Software that keeps your data on your device.
We build local-first software. Your work stays on your device. There are no accounts, no telemetry, and no cloud storage. We do not receive your data at all.
What this means for you
Your notes stay on your phone, and they only leave it when you send them.
- On your phone
- Your notes live on your device, not on our servers. There's no account to create, and no internet needed to write, search, or read them.
- We never see it
- There's no cloud and no tracking. Your writing never reaches us, so there is nothing for us to collect, sell, or lose in a breach.
- Open to check
- The app's core is open source. Anyone can read the code and confirm it does exactly what we say.
- Free to keep
- The app is free to use. If you ever want more, there's a one-time upgrade, no subscription, and it never involves your data.
Current work
Nibhaus
Turn a Neo or Ncode smartpen into a private, searchable notebook. Every page is captured on the device and exported only when you choose.
Technical specifications
For those who want the details. Every claim here can be checked against the app and its public code.
- Data path
- Captured on-device, processed on-device, exported only when you send it.Nothing we operate sits between your device and where you send a file.
- Telemetry
- None. No analytics, advertising, or tracking SDKs on the classpath.A build gate fails the release if one is ever added.
- Storage
- On-device database, app-private and excluded from system backups, protected by the device's own encryption.The pen pairing secret is additionally sealed with a hardware-backed key (AES-256-GCM via the Android Keystore).
- Networking
- None by default. Optional sync or higher-accuracy recognition uses a server you configure and control.Cleartext is blocked; the app talks only to the endpoint you point it at.
- License
- Apache-2.0 core, in a public repository.Read it, audit it, or fork it.
- Status
- Pre-launch, one product (Nibhaus, Android) in build.There is no build to download yet.
Read the Nibhaus dossier, review the privacy policy, or get in touch.