Why solyto
Why solyto?
Section titled “Why solyto?”Most personal productivity tools share the same problems:
- Fragmentation — your life is spread across five apps that don’t talk to each other
- Bloat — tools keep adding AI features, analytics, and upsells you never asked for
- Privacy — your data is used to train models, served to advertisers, or stored in jurisdictions you don’t trust
- Cost — essential features locked behind subscriptions that add up fast
solyto was built out of frustration with all of the above. It replaces an entire folder of apps with one that respects your time and your privacy.
What solyto replaces
Section titled “What solyto replaces”| Instead of | solyto has |
|---|---|
| Google Calendar | Calendar |
| Google Tasks, Google Keep | Todos, Notes |
| Google Contacts | Contacts |
| Feedly, Inoreader | RSS Feeds |
| Goodreads, Letterboxd, Last.fm | Libraries (Books, Movies, Music) |
| YNAB, Budget apps | Finances |
| Toggl, Clockify | Time Tracking |
| Daylio, Bearable | Daily Check-In |
And then there’s more that those apps never covered: a shared Clipboard across devices, a Telegram Bot for quick capture and daily digests, and AI Assistants to help you work with your own data.
Core principles
Section titled “Core principles”- No tracking — no cookies, no analytics, no telemetry. Nothing leaves your instance without your knowledge.
- No AI training — your data is yours. It is never used to train models or sold to third parties.
- No ads — no banners, no promoted content, no “suggested” anything.
- No subscriptions — free to use on solyto.app, free to self-host. No paywalled features.
- Open source — licensed under AGPL-3.0. Audit the code, contribute, or fork it.
- Self-hostable — run it on your own server with Docker. Your data, your rules.
- GDPR compliant — EU-hosted servers. Your data stays in the EU.