What If Pikos Goes Away?

Fair question. Pikos is built by one person. What happens if I stop working on it, or get hit by a bus, or just move on to something else?

The app keeps working

Pikos doesn't depend on a server. There's no backend that could get shut down. If I stopped publishing updates tomorrow, the app on your machine would keep running exactly as it does today. Your notes, your tasks, your calendar. All still there, all still working. No "service discontinued" email, no countdown timer, no sudden loss of functionality.

This is one of the advantages of local-first software. The app doesn't phone home to verify a license or check that a server is still running. It just works.

Your data is portable

Everything is stored in a standard database file on your computer. You can export it as readable files at any time. You're not locked into a proprietary format that only Pikos can open. If you ever want to move to a different tool, your data is right there. You can take it with you.

The code is public

The entire Pikos codebase is publicly available. If I disappeared tomorrow, anyone with the technical ability could pick it up, fix bugs, or build on it. The knowledge of how the app works isn't locked in my head. It's in the repository, readable by anyone.

No subscription to lose

Subscription apps disappear the moment the company does, or the moment they decide to raise the price. Pikos will never be a subscription. The desktop app is free. When the paid versions ship, they'll be one-time purchases. No recurring charge that stops working, no annual renewal that could fail.

Built to last, not to grow

Pikos doesn't need millions of users to survive. There's no venture capital expecting a return, no investors pushing for growth, no runway that runs out. It's a small app with low overhead. It needs to be good enough that enough people want it. That's the whole business model.

I plan to keep working on this for a long time. But even if I don't, the choices I've made (no server dependency, open format, public code, no subscriptions) mean Pikos doesn't fall apart when I stop. That's by design.