# Lyfie

> Lyfie makes free, open-source software: Papyra, a self-hosted notes app, and Luthor, a rich-text editor for React. No paywalls, no trackers, no lock-in.

Lyfie (https://www.lyfie.org) is an open-source organisation founded by Rahul NS Anand (https://www.rahulnsanand.com, GitHub https://github.com/rahulnsanand). Motto: “Free, open software that outpaces the horizon.”
Everything it makes is free: no paid tier, no licence keys, no telemetry, no lock-in, and self-hosted wherever it can be. All work happens in public at https://github.com/lyfie-org.

## Projects

- [Papyra](https://www.lyfie.org/projects/papyra.md): A calm, self-hosted home for your notes. GPL-3.0. Stable. Site: https://papyra.app.
- [Luthor](https://www.lyfie.org/projects/luthor.md): A TypeScript-first rich-text editor for React, built on Lexical. MIT. Stable. Site: https://www.luthor.fyi.
- Rokada: A private, self-hosted finance app. Your money, on your machine. In development.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is it really free?

Yes. Every Lyfie project is open source — Papyra under GPL-3.0, Luthor under MIT — with no paid tier, no licence key and no account with us. Sponsorship keeps the work going; it never buys features others cannot have.

### Do you track me?

No. Our apps collect no telemetry, analytics or crash reports, and this site makes no third-party requests — even the fonts are served from lyfie.org.

### Can I run the apps on my own hardware?

Yes, that is the point. Papyra is one Docker container with one volume, on amd64 or arm64 — a NAS, a Raspberry Pi or a small VPS. Luthor is an npm package that runs inside your own app.

### What is Rokada?

A private, self-hosted personal finance app, in development now. Like everything Lyfie makes it will run on your own machine, keep your data there and be free. It is not public yet — watch lyfie-org on GitHub to see it the day it is.

### Who makes Lyfie?

Lyfie was founded by Rahul NS Anand and is built in the open on GitHub. One person keeps the direction coherent; anyone can shape it with an issue, an idea or a pull request.

### How can I help?

Star a repo, report a bug, pick up a good first issue, improve the docs, or sponsor the work. The contribute page has the details.

## Organisation

- [Manifesto](https://www.lyfie.org/manifesto/): why Lyfie exists and what it promises
- [Changelog](https://www.lyfie.org/changelog/): notable releases across projects (RSS: https://www.lyfie.org/changelog/rss.xml)
- [Contribute](https://www.lyfie.org/contribute/): how to help, report bugs and sponsor
- [Sponsor](https://github.com/sponsors/lyfie-org)

## Optional

- [Everything above, plus every project page, in one file](https://www.lyfie.org/llms-full.txt)
- [Sitemap](https://www.lyfie.org/sitemap-index.xml)