35.90°N 14.51°E · Malta

Built like
a bastion.

Five apps that keep your data where it belongs: on your devices, encrypted, and out of everyone else's business. No analytics, no accounts, no subscriptions. Designed and engineered in Malta by one person who reads every support email.

Meet the apps Mac, iPhone, iPhone Duo, iPad, Watch

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5private apps

0trackers or analytics

0accounts to create

0subscriptions

The workshop

The apps

Each one does one job properly, keeps your data on your side, and has its own website with the full tour, support and privacy policy.

SSH and SFTP client

Shellway

SSH with nothing to leak.

A fast SSH and SFTP client for people who live in a terminal. Your hosts, keys and passwords sit in one vault, encrypted on your device and synced only through your own iCloud.

Tabs, split panes, snippets and a command palette
Two-pane SFTP with drag and drop
Local, remote and SOCKS port forwards
Jump hosts, Ed25519 and RSA keys, strict host-key checks
Face ID and Touch ID unlock
Optional AI command help with your own API key

Mac
iPhone
iPhone Duo
iPad

Coming soon to the App Store Free for unlimited hosts. Pro is a one-time purchase.

Visit shellway.app Support Privacy

Shellway on the Mac with two terminal panes and the snippets panel

Shellway on the cover screen of a folded iPhone Duo

Period and cycle tracker

Moonkeep

Your cycle, kept private.

A period and cycle tracker that keeps everything encrypted on your own iPhone. No account, no cloud and no ads, with predictions that explain how they were worked out.

Predictions with an honest window and "Why this date?"
Your four phases, with movement and food ideas
Works with Apple Health
Apple Watch app with complications, and widgets
Discreet mode with neutral icons
A one-page doctor report, made on your iPhone

iPhone
iPhone Duo
iPad
Apple Watch

Coming soon to the App Store Free with unlimited history. Moonkeep Plus is a one-time purchase, with Family Sharing.

Visit moonkeepapp.com Support Privacy

Moonkeep Today screen showing cycle day 24 and the next period

Moonkeep on Apple Watch: cycle day 24, period in 5 days

Private photo library

VEIL Photos

Your moments. Your privacy.

A calm home for your photos and videos, with a private library only you can open. It is encrypted on your device and opened with your passphrase or Face ID. Nobody else holds a key.

Private library encrypted with AES-256 on your device
One lock screen for every library
An alternate library with its own passphrase
Videos play straight from encrypted storage
Imports checked before any original is removed
Optional iCloud backups, encrypted before they leave

iPhone
iPhone Duo
iPad
Mac

Coming soon to the App Store Free app. VEIL Plus is a one-time purchase, with Family Sharing.

Visit veilapp.eu Support Privacy

VEIL library on iPad with sample pictures

VEIL library on iPhone with sample pictures

Database app

SQLAtlas

No analytics. Your data stays yours.

A database app for SQL Server, Azure SQL, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL and SQLite. SQL Server on your Mac with no Windows VM, and nothing leaves your computer unless you send it.

Five engines and Azure SQL in one window
The Integrity Guard: no silent overwrites
Values shown exactly as stored
Convert SQL Server to MySQL with nothing lost silently
Passwords only in your system keychain
AI assistant off until you turn it on

Mac
iPad
iPhone
iPhone Duo
Windows
Linux

Coming soon to the App Store, Windows and Linux Free app. Pro is a one-time unlock.

Visit sqlatlas.eu Support Privacy

SQLAtlas reviewing a staged edit before it runs, with sample data

Encrypted cloud vault

Sealkeep

Your files. Your keys. Your control.

Encrypts your files on your own device before they reach cloud storage. Keep using Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive or Nextcloud. Only you can open what you put there.

File names, folders and timestamps encrypted too
Works with any folder your cloud already syncs
Password plus an optional keyfile
Every version kept, tampering detected
Desktop app and command line
Reading and exporting are always free

Windows
Mac
Linux
iPhone · planned
iPhone Duo · planned
iPad · planned
Android · planned

Coming soon for Windows, Mac and Linux Free to read and export, forever. Pro is a one-time unlock.

Visit sealkeep.eu Support Privacy

Sealkeep showing an unlocked vault and a file's version history, with sample files

Sealkeep phone layout listing vaults (phone apps are planned)

Every screen you carry

Made for every Apple device you own

Every iPhone app is built for iPhone, iPhone Duo and iPad from the first release, with the Mac and Apple Watch where they make sense.

Moonkeep on iPad in light mode, showing cycle day 24

iPhone Duo ready

Folded or open, it fits.

On the iPhone Duo's narrow cover screen you get a compact layout made for one thumb. Open it up and the apps spread out with more room, like they do on iPad.

Shellway on the cover screen, shown here, with the key bar under your thumb
Moonkeep spreads into two columns on iPad and an unfolded iPhone Duo
iPad apps work in Split View and Slide Over
Moonkeep adds an Apple Watch app and widgets

Which devices each app runs on
App	Mac	iPhone	iPhone Duo	iPad	Apple Watch	Windows	Linux	Android
Shellway	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Moonkeep	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
VEIL Photos	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
SQLAtlas	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
Sealkeep	Yes	planned	planned	planned	No	Yes	Yes	planned

Sealkeep's iPhone, iPad and Android apps are planned and not released yet. SQLAtlas and Sealkeep also run on Windows and Linux.

How I build

The bastion rules

Six promises that hold for every app, today and in every update.

No analytics, no trackers

None of my apps has analytics, advertising or crash-reporting code. I don't know who you are, and I don't want to.

No account to make

No sign-up, no email address, no password to reset. Install the app and start.

Encrypted on your device

Your data is encrypted before it is saved, with keys that come from you. There's no server of mine that could unlock it.

Pay once, keep it

Every app is free to start, with a one-time unlock for the extras. No subscriptions, nothing to cancel.

Your iCloud, your choice

Where an app syncs or backs up through iCloud, it's your own iCloud, and the data is encrypted before it leaves the device. It's always optional.

Support reports you control

Need help? Each app can write a short report of its version and settings. You read it first and send it yourself. It never contains your data.

We earn your purchase. We don’t demand your dependence.
Pay for what you consume. Own what you purchase.

Nicholas Xerri

About

Hi, I'm Nicholas.

I've spent almost twenty years keeping networks, firewalls and Linux servers standing in places where downtime was never an option.

That work taught me to plan for things going wrong, to keep secrets secret, and to make tools that behave the same way every time. These apps are where I put that experience to use for everyone else: an SSH client I always wanted for myself, a database tool that never touches your data behind your back, and private places for your photos, your files and your health.

When I'm not writing code I'm usually out on the island somewhere, probably near a wall that's older than most countries.

2006First day in network operations

~20Years in banking, iGaming and government infrastructure

316 km²Size of the island nation it's all built on

0Trackers in any of my apps

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Why a bastion

Malta held.

In 1565 a small garrison on a small island held its walls through a four-month siege by one of the largest armies of its day. A year later they started building Valletta, a whole city designed around one idea: assume someone will try to get in, and make sure they can't.

That's the brief for every app I ship. The eight-pointed cross on each one comes from the same island, and the same stubbornness.

Support and privacy

Need a hand?

Each app's website has its own help pages and privacy policy. If those don't answer it, email me.

Support for every appHelp pages, and how to send a support report from inside the app. Privacy policiesPlain-English policies. Short version: I don't collect your data.

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Built likea bastion.