The community space

Tools, not a
mailing list

I build software for my own needs. Whatever has no reason to be sold becomes free here, documentation included. In return, the community steers what ships next.

What you get

Three things, nothing padded

The tools

Software that works

VIGIE and Cockpit first, then the ones that follow. Installable on your machine, with no account to create and no server to entrust your data to. Every release comes with its documentation.

Behind it

How it's built

The technical choices, the mistakes, what got thrown away. Building five products alone demands precise methods: they're shared as they are, without staging.

A say

A word on what's next

The next tool is chosen from what members ask for. One usage report outweighs a market study when you build for people you can actually read.

How it runs

Contribution, actually applied

In the book this project takes its name from, the worth of an act is measured by the chain of benefits it sets off, and hoarding grants no power. Transposed here, it makes for a simple arrangement:

  1. Receive without owing The tools are free and complete. No crippled version nudging you to pay, no gated feature.
  2. Give back if it helps you A bug reported, a use case, a fix in the documentation. That's the contribution — not a subscription.
  3. Decide what's next, together What members actually use determines what gets built. Tools nobody opens get dropped.
Rhythm

One letter a month at most, and only when there's something to announce.

Data

Your address is used to write to you, nothing else. No sharing, no trackers, no profiling.

Leaving

One-click unsubscribe in every message. Addresses that leave are deleted.

Cost

Zero. The free tools are funded by the software that is sold, not by reselling an audience.

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An email address is all it takes. You'll hear from me at the first tool release — and you can reply directly, I'm the one reading.

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