🛡️ clog — Cryptographically Secure Daily Journal/Diary API

clog is a Rust crate designed to help you securely store daily notes, thoughts, or any sensitive content — all inside a single encrypted .clog file. Every note is organized in a virtual folder-file structure, mimicking a traditional file system — but with encryption and portability in mind.

Without the correct password, nothing can be accessed — not even metadata.

This crate is ideal for journaling, private notes, and tamper-proof content storage.

📦 Application

Try the terminal-based daily diary built with clog_rs:
👉 clog-tui v1.3.0

✨ Features

• 🔐 End-to-end AES encryption (password-based)
• 📁 Entries auto-organized by virtual date-based folders (e.g. 25/05/2025)
• 📝 Only entries from today can be edited (others are read-only)
• 📄 All notes and metadata stored in a single .clog file
• 👥 Multi-user support (password-protected)
• 🧾 Export clean JSON metadata for syncing or backups

📁 How Storage Works

Instead of using actual folders and files on disk, clog creates a virtual file system inside a .clog file.

🔍 Example:

Suppose you write two entries on different dates:

• On 25/05/2025: morning-thoughts and evening-reflection
• On 24/05/2025: goals

All of this is stored inside my_journal.clog like so:

{
  "folders": {
    "25/05/2025": {
      "morning-thoughts": {
        "created_at": "08:15:02 AM"
      },
      "evening-reflection": {
        "created_at": "08:55:42 PM"
      }
    },
    "24/05/2025": {
      "goals": {
        "created_at": "03:31:12 PM"
      }
    }
  },
  "created_at": "24/05/2025"
}

📌 Note: All this lives inside a single .clog file — portable, encrypted, and compact.

🚀 Installation

Add to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
clog_rs = "1.0.1"

or use

cargo add clog_rs

🛠️ API Overview

➕ add_new_user

add_new_user(password: &str, clogfile_path: &str)

Creates a new encrypted .clog file and initializes the metadata.

📝 add_file

add_file(password: &str, clogfile_path: &str, filename: &str, file_content: &str)

Adds a file to today’s folder (auto-created if missing).

✏️ update_file_content

update_file_content(
    password: &str,
    clogfile_path: &str,
    filename: &str,
    foldername: &str,
    new_file_content: &str,
)

Edits a file only if it's in today's folder. Older notes are immutable.

🔓 get_file_content

get_file_content(
    password: &str,
    clogfile_path: &str,
    filename: &str,
    foldername: &str,
) -> String

Decrypts and returns content if password matches.

get_json_metadata

get_json_metadata(password: &str, clogfile_path: &str) -> String

Returns metadata (folder + file structure) as a JSON string.

🔐 Security Model

• All data is encrypted using AES (via well-audited Rust crypto libraries)
• No plaintext or filesystem traces — everything is embedded in .clog
• Zero access without password
• Only today's entries can be changed — a form of cryptographic journaling discipline

⚡ Example Usage

use clog_rs::*;

let clog_path = "my_journal.clog";
let password = "super_secure_password";

// Step 1: Create a new encrypted journal
add_new_user(password, clog_path);

// Step 2: Add today's note
add_file(password, clog_path, "something", "Today I learned something new...");

// Step 3: Read it back
let content = get_file_content(password, clog_path, "something", "25/05/2025");
println!("Decrypted entry: {}", content);

// Step 4: Get metadata
let metadata = get_json_metadata(password, clog_path);
println!("Journal structure: {}", metadata);

📄 License

MIT © 2025 Deep Gajjar

🤝 Contributions

PRs, issues, and feedback are welcome.