Named after John Perry Barlow's A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace, The Barlow Code is our founding principle: your data belongs to you.
"Not to a platform. Not to an algorithm. Not to us."
Every lymegrove product is built on this foundation — without compromise.
All data processing happens on your device. Embeddings, search, graph analysis, intelligence scoring — everything runs locally using Apple's NaturalLanguage and Core ML frameworks. Your data never crosses a network boundary to be understood.
Zero calls to third-party services. No data pipelines. No telemetry. No analytics SDKs. No crash reporters. The app you install is the app that runs — nothing more. Not even a single network request.
When data needs to move between devices, it does so directly — peer-to-peer over local WiFi or through your own encrypted relay. No central server. No cloud provider. No trust required. There is nothing to intercept because nothing is transmitted unless you choose.
SwiftData and SQLite store your entire graph on your device's disk. Export it, inspect it, edit it, delete it. Removing the app erases every trace. You own every byte — and you always will. Your data. Your devices. Your rules.
The Barlow Code governs our apps. But honesty extends to this site too — so here's exactly what we track, why, and what we never touch.
lymegrove.com uses Umami — an open-source, self-hosted analytics platform — to understand which pages are being visited and whether our content is landing. Umami was chosen precisely because it was designed with The Barlow Code's values in mind:
This is different from Principle 02. That principle bans analytics SDKs inside our apps — which handle your private data. A website is a different context. We use Umami to learn that a page exists and is being read, not to learn anything about you. If you'd rather we knew nothing at all, a standard content blocker will silence it.
Every lymegrove product is Barlow Code native — designed from the ground up to respect your sovereignty.
A personal knowledge graph with on-device AI, semantic search, and sovereign sync — protected by The Barlow Code.
Read The Barlow Code in Beatrice →Track every application, every interview, and every gut feeling. On-device match scoring and private iCloud sync.
Read The Barlow Code in Jobflo →On-device logistics for the gig economy. Time tracking, invoicing, and AI insights — all on-device with no account required.
Read The Barlow Code in Manifest →Because everything stays on-device, we retain zero knowledge about our users. There's nothing to know. No data to mine. No profile to build. Just software that respects you.
Explore Our Work See how The Barlow Code is implemented across all lymegrove products.