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Room to explore.

Things we are investigating, building and questioning. Some become products. Some remain experiments. Both can be worthwhile.

These projects are not presented as finished products. A public project website does not imply an available app or a production-ready service.

Systems & infrastructure

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In developmentAdministration

GovOPlaN

Modular tools for accountable administrative work.

GovOPlaN is developing a modular platform for administrative and organisational work. Its website introduces the approach, modules and prerequisites. A public demo is not currently available.

Modules · Documentation · Self-hosting

In developmentInformation provenance

PRVNNCR

Follow the sources behind an item of information.

PRVNNCR explores sources and connections between web content through a browser extension, investigation server and crawler. The project remains in development, without a separate public page or public application. Contact us to discuss the idea.

Browser extension · Investigation · Source relationships

In developmentChange monitoring

CHNGR

Observe changes. Keep the evidence.

CHNGR explores how to monitor changing resources, retain evidence and review what needs attention. The private pilot still needs service testing. The website is a project preview; no public application is available there.

Monitoring · Evidence · Review

In developmentMobility data

meubility

From mobility data to useful travel choices.

meubility develops tools to import, harmonize and inspect mobility data. A traveller-facing application is planned. Its current project preview will later give way to that application at the same address.

Data integration · Traveller-facing experience planned

In developmentPodcast RSS

Poditor

Work on the feed behind your episodes.

Poditor is developing an editor for podcast RSS and episode metadata, with browser-local and hosted editing planned. The project preview will later give way to the editor at the same address. Neither mode is publicly available yet.

Episode metadata · Local and hosted editing planned

Apps & personal tools

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In developmentAndroid

Fileworkbench

Open the file. Get on with it.

An Android viewer for documents, structured data, PDFs, images and calendar files. Fileworkbench leaves the original unchanged. Its project page explains supported views and their limits; public downloads are not available yet.

Read-only viewer · Documents · Structured data

In developmentVault client

PowerPass

One familiar way into your vaults.

PowerPass is developing app and command-line access to Passman vaults on Nextcloud, with optional encrypted snapshots for offline reading. Further live providers are planned. Its website explains capabilities and platform status; public downloads are not available yet.

Passman · Nextcloud · App and command line

In developmentSynchronization

sec·o·sync

The right connection for each account.

sec·o·sync is developing Android synchronization for mail, calendars, contacts and tasks, with account-specific VPN connections to existing services. Its website describes Android features and platform limits; public app downloads are not available yet.

Android · Synchronization · Account-specific VPN

In developmentCredentials

BringPass

Your credentials, separate for each organisation.

BringPass explores user-controlled credentials with separate identifiers and keys for each relationship. An Android wallet in development informs the wider protocol and adoption concept. The project page explains the direction; neither the app nor planned token hardware is publicly released.

Android wallet · Protocol draft · Hardware concept

Concepts & prototypes

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Concept and prototypeGroup coordination

Comiaunicaty

Keep up with your group without constant attention.

Comiaunicaty explores calmer group coordination, giving announcements, events, tasks and decisions a place alongside conversation. A prototype informs the concept. Federation remains a direction; no public application or demo is available yet.

Announcements · Events · Tasks · Conversation

PrototypeBikepacking

Pikebacker

Plan the days between departure and arrival.

Pikebacker develops a planner for loaded, multi-day bikepacking, including routes, stages and resupply. The prototype still needs testing. Its project preview will later be replaced by the application at the same address; no public planner is available yet.

Multi-day trips · Stages · Resupply

ConceptEncrypted file drop

sefidrop

Hand over files with encryption in mind.

sefidrop explores an encrypted file drop for self-hosting and as an ADD ideas service. Library components provide a foundation; the standalone application remains in development. Its website is a project preview, with no public upload service yet.

Self-hosting and hosted service planned

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