Your identity
A key pair, not a profile. Create it on your phone. Back it up yourself. No email, no password, no account on a server.
Union 0.1.0 · Android and the web
Keep the
ordinary close.
Sleep, work, people, attention. Union keeps the messages, rooms, lessons, plans and records that support them on your own device. No account on a server. No feed to maintain.
Sealed hereKeys never leave the device.
Nothing to guessHashes, dates and records you can check.
Under the hood
Ed25519
X25519
AES-256-GCM
PBKDF2-SHA256
Rust / WebAssembly
AGPL-3.0
01
A place for the work itself,
What it is
A place for the work itself,
not a stage for it.
Most apps ask you to move your life into their building. Union runs on your phone and leaves the network optional. The tools work without an account, and the door stays shut unless you open it.
Your consent
Contact is not permission. Choose the scopes you actually want, and take them back when you change your mind.
Your records
Messages, lessons, plans and ledger entries sit in local storage. Export them when you want. Nothing is ranked.
The practice
Tend the ordinary: sleep, work, people, attention. Progress that costs your life is not progress.
Prefer what can be checked. A claim with a hash, a date and a witness is stronger than a slogan.
Follow one honest question until it produces something you can use or share.
Badges come from records, not streaks. Nothing is bought, ranked or sold to an advertiser.
02
Enough to be useful.
Ten things in one app
Enough to be useful.
Not so much that it becomes a maze.
01
Communication
Direct messages sealed on your device. Notes to self work offline. An outbox waits for a relay.
02
Community
Rooms with a stated purpose. Public or private. Local posts until you choose to sync a public room.
03
Learning
Short courses, practice and questions. Progress stays on the device, where it belongs.
04
Experiences
Gatherings with a date, a place and a host. Keep the record; skip the advertising.
05
Digital Presence
A page and links that work without a server. Self-contained, signed, and quiet.
06
Union AI
A local assistant that can propose. It cannot change a record without your approval.
07
Economic Coordination
Plans, giving and a hash-chained ledger. Test mode is labelled on every screen.
08
Operations
Relay, provider, storage, audit and export. The controls are where you can see them.
09
Exploration & Progress
Evidence from use, not a score. Life, Reality and Discovery are practices, not badges alone.
10
Mentorship & Stewardship
Guidance that leaves someone stronger. Commitments are kept as records.
03
Look inside
Six screens, as they are.
Home
A card, not a feed.
The first screen is your identity card and the next useful step. Badges are evidence of practice. There is no timeline to keep up with.
04
What the relay can see.
Privacy, plainly
What the relay can see.
What it cannot.
A relay is optional. If you use one, it sees who sent an envelope, when, and how large it was. It does not see the body. It cannot forge a signed card.
Your device
Sealed before it leaves
Optional relay
Who, when, how large
Their device
Opened here
- Keys are made here. Identity keys are generated on the device and never sent to a server.
- Messages are sealed first. X25519, HKDF-SHA256 and AES-256-GCM. The relay receives ciphertext.
- Backups are encrypted. PBKDF2-SHA256 at 310,000 iterations, then AES-256-GCM.
- The Android app adds a lock. Secrets are wrapped with a key held by the Android Keystore.
- No analytics. No advertising ID. No third-party scripts. No fonts fetched at runtime.
- One permission: INTERNET. Used for the loopback asset server and the optional relay.
05
Get it on your phone.
Install
Get it on your phone.
Keep a way back in.
Android 9+
Union for Android
Version 0.1.0 · 479 KB
Signed APK. One permission. No store account required. Android will warn you about installing from outside a store; that warning is expected.
Download the APK
SHA-256
7c812cfecce106bc5e36be62e0e5756b70e82108525b5cbee812ad85a9d7be9a
Verify before you install
sha256sum Union-0.1.0.apk
apksigner verify --print-certs Union-0.1.0.apkSigning certificate SHA-256: 35:58:51:C9:DB:74:76:8F:8C:2B:E7:F3:79:38:0B:7B:F9:68:AB:9C:F5:F3:6A:91:3E:F5:FA:CB:DB:81:F9:42
PWA
The web app
Open the app in a browser, then choose Add to Home screen. The shell, fonts and WASM core are cached, so it opens offline after the first load.
Scan with a phone camera, or open
union-app.cculture.netSame build as the Android shell. No separate account. Local storage stays on the device.
AGPL-3.0
From source
The source is public. Build the web app, the relay, or the signed APK on your own machine.
git clone https://github.com/OriginLabs1/Union.git
cd Union
npm install
npm run devDo not disable Play Protect. The APK is signed with the Union release key and asks for INTERNET only. Verify the checksum and the certificate. If they do not match, stop.
06
Documentation
The parts that should be written down.
Architecture
How the Svelte app, Rust core, Android shell and optional relay fit together.
Privacy
Keys, sealed envelopes, encrypted backups and the threat model.
Economy
Activation, reactivation, Joy/Giving and what test mode actually means.
Relay
Run the optional Cloudflare Worker and D1 database yourself.
Build
The web build, the Android toolchain and the signed package.
Design
Lumen: type, colour, surfaces, motion and the reasons behind them.
Distribution
Pages, releases, domains and the checks that come before a deploy.
Release notes
What changed in 0.1.0, and what did not.
Security
How to report a vulnerability, and what is in scope.
07
Stated plainly
What it does not do yet.
- One device per identity
- Multi-device key sync is not implemented. Encrypted backups are the bridge.
- Store-and-forward, not push
- Relay delivery waits until the app is opened or you tap Sync. There is no real-time push.
- The economy is in test mode
- Records and plans are real. Funds are not. No withdrawable value is created or promised.
- Android is sideloaded
- There is no Play Store listing yet. The APK is signed, checksummed and published on GitHub.
- The assistant needs a provider for some work
- The local assistant works without one. Remote inference is a choice you configure in Operations.
- Proof review is partly manual
- The app packages an activation proof for the Union Assistant. A person still reviews it.
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Questions
Short answers to fair questions.
Do I need to create an account?
No. There is no account on a server, no email and no password. Your identity is a key pair generated on the device.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Notes to self, lessons, records, backups and the app shell work without a network. The installed PWA caches its shell, fonts and WASM core after the first load.
Can I use Union without a relay?
Yes. A relay adds handle lookup, store-and-forward delivery when both people are not online, and shared public rooms. It is optional and self-hostable.
Where are my keys?
On your device, in local storage. The Android app also wraps secrets with a key held by the Android Keystore. Export an encrypted backup before you change phones.
Is the money real?
No. Version 0.1.0 runs its economic layer in test mode. The app says so on every economic screen. A production economy needs a backed provider, custody and legal support.
How do I update?
Install the new APK over the old one. The version code increases and your keys stay. Keep the encrypted backup you made during onboarding.
Why is there only an APK?
It is the honest path while the app is not in a store: one signed package, a public checksum, and source you can build yourself. A store listing may come later; it is not a promise.