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Freewheeling Apps

Freewheeling Apps are a durable substrate for the future of software.

Easy to download. Easy to run. Easy to modify. Easy to share.

Free and open source. I'm not trying to make money from them, only meaning. I'm beholden to nobody. No dark patterns, ever. I'll never sell them to someone else; there's nothing to sell.
Built atop a small, secure and trustworthy platform I don't control. The download is 5MB. No install process on most OSs.
All apps contain their source code; you can always look inside the app you're running. You can always modify it using the same software you use to run it. Running your modifications takes a press of a button. Freewheeling apps reward curiosity.
Each app quickly stabilizes, and then seldom updates. Because timeless software is safer and more trustworthy (it can't change its mind). Definitely no auto-updates. I think I might be able to get to 50 years without an update. Join me on that voyage!
Individual apps stay simple; apps spawn forks and remixes rather than grow complex.

More details in this talk & transcript.

To start using your computer more freely and safely, try out one of these apps (the others can wait):

A plain-text editor you can draw line-drawings in.

You can also export the line-drawings to SVG or html.

(code for it)

A small environment for writing small, throwaway programs on phone or computer.

(code for it)

Run 20 (and growing) little useful/fun scripts (fractals, cellular automata, voice recorders, equation plotters, games) without needing to install any more software. If what you want isn't on the list—ask!

Finally, a simple tool for drawing box-and-line diagrams.

(code for it)

Coming soon: networking. Freewheeling Apps will become much more useful when you can use them to get your data out of other silos service providers.

More updates in this devlog