k-forge
Android apps written in Rust: private, efficient, and yours. No accounts, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Apps
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walker is the first k-forge app. More are on the way, and each will be built the same way.
Private
- Your data stays on your phone. There is no k-forge server, so there is nowhere for it to go.
- No account. There is nothing to sign up for and nothing to sign in to.
- No ads, no analytics, no tracking. Nothing about you is sent to me or to anyone else.
- Online only when you ask. The apps connect only for a download you start yourself, and they list each time they did.
Yours
- No in-app purchases, no subscription. Every feature is in the app you install. Nothing is held back.
- Nobody can switch it off. The apps don't depend on a service that can close, change its terms, or lock you out.
- Your data, your files. Export to open formats such as GPX, back up to encrypted files you keep wherever you like, or delete everything with one button.
Native Rust, built to last
- Easy on your battery. The apps are written in Rust and compiled to native code for your phone's processor. They do less work to get the same job done, and that leaves more battery for a long day out.
- Safe and secure by design. Rust rules out whole families of memory bugs, the kind behind many crashes and security holes in other apps.
- Nothing gets lost. Your data is saved the moment it arrives. If Android closes the app or the battery dies, it is still there when you come back.
- Works anywhere. Everything except downloads works without a connection, on a mountain as well as at home.
- Tested. Hundreds of automated tests check the apps' behaviour.
About
Hi, I'm Malik. I'm a software engineer, and I build k-forge's apps in Rust in my spare time.
I walk and hike a lot, and I wanted to record it without handing my location history to anyone. Every mainstream tracker uploads your GPS traces to someone else's server, so I wrote walker. It is the first of many, and every k-forge app follows the same rules: your data belongs on your phone, and the app you install belongs to you.
Contact
Questions, problems or ideas: support@k-forge.dev
If something in walker isn't working, here is what to include.