Seamside: independent, together

Seamside

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the internet, built like a potluck

A collaborative workspace for you and your people to create and share. Everything you make together lives on your own devices; no ads, no algorithms, no tracking.
Just yours.

frames

small apps, arranged like furniture

A frame does one job: the week's calendar, the chore rota, the dice for tonight's game. You place them in a space and move them around until the room makes sense.

One space holding a readings table, a chart, and a notes panel side by side.

spaces

a room for each set of people

One for the house, one for the band, one for game night. Everyone in a space sees the same thing at the same time, from their own laptop or phone.

A grid of spaces: a home, a workshop, a games room, a reading group.

no cloud

it runs on the machines you already own

There is no server in the middle and no account to make. Your spaces, frames, and data live on your own devices and your people's. Your stuff always belongs to you.

A server rack, a mini desktop, a phone, a laptop, a small orange server and a Raspberry Pi, side by side.

conjure

describe it and it gets built

Ask for a gardening planner that tracks the watering and rotates the jobs, and Seamside writes the frame while you wait. Keep it, change it, and share it privately or anywhere on the web.

Someone describing a gardening planner in plain words, with Seamside building it.

take it home

free, on your own machine, in about a minute

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Free for one host device, plus as many phones and tablets as you want to connect. Here's why.

what will you make?

a space is a mix of frames: small apps you place, remix, or describe into being. Build anything you want, any way you want.
see what people are making

party games

a tiny console in the space, for whoever is around

family budget

money in, money out, one month at a time

cafe orders

they order from their phone, you get the board

shared reader

one feed of the open web, read alongside your people

garden planner

the beds laid out, and who planted what, and when

habit tracker

one line per habit, one square per day

describe your own a frame starts as a sentence, and the library keeps growing your frame

your household

your household

secure, private, and personalized

the full tour
your game night

your game night

the whole table, built just for your game

the full tour
your study group

your study group

work together in a shared space

the full tour
your business

your business

the workflows, your expertise

the full tour

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