free & open source · local-first · you own your data

alter/me/a/i

A suite of lightweight, data-filtering browser extensions and apps that feed your Vault — a local-first, encrypted store you fully own. Together they form the backbone of a complete personal data-aggregation system.

The vision — own your data, mine it into your own private AI, and license the personas you choose to share. Sovereign on your machine, never for sale; and one day, distributed compute so personal AI runs cheap on the people's hardware, not a data center's.

100% free and open source — every extension, the Vault, and the cortex. github.com/alter-me-a-i ↗

Nothing reaches the Vault, and nothing leaves it, without your explicit OK — for what, for how long, and revocable any time.

One hub, two sides per area of life

For each area of life there's a public side that shows and a private side that holds — and the cortex is the only thing that touches both. Add a new pair whenever life adds an area.

listening talking Heuristics / Learning LIVE personae vault Personae / Vault LIVE render hold Gaming / Health PLANNED alter/me/a/i the cortex
the private side
my-alter.ai ↗

Privacy and the software: the extension, the setup wizard, and your encrypted Vault. It lives on your machine, and only you hold the key.

the cortex
alter/me/a/i ↗

The cortex in the middle. It decides what gets captured and what reaches your Vault. Your raw data never leaves your device.

the learning side
alter-me.ai ↗

The ideas out loud: the heuristics, the white papers, and the philosophy behind the tools — the part you can learn from and share.

The spokes

Same idea every time: one public site that shows, one private site that holds. The cortex sits between them — it encrypts the private side and you control the public one.

Gaming / Health

planned
public
the render

the measurable-action axis, expressed — play, performance, the parts of doing you choose to show.

coming soon
private
the hold

opt-in, disclosure-gated capture — steps, sleep, play data — high sensitivity, strict permission.

coming soon

Free and open source

Get the software

Everything's free and open source — the extension, the cortex, and the Vault. Prefer to build it yourself? Clone either repo from GitHub and run it on your own machine.

The extension — alter/me/a/i

Add it from the Chrome Web Store, or grab the store-ready .zip and load it unpacked (Developer mode → Load unpacked → pick the folder).

source on GitHub ↗
The Vault app — your encrypted store

Download the Mac build and set your master password, or clone the repo and build it yourself from the README.

Download for Mac ↗ source on GitHub ↗

Local-first, zero-network, works offline.