Akasha

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Version: 2.1.1 · Last updated: 2026-11-02

Status: stable · Offline: complete

Data protection: edits are also autosaved to localStorage (key akasha:autosave:v1) as a backup, with a restore banner on the next visit. If there are changes not yet written to a file, an "unsaved changes" indicator stays visible and the browser asks for confirmation when the tab is closed. The browser backup does not replace the file: press "Reincarnate" (Ctrl/Cmd+S) and keep akasha.html, and export JSON from time to time. Clearing site data erases the browser backup.

Interface languages: Română, English, Français, Italiano, Español, Português (PT), Deutsch, Magyar

Offline akashic record: a single-file HTML quine that reincarnates itself with all the records embedded.

Live: https://chiuta.github.io/Akasha/

What it is

Akasha is a personal register of records (thoughts, events, knowledge, memories, visions, questions) in a single index.html file. It is a quine: when you press "Reincarnate", the application writes a new copy of itself (akasha.html) with all the current records embedded in the file. The new file is the application plus your data.

Features

• Records with a title, category (Thought, Event, Knowledge, Memory, Vision, Question), "resonance", tags and content with simple formatting (**bold**, *italic*, `code`, lists, headings).
• Search, filtering by categories and tags, sorting (Recently modified, Recently created, Resonance, Alphabetical).
• Editing, duplicating and deleting records; a menu with "Archive" and "Statistics" (records, words, unique tags, days covered, breakdown by category).
• "View own code": shows the complete source that the application writes on reincarnation (copy or download).
• "Check integrity": verifies the fix-point property (re-export with byte-identical output), the unique presence of the data block and the reloading of all records.
• "Export JSON", "Export Markdown" (a single akasha-records.md file, with headings in alphabetical order) and "Import (JSON / .html)".
• Links between records: [[Title]] in the content becomes a link to the record with that title (case-insensitive; links without a target are dimmed), and the detail view shows a "Mentioned in" list (backlinks).
• Printing: the "Print" button in a record's detail view; black-and-white print style (no menus or background).
• Starry background that can be switched on/off (in the dark theme); the light theme follows the system preference.
• Automatic backup saved in the browser, with a "Restore / Ignore" banner for changes newer than the file; warning on closing if there are unsaved changes.
• Interface in 58 languages (including Romanian), with support for right-to-left writing (ar, he, fa, ur).

New features (v1.1.0)

• Read aloud (the browser's speech synthesis, speechSynthesis, via FFF.tts): the button in the footer of a record's detail view speaks the title, then the text; a second click stops it; closing the panel stops the voice. The voice language follows the interface language. If the browser has no voice for that language (or no speech synthesis), a message appears and nothing is spoken. The quality and availability of voices depend on the system.
• QR code for a record: from the detail view a QR is generated (prefix akasha1: + JSON with the title, category, resonance, tags and text) of at most 1000 bytes. Longer text is truncated, with a warning ("X of 6300 characters"); no capacity that the code does not have is simulated. From the menu, "Read QR from an image" adds a new record (it does not overwrite one); the content is validated (category, resonance, lengths), and broken JSON or a foreign QR is rejected.
• Accessibility: a panel with "Larger text" (zoom 1.2) and "High contrast" (including in the light theme); the preferences are kept locally and are not embedded in reincarnated copies.
• Kit: "Transparency" dialog and .fff.json backup (modules core, label, bundle, qr, tts). Because the application is a quine, the dialog warns that the data in the reincarnated file does not go into localStorage and is therefore not in the .fff.json backup; the source of truth remains "Reincarnate".
• Languages and translations: The new texts are written in Romanian and English, with Hungarian and German variants; the other languages use English for the new features. The translations (hu, de) are automatic and not verified by native speakers; the kit has texts in 8 languages, also not natively verified.

User guide

1. Open index.html in a browser.
2. Press "Inscribe" (or the N key), fill in the title, category, resonance, tags and content, then "Save".
3. Search with the search field (the / key) or filter from the "Categories" / "Tags" panel; change the order from "Sort".
4. Open a record to edit, duplicate or delete it.
5. To keep your data: press "Reincarnate" (Ctrl+S / Cmd+S). The browser downloads akasha.html; open that file next time, because it contains all the records.
6. For backups: the "Export JSON" menu; to load data: "Import (JSON / .html)".
7. For the language, use the language selector in the interface (the "Language" label).
8. Other shortcuts: Esc closes the dialog or menu; single-key shortcuts (N, /) are disabled while you are typing in a field.

Privacy and network

• The "without borders" kit (fff-kit, modules core, label, bundle, qr, tts) is pasted into index.html: it makes no network requests. The "Transparency" dialog (click on the version) shows the declared network (0 external requests), the localStorage keys, the SHA-256 of the file and offers a .fff.json backup (optionally password-encrypted, AES-GCM). QR codes are generated and read locally; reading is done only from an image chosen by the user, without a camera.

• Reading aloud uses the system's speech engine; some systems may send it to a network service of the vendor — the application does not control this.

• The application contains no network calls (it has no fetch, CDNs or external resources) and contacts no third-party host.

• The data is kept in the data block inside the HTML file (the source of truth). In addition, localStorage holds an automatic backup (key akasha:autosave:v1), deleted after reincarnation.

• There are no analytics; the application itself displays "Telemetry: 0" and "Dependencies: 0".

Local / offline use

Download index.html and open it directly from the file system (file://), without a server. No internet required.

License

MIT license for the code and structure of the application — see the LICENSE file. Any third-party libraries included in the file keep their own licenses.

Audit

Audit: 2026-10-10 — verified with Playwright and axe-core; verified in the code: no fetch/CDN. The import of untrusted records (JSON with </script>, <img onerror>) was tested: the text is escaped, and the data block is serialized with < → <. Fixed: the side margins (20 px) were missing on a narrow screen. Note: the name "Akasha/akashic record" is only thematic — the application is a note-taking utility, with no esoteric claims.

History / Changelog

1.1.6 — 2026-10-22

• fff-kit 1.1.4: touch targets and minimum text size; touch targets/text fixed

1.1.5 — 2026-10-22

• fff-kit 1.1.2: PBKDF2 600,000 iterations, anti-clickjacking protection

1.1.4 — 2026-10-22

real service worker and manifest (starts offline when served over https; the saved file still works from file://); a persistent “unsaved changes” indicator with a “Reincarnate” button (previously only a warning when closing the tab); deleting a record asks for confirmation in an inline dialog instead of the blocking confirm(); the “Transparency” version label is a proper touch target. mobile and accessibility polish: text at least 12 px and touch targets at least 24 px.

1.1.3 — 2026-10-22

• The page title (document.title) now follows the interface language (Akasha · tagline) instead of staying Romanian.

• 1.1.1 — 2026-10-18: importing registers no longer changes the "stars" preference (meta.stars from the file is ignored); corresponding test.

• 1.1.0 — 2026-10-14: read aloud, QR code for a record (generation + reading from an image), accessibility panel (larger text, high contrast; light-theme contrast fixed), "without borders" kit (Transparency + .fff.json backup). Tests: tests/fff-r8.test.mjs.

• 1.0.4 — 2026-10-12: the version and the date of the last update are shown in the application (footer, with translated label).

• v1.0.3: automatic light theme (prefers-color-scheme: light; dark remains the default; no manual switch, hence no new texts to translate); the starry background is hidden in the light theme. The category colors in the text are now CSS variables (--cat), darkened in the light theme for contrast. Fixed: the source-code box ("View own code") could not be scrolled from the keyboard (it now has tabindex="0" and a name). CSP hash recomputed; "Check integrity" succeeds in both themes; axe-core = 0 violations at 1280 and 360 px in both themes, including in dialogs.

• v1.0.2: the preview in the list no longer strips hyphens from words (e.g. "re-export"), only the markers at the start of the line; added "Export Markdown", [[Title]] links with "Mentioned in", the "Print" button and a print style (new texts in 7 languages; the others use English). CSP: hash recomputed.

• Accessibility: the "Akasha" title is h1, the side panels are h2, records no longer use role="button" on <article> (now <div>), the star canvas is hidden from screen readers; axe-core = 0 violations at 1280 and 360 px.

• Added a CSP policy (<meta>: scripts only by hash, connect-src 'none'); the "Quine integrity" (fix-point) check remains successful.

• The preview of a record containing <script … text is displayed as plain text (escaped), not interpreted; its truncation is only cosmetic.

Author

Alexio — Alexandru-Ionuț Chiuță. Contact: [email protected]

English summary

Akasha is a single-file offline "akashic record": a quine that, on "Reincarnate" (Ctrl/Cmd+S), writes a fresh copy of itself with all records embedded. It has search, tags, categories, JSON import/export, an integrity check, and a UI in 58 languages. It makes no network requests; an autosave backup is kept in localStorage.