Small, honest tools
people actually use.

An independent studio building privacy-first tools for learning, work and everyday life — built in the open, one product at a time.

Tools that feel like they're on your side.

AN INDEPENDENT STUDIO — 55 WORKS · 5 FORM FACTORS

A small studio, on purpose. We build tools we need ourselves, keep them simple and private, and ship them in the open — real products, in production, used every day.

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Privacy-first

Files processed in your browser, data that never leaves your device, no third-party ad trackers.

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Human agency

AI may be the most powerful tool ever made — but we swing the hammer. Tools serve the humans who use them.

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Built in the open

Fifty-five works — web apps, mini programs, extensions, desktop and open source — shipped and shaped in the open by a small independent studio.

All work — fifty-five, across every form.

01 All products →

Open numbers.

Counting since 2026
55

Works in the catalog

Across web, mini programs, extensions, desktop and open source.

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Languages, full site

English and 中文, on every page.

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Cookies on this site

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2026

Independent since day one

No investors, no growth targets.

Software from
the high ground.

The high ground is where humans interact with capable, customizable, personal systems that stay delightful, simple, and worthy of trust. That is where we build.

02 Purpose →

What we hold onto while we build.

03 Values →
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Craft & openness

We believe in craftsmanship and in openness. Software shapes how information is understood — that influence means responsibility.

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Human agency

In a world racing toward AI, we believe humans are the best actors. AI may be the most powerful tool ever made — but we swing the hammer.

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Bridging divides

Humanity is one community. We choose to look at what we share rather than what divides us, grounded in what is true.

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Lasting joy

Our products aim to bring people lasting joy and a deeper understanding of one another.

Don't take our word for it.
Take the products.