Local-First — Bloombooard

📖 What Local-First Actually Means

Most modern productivity apps store your data on their servers and stream it to your device. If their servers go down, you're locked out. If they shut down, your data disappears. If they get breached, your data is exposed.

Bloombooard flips this. Your data is written to your Mac first. The app reads from your device, not a remote server. You own your data completely — not us.

✦ Bloombooard (Local-First)

Works fully offline
No account required
Opens instantly — no loading
You own your data
Private by default
Works if we shut down

✗ Cloud-First Apps

Requires internet connection
Account & login required
Slow — fetches from server
Company owns your data
Data exposed if breached
Gone if company shuts down

📦 Where Is Your Data Stored?

Bloombooard uses your browser's localStorage to store everything locally. Here's exactly what lives where:

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Tasks, subtasks & projects All your tasks, priorities, deadlines, and subtasks. Stored on your device. Never sent anywhere.

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Boards & notes Every board, card, and note you create. Lives entirely on your Mac.

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Goals, KPIs & streaks Your performance metrics, streak history, and badges. Local only.

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Calendar & reminders Events, meetings, and reminders. Stored on device. Google Calendar integration is optional and uses your own OAuth tokens stored locally.

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Time tracking Every session and log stays on your device.

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Health & hydration Water intake, sleep, and health data. Local only.

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All Freelance Hub data Clients, projects, invoices, contracts, proposals, revision logs, assets, approvals — all local. Only invoice data is optionally synced to your own Supabase project for shareable client links.

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Settings & preferences Theme, avatar, profile name, layout, and all app preferences. Device only.

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AI usage counters & email cache How many AI calls you've made and cached email previews. Local only.

🔓 No Account. No Login. No Sign-Up.

Bloombooard launches directly into your workspace. There's no registration screen, no email verification, no password to forget. You download it, open it, and it's ready.

✅ This means we have no user database. We don't store your name, email address, or any identity information unless you purchase a paid plan (handled by Polar.sh — not us).

✈️ Works Fully Offline

Because your data lives on your device, Bloombooard works perfectly without an internet connection. Every feature that doesn't explicitly require the internet — tasks, boards, notes, streaks, timers, goals — works offline.

Features that do require internet (optional):

AI assistant — requires Anthropic API access
Gmail / Google Calendar integration — requires Google OAuth
Team chat & presence — requires Supabase connection
Shareable invoice links — requires Supabase connection

All optional. The core app always works, online or off.

👥 What About Team Features?

Team chat, presence, and shared invoice pages require real-time sync — so they use your own Supabase project as a backend. This is a database you control, not one we operate.

The data in your Supabase (team messages, presence timestamps, invoice records) belongs to you. You can view, export, or delete it directly from your Supabase dashboard at any time.

All solo productivity features remain fully local even if you use team features.

🛡️ Your Data, Your Rules

Because Bloombooard stores data locally, you have complete control:

Export anytime — your data is in localStorage, readable and exportable
Delete anytime — clearing app data removes everything instantly
No lock-in — the app doesn't hold your data hostage behind a subscription
Works forever — even if Bloombooard stopped existing tomorrow, your local data stays on your Mac
No breach risk — data that never hits a server can't be leaked from a server

✉️ Questions?

If you have questions about how Bloombooard handles your data, reach out:

📧 hello@mybloomboard.app
🌐 mybloomboard.app

Your data lives on your Mac.