Who we help

You don't need to understand it.
You just need it to work.

The technology is complex. Your goals are not. We guide you through the infrastructure so you can focus on what actually matters to you. Every solution we recommend is free, open source software, so there are no licensing fees under the current terms of each project.

No software licensing fees for the tools we recommend. Every tool is open source, community-maintained, and free to use under its current licence. You pay for our expertise to guide you through the setup, explain exactly where your data lives, and help you keep it safe, so you walk away confident and in control.

Sound like you?

We work with people who know exactly what they want to achieve but don't want to spend weeks learning server administration to get there. Every solution below runs on free, open source software used by millions worldwide.

The Researcher

Your papers, your data. No one else's.

You write, collaborate, and publish. But your drafts live on someone else's servers, subject to their pricing changes, their outages, their policies. You've wondered what happens to your work if they shut down or change their terms.

We guide you through setting up your own private Overleaf instance. You get the full collaborative LaTeX editor you already know, running on infrastructure you control, with your data going nowhere you haven't chosen.

The Small Business Owner

Sell your products. Keep your margin.

Every sale through a marketplace costs you a cut. Transaction fees, listing fees, platform rules you didn't agree to. It adds up. You built the product; someone else is taking a piece of every sale.

We guide you through setting up your own WooCommerce shop: your domain, your branding, your checkout. No middleman. No monthly percentage taken off the top. Just your store, yours to run.

The Writer

Your words, on your terms.

You've built an audience on a platform that can change its algorithm, restrict your reach, or disappear tomorrow. You don't own the relationship with your readers. The platform does.

We guide you through setting up your own WordPress instance, configured and hardened following current industry good practice. Your content, your readers, your mailing list, all in one place that belongs to you and no one else.

The Developer

Your code, your repos, your rules.

You rely on platforms like GitHub for your work, but you've noticed the terms change, features get paywalled, and your entire workflow depends on a company's continued goodwill. That is a risk worth pricing in.

We guide you through setting up your own GitLab instance. Full version control, CI/CD pipelines, issue tracking: everything you already use, running on a server you control, with no seat limits and no surprise pricing.

The Privacy-Conscious Individual

Your passwords belong to you.

You trust a password manager with everything: every account, every login, every piece of sensitive access in your life. And that data sits on someone else's cloud, in a breach waiting to happen.

We guide you through setting up Vaultwarden, a self-hosted password vault fully compatible with Bitwarden apps you already know. Everything encrypted, everything yours, nothing stored anywhere you haven't chosen.

Don't see yourself here?

These are just five examples. If you have a tool you rely on and wish you owned it properly, get in touch. Chances are we can help.

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