hey Product Hunt community! We started Journal with the goal of reducing information overload, and to see what would be possible if our knowledge  -  about people, projects, and ideas -  was connected and easily accessible. We think of what we're building as a new kind of journal. You write notes in it, save interesting links, and drop in important documents and messages for later. When you need something, ask Journal, and it helps you find it. Eventually, we see it becoming a connected home to gather and share knowledge. You use the best services for issues, documents, messaging and more — and Journal ties them all together. We currently support integrations to Google (Gmail, Calendar, Drive) Slack, Dropbox (Files and Paper), Evernote, Pocket, and Atlassian (Jira and Confluence) . We're coming out of community beta today, and would love to hear your feedback! **If you'd like an early access code, comment "Yes!" and I will DM one to you ASAP.**

Yes! (?)

How is this different from Notion.so? I have been using that service for a while as a subscriber and it is fabulous. More activity in this space is always welcome!

Searching Slack, Dropbox, Evernote, Box, Google Drive, Gmail from one bar - and it works! Pretty cool..

Pros:

All your search in one place!

Cons:

Mobile app! :(

How much will it cost in the future?

Can this fully replace Evernote?

Starting using Journal to document interesting, relevant web links for my email newsletter and haven't stopped! As a product person, I'll collect user feedback from a wide range of channels — this means feedback from Slack, emails, websites like Github, paper notes from video meetings (the list goes on and on). Getting to insights around the feedback would definitely not be as quick and effective without Journal. If you find yourself struggling to pull key pieces of information for work or a personal project, I would highly recommend Journal — it helps provide context to disparate and disorganized information. It's incredibly easy to use with a beautiful UI and the flexibility of a web browser-based or application version. I'm really excited to see where Journal continues to add value (and a bit of sanity in a crazy workweek) for users 🤩!

Hello Sam, Is this only for desktop or both desktop and mobile? Thanks, JD

@samdebrule Yes!

Yes! What's the pricing structure

Yes!

Wow. Sounds almost too good be true. Very simple but if it works as advertised, also very effective. I feel like this would make my life so much easier, especially since I have memory issues.

I love Journal, and am thrilled at how much it will help me with my work. I am always in the middle of 4-6 projects that are ongoing and can't be completed in one sitting. These are diverse projects and require different resources. So what typically happens is that I end up with about 50 browser windows open just waiting for me to get back to that particular project. Inevitably this freezes up the computer and . . . well, you know the rest of that story. Spaces give me a way to keep all of these projects and their associated resources organized and readily available without clogging up my RAM. It really is already an invaluable tool for the way I work. And it's so easy and intuitive to learn.

Pros:

Intuitive, user-friendly, efficient

Cons:

none found yet

I have multiple google drive accounts and this app is a lifesaver when I'm looking for files. It saves me a ton of time searching through each individually.

I thought I was pretty happy with a different note-taking app that I won't dig on here, but I was using its web version and one day it totally lost the last three notes I had taken, in which I had documented various information-gathering conversations I'd had with co-workers and clients. The note titles were all still there; the note contents were not. It was the kind of setback (and honestly, shock) I haven't experienced since the days of forgetting to save a Word doc and then the power goes out. Only this note-taking tool was supposed to be saving my work automatically, and my Internet connection was fine. So I moved to Journal. I'm using it daily and really enjoying it. I absolutely love the ability to connect gmail and slack and other apps (even that other note-taking app, which I'll keep until I can transfer all its contents). In my job I gather information from multiple people and sources all the time, and it ends up living across various channels - Journal understands this and enables me to search and pull information from all of them. Within Journal I've created spaces for various projects (like content we're creating and campaigns we're running) and events (like a conference we're going to). Within each space I've created various sections for notes (which I take with text blocks), to-do lists, and links to emails, web content, and more. Another thing I love about Journal is the reading list I am able to create and organize. Before, I never really had a great place to place and label all the things I wanted to read. One thing I'm excited to see in Journal, hopefully soon, is the ability to collapse sections - I do tend to take detailed notes in meetings, so my sections for those are really long. Ultimately I am a huge fan of Journal - it is a great organizational and productivity tool and I highly recommend it.

Was lucky to be a part of the beta. Overall I love the UI. It feels like Trello and Slack colluded to replace Chrome Bookmarks. I could definitely see dumping the dated browser bookmark system for Journal just based on the link+space system alone. The search feels very Slack like and is great. If I got enough stuff in here I could see setting this as a default browser homepage.

Pros:

- Great UI (think Trello/Slack)

- Major improvement on dated browser bookmark systems

- The search just works and is very Slack-like

Cons:

- Will require some set up time to make this your go to organizer but most things work right out of the box.

Good product

Pros:

Works well, fast and very easy. Functionally ideal for saving and finding information

Cons:

Mobile integration using smartphones would be great

Love this product. Great UI

I love using Journal to save articles and organize my thoughts. When I’m starting to write an article, create a framework, or want to know more about a topic, I’ll usually have information all over in the place — this allows me to centralize my thoughts and still use other tools. The Chrome widget works well too. If I find an article I like, I’ll usually save it in Journal in one of the space and follow up on it later.

I’d like to see a few things added in the short term:

* better markdown support for images and links.

* Ability to drag-n-drop docs from one space (or search panel) to another space

* safari extension

* resolve some latency issues in the Mac app

I’ve been using the tool in the early beta and seeing it progress to this point has been a pleasure. The team is working hard to make this the central tool when it comes to organizing your stuff, and I can see the bright future ahead. Keep up the good work!

Pros:

quickly save articles; quickly find info; make quick notes; spaces are great for organizing thoughts; use markdown for notes

Cons:

markdown image support; adding in spaces is a bit clunky;

I've been using Journal mainly to compile PhD notes, websites and files. I find it so easy to use, especially via the Chrome extension. The ability to search through files and links is a definite pro and saves me heaps of time. I'm looking forward to seeing which new features are added soon.

Pros:

Easy to use, visually appealing, browser extension and search function are great.

Cons:

Would like ability to file under Space subcategories via extension.