Hello from jellysuite
What jellysuite is, what's built today, what's still to come, and the promises we've made about how we run it.
The jellysuite team · · 2 min read
jellysuite is an end-to-end encrypted workspace: mail, documents, spreadsheets, files, a calendar, tasks, contacts, video calls and, for teams, chat. It runs on one account with one set of keys, and only you hold them. This is the first post on our blog, so here is where things stand.
What we're building
For years, private software asked people to put up with a worse experience: clunky screens, keys to manage by hand, features that were missing. Most people never switched, and their data stayed readable by whoever ran the server.
We think security only helps the people who actually use it. So the encryption in jellysuite happens quietly in the background, and what you see is an app you'd pick even if it weren't private. When something does need your attention, like saving your recovery key, we explain it once in plain words.
Everything is locked on your device before it reaches us, and we never get the key. That is less than most services can see, but it isn't nothing: we still see things like sizes, times and who you share with. The transparency page lists it for every app, and how our encryption works explains the rest.
What's built
These work today, on the web:
- Mail, with your own domain
- Pages for docs, notes and wikis
- Sheets for spreadsheets
- Calendar, Drive, Tasks and Contacts
- Video calls, with screen sharing
- Chat and shared workspaces for teams
There's a desktop app for macOS, and an iPhone app is on the way.
What's still to come
Next come a full export of everything you store, the on-prem edition for organisations whose data can't leave the building, and mobile apps. There are no apps for Windows, iOS or Android yet.
How we run it
jellysuite is paid for by subscriptions and nothing else: no ads, no tracking and no free plan that someone else pays for. If we ever close, you get at least six months' notice and a full export of your data, unlocked on your own device. Our philosophy has the whole list, and why we made it.
The code that encrypts your data is open source under the MIT licence, so you can check how your keys are made rather than take our word for it. See open source for what's public today.
Come along
If that's how you think too, pick a plan and come in. We'll use this blog for what we ship, how the encryption works and the choices behind it.