# Welcome to Cozy

Cozy is a journaling app where your entries live on your computer, the same way your thoughts live in your mind. They stay yours to keep and yours to share with whoever you want — never trapped in a server or fed into someone’s AI.

![A Cozy entry open in the editor — title, writing, a photo, and the entry's date, mood, location, and tags along the bottom](https://cozyjournal.app/_astro/editor.D4E9DLsl_Z2nywaG.webp)

These guides walk you through everything: getting Cozy running, writing your first entry, adding photos and sound, and the little ways Cozy bends to how you like to journal.

## New here? Start at the beginning

[Section titled “New here? Start at the beginning”](#new-here-start-at-the-beginning)

If you’ve just downloaded Cozy, these three pages get you writing in a few minutes:

1.  [Install Cozy](https://cozyjournal.app/docs/getting-started/install/) — download and open it on your Mac or PC.
2.  [Activate your license](https://cozyjournal.app/docs/getting-started/license/) — paste your key to unlock writing.
3.  [Create your first journal](https://cozyjournal.app/docs/getting-started/first-journal/) — pick a folder, and you’re off.

## Find your way around

[Section titled “Find your way around”](#find-your-way-around)

-   **[Writing entries](https://cozyjournal.app/docs/writing/entries/)** — create entries, rename them, set their date.
-   **[Formatting & Markdown](https://cozyjournal.app/docs/writing/formatting/)** — the toolbar, shortcuts, and how text is saved.
-   **[Photos, video & audio](https://cozyjournal.app/docs/writing/media/)** — add the things that made your day.
-   **[Writing mode](https://cozyjournal.app/docs/writing/writing-mode/)** — a quiet, full-screen place to write.
-   **[Tags, places & trackers](https://cozyjournal.app/docs/organizing/trackers/)** — make Cozy yours.
-   **[Calendar & map views](https://cozyjournal.app/docs/organizing/views/)** — different ways to look back.
-   **[Search & On this day](https://cozyjournal.app/docs/organizing/search/)** — find any entry, fast.
-   **[Where your files live](https://cozyjournal.app/docs/your-data/files/)** — what Cozy writes, and where.
-   **[Sync across devices](https://cozyjournal.app/docs/your-data/sync/)** — keep one journal in step everywhere.
-   **[Sync with iCloud](https://cozyjournal.app/docs/your-data/sync-icloud/)**, step-by-step for Mac, Windows, iPhone, and iPad.
-   **[Import from other apps](https://cozyjournal.app/docs/your-data/import/)** — bring your history along.

Everything you write in Cozy is a plain Markdown file in a folder you choose. No accounts, no servers, no lock-in. If you ever stop using Cozy, your journal is still right there, readable in any text editor.

Stuck on something? The [FAQ](https://cozyjournal.app/docs/help/faq/) covers the questions that come up most.

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Install Cozy](https://cozyjournal.app/docs/getting-started/install/)

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