Today’s internet sits in the cloud.

But most of what we make is for friends, coworkers, or community members — not billions of strangers.
What if we flipped the internet to put people in control?

Today

Your files live on some company’s servers. They own your data.

What if

Your files live on your devices. You own your data.

Today

Your account is a key some company holds. They sell data about you to others.

What if

Your account is a key only you hold.

Today

To work together, everyone talks over wires in a remote datacenter.

What if

To work together, you connect directly to each other.

Today

You only get the limited tools they ship.

What if

You can use, change or make any tool you want.

Today

Servers cost money, so you pay or you see ads.

What if

Everyone brings a computer. No hosting bill, no ads.

Today

A feed decides what you see and who you engage with.

What if

You decide what you see and who you know.

Everyone is building a smarter cloud. We built a way out of it. Seamside puts your files, your keys, your tools and the people you work with on computers you own, and connects them to each other. Your things, your tools, your people. No landlord.

We’ve updated our terms.

Your terms.

  1. Your files live on your devices. You own your data.
  2. Your account is a key only you hold.
  3. To work together, you connect directly to each other.
  4. You can use, change or make any tool you want.
  5. Everyone brings a computer. No hosting bill, no ads.
  6. You decide what you see and who you know.
  7. Your terms.

Not a what if

Seamside is live.

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Why we built it this way