Forging Next Generation
Applications and Tools
An indie software studio building privacy-first, user-empowering applications for the average joe. Your data stays yours.
An indie software studio building privacy-first, user-empowering applications for the average joe. Your data stays yours.
We build software that puts you in control. No data harvesting, no vendor lock-in, no compromises.
End-to-end encrypted, self-hosted chat platform. Your conversations stay yours. Your hardware, your rules. Text channels, voice chat, and more.
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Blackfire Foundry is a solo project. No investors, no board, no growth targets. Just one person using AI and modern tools to build software that should exist but doesn't.
Tech CEOs have accumulated too much power over how we communicate, create, and connect. The tools we depend on daily are designed to extract data and maximize engagement, not to serve us. I'm building alternatives while the window is still open.
This is the one line that will never be crossed. Your data is yours.
Your data lives on your hardware. No cloud dependency, no single point of failure.
If I can't continue, the code gets released so others can carry it forward.