LocalHero rests on one idea: digital sovereignty. The people and organisations who use a platform should own their data, their infrastructure, and the work they do on it, including the work they do with AI.
Members’ information belongs to the organisation that holds it, not to the software vendor. It is never mined, sold, or used to train someone else’s product. Everything can be exported in standard formats, and an organisation that leaves keeps a working site.
The core platform is open source and built on open standards: CardDAV for contacts, ActivityPub for federation, Markdown and llms.txt for AI. Members use the apps they already have rather than a proprietary one. Any data you can put in, you can take out.
AI tools tend to keep your context in the vendor’s chat history. LocalHero keeps it on your own site: the tasks in progress, the knowledge of how things are done, and the documentation. The AI is interchangeable. Switch provider, or run your own model, and nothing is lost.
An AI connected to LocalHero can do only what its user is already allowed to do. Important changes are proposed, reviewed by a person, and applied only once approved.
Every site on the network shares one social layer, so a new organisation joins an active community instead of starting in an empty room.
LocalHero runs on inexpensive shared hosting, so the cost of running it doesn’t push it towards advertising or data extraction. It is built to be maintained for the long term by a small team, and to outlast any single company, including the one that runs it.
"""^^rdf:XMLLiteral ; sioc:content """ LocalHero rests on one idea: digital sovereignty. The people and organisations who use a platform should own their data, their infrastructure, and the work they do on it, including the work they do with AI. You own your data Members’ information belongs to the organisation that holds it, not to the software vendor. It is never mined, sold, or used to train someone else’s product. Everything can be exported in standard formats, and an organisation that leaves keeps a working site. Open, not locked in The core platform is open source and built on open standards: CardDAV for contacts, ActivityPub for federation, Markdown and llms.txt for AI. Members use the apps they already have rather than a proprietary one. Any data you can put in, you can take out. Your AI work stays with you AI tools tend to keep your context in the vendor’s chat history. LocalHero keeps it on your own site: the tasks in progress, the knowledge of how things are done, and the documentation. The AI is interchangeable. Switch provider, or run your own model, and nothing is lost. People stay in charge An AI connected to LocalHero can do only what its user is already allowed to do. Important changes are proposed, reviewed by a person, and applied only once approved. Community, not isolation Every site on the network shares one social layer, so a new organisation joins an active community instead of starting in an empty room. Sustainable by design LocalHero runs on inexpensive shared hosting, so the cost of running it doesn’t push it towards advertising or data extraction. It is built to be maintained for the long term by a small team, and to outlast any single company, including the one that runs it. """ ; sioc:topic