Privacy-first budgeting app inspired by Obsidian. File-based, local-first, no paywall, no ads, no tracking. Free forever.

Get into early access →
Joined January 2023
Introducing Basalt Budgeting. A file-based, self-hostable cross-platform app with no paywall, no tracking, no analytics. Unlike other financial apps, we don’t sell your data. Rock-solid finances that stay yours. Beta starts soon. basaltapp.com
1
2
909
Basalt’s new native apps are a big step up in quality, performance and user experience. Monarch runs on a convoluted web platform. Basalt will be streamlined, file-based and privacy-first. Early access is still open: basaltapp.com
13
Same privacy-first approach as Basalt, this time for new parents. Vivi Baby keeps your baby's log in your own iCloud. No account, no ads, and logging is free. vivibaby.app
1
34
Vivi Baby is now on the App Store. Log feeds, naps and diapers in one tap on iPhone or Apple Watch. You can also track pumping, medications, first teeth and first steps, and choose which activities to include. Download Vivi Baby: apps.apple.com/us/app/vivi-b…
1
49
Nap estimates adapt to your baby’s sleep patterns. Summaries help you prepare for pediatrician visits.
1
3
i rewrote both the macOS and iOS frontends for Basalt in native Swift. Opus 5.5 made it almost trivial.
1
18
Basalt's been in limbo while I work on other projects. I wasn't happy with the React frontends. Releasing something made in React in 2026 didn't feel right. I think early testers will have their minds blown.
1
7
still waiting for Apple to review Vivi Baby. seems like all i do these days is wait for Apple. there's news coming soon. subscribe to the newsletter and become an early tester: basaltapp.com
5
As a new parent, I’ve been working on something new. Vivi Baby is a complete baby tracker for iPhone and Apple Watch. Log feeds, sleep, diapers and all the little (and big) things you’ll forget at 3 a.m. Made by parents, for tired parents. Coming soon: vivibaby.app
45
Basalt Budgeting retweeted
Surprise shadow drop! I’ve been stealth building Strophe, a native iOS ebook reader with on-device text-to-speech. Turn any ebook into an audiobook, import any web articles or text, multiple voices, sound scapes, and way more. No listening limits, no account needed and works offline. I've built this app for myself to replace ElevenReader, Instapaper, Speechify, Apple Books, etc. Just submitted it to the App Store. Available later this week for all iOS devices!
1
3
5
472
Basalt Budgeting retweeted
When I started working on @BasaltApp I had one thing in mind: to follow @kepano & @obsdmd's file-based approach but for financial data. I wanted to users to own their data and be able to do what they want with it which is why I came up with a format that anyone can feed the docs to Claude/Codex and build tools around. github.com/tbergeron/basalt-…
1
3
6
103
Basalt Budgeting retweeted
You know that when you're working on small details like the dmg background, you're getting closer to the finish line. Massive progress this week. Exciting times! @BasaltApp still not too late to get into early access! basaltapp.com #buildinpublic
1
1
3
78
Basalt Budgeting retweeted
Just hacked together a quick wedding speech maker inspired by this tweet 👇 Impressed by how good it actually works 🥲 (examples are available on the following link) I’ll send free keys to whoever DM me, cheers! aivasays.com/wedding-speech-… #buildinpublic #indiehackers
This quoted post is unavailable.
2
10
1,178
Aiva is currently down. @OpenAI somehow changed our API keys. We had to regenerate a new one and push an update. @Apple being so nice, rejected our expedited update because our screenshots (which we didn't even change) contain device frames. Please bear with us 🙏
1
2
377
We’ll be back on Twitter soon!
Twitter finally killed @AivaSays' Twitter API access. Took a surprisingly long time luckily, for some reason the new API is being a b**ch to setup but we'll bring it back soon. Sucks that they haven't left low usage accounts active and forced us to re-apply, etc. Stay tuned!
308
🚀 Boost your language skills with Aiva, the AI Virtual Assistant! 🤖 Explore new languages and get 30 messages for FREE each month! 🎉 Available for iPhone, iPad, and Mac on the Apple App Store. 📲 apps.apple.com/app/aiva-ai-v… Start your linguistic journey now!🌟
1
3
1,067
Basalt Budgeting retweeted
Aiva 1.0.9 is out! Bringing INSANE performance improvements! Also fixing a critical bug that affected subscribers. So stoked, the user experience is now totally smooth 💯 try it out now: apps.apple.com/app/aiva-ai-v… #buildinpublic #indiehackers #indiedev
1
7
738
Get the ChatGPT experience you deserve on iOS with 30 free messages per month. Download it now on the App Store: apps.apple.com/app/aiva-ai-v… Our users say: "hours of entertainment" "this app is amazing" "the best at having a conversation with intelligent answers" #OpenAI #GPT #AI
2
1
2
9,141
Basalt Budgeting retweeted
Attention subscribers! If Aiva is acting as if you’re not subscribed please try the following workaround: Go to Preferences and tap the “Restore Purchases” link. It should restore your unlimited messages. Please note that you might need to do it each time you open the app. We’re working on a fix that will be released later this week. If you have any other issues, do not hesitate to reach out to [email protected] Thank you for your patience.
1
1
449
🤖 Latest AI tools on poweredbyai.app are 🔥 Style with Arible AI: arible.co by @nintharc Text generator: paxton.ai Virtual assistant: aivasays.com by @AivaSays #AI #aitools #innovation #futuretech
1
2
1
4
651