urthly®
We build open-source and public-benefit projects that leave the world a little better than they found it. Practical software, made carefully, that respects the people using it. Home of Shippie, an open home for local tools.
What We Do
Urthly works on open-source and public-benefit projects. The things we build, buy and use every day should leave the world a little better than they found it. Not through grand gestures, but through practical, thoughtful software that people actually need.
We pick projects where the right answer is open. Where keeping data on the device beats hoarding it. Where a small, well-made tool beats a sprawling platform. If it fits the mission, we'll build it and put it in the open.
Our Approach
We don't build solutions looking for problems. Every Urthly project starts with something genuine that people are struggling with or missing in their lives.
If we can't build it without cutting corners on people, privacy, or the environment, we don't build it. The business model has to work for everyone, not just us.
We're building for the long term. Every product, service, and business under Urthly is designed to be sustainable, useful, and relevant for years to come.
Open Source
Built it with AI. Opened on a phone. 60 seconds.
Shippie is our open home for local tools — small installable PWAs that keep user data on the device, work offline after first load, and can get a real URL in under a minute. No app store, no review queue, no 30% cut.
The platform, SDK, CLI and MCP server are all open source (AGPL for the platform, MIT for the SDK and tooling). Fork it, self-host it, or just drop a zip and get a URL.
What We Stand For
We don't treat ethics as a marketing angle. It's built into how we make decisions, from day one, in every project.
The best products are the ones everyone can use. We keep things affordable, simple and barrier-free wherever possible.
We solve real problems for real people. If something doesn't make someone's day genuinely easier, we go back to the drawing board.
Everything we build will be honest, accessible and genuinely useful. We'd rather build one thing that truly helps than ten things that don't. If it doesn't make life better for the people using it, we won't put our name on it.