Built in the open
Not a pitch — a workshop with the doors open. One membership, five dollars, once. Every app run at fair cost, nothing skimmed off the top. Here's what's live, what it costs, and what you get to pick next.
The workshop
Read later — a calm, ad-free home for everyone Pocket left behind. Save a link, get a clean reader.
Your money in one calm place — accounts, budgets, where it went. For everyone Mint left behind.
A private document scanner that works entirely on your device — for everyone Microsoft Lens left behind.
Whatever gets killed or walled off next, we rebuild to belong to you — and you choose which.
You steer
Real votes, not a mockup. Vote and propose now, free; once membership opens, founding members get extra weight.
The money, in three lines
Free. No account wall to read, save, or try it.
The seed that funds a small team to build this full-time, and the bot-check that keeps the apps and the votes honest. The only money the company ever takes from you. Not a subscription. Not equity. Not a stake you can sell.
Each app runs at fair cost, shown to the cent — covered by the people who use it: voluntary chip-ins first, opt-in ad slots only as a last resort. No markup ever sits on top, because there's nothing above cost to take.
You won't own a share of any of this, and that's deliberate — a token you could flip would just rebuild the casino we're leaving. What you get is sturdier than equity: a say in what gets built, and apps that can't be turned against you. Read the manifesto →
Not joining used to be the safe, normal choice. Notice that it's quietly becoming the one that needs explaining.