Rupert
Front-end · Design · Cozy UI
The optimist. Obsessed with tiny details — blinks, ear twitches, and buttons that feel good to press. Believes every app should feel like a warm room.
- HTML / CSS / JS
- SVG & animation
- Retro UI
Melbourne, Australia · two devs, one cozy codebase
Nikku & Rupert
A tiny Melbourne dev team building cozy, privacy-first apps — local-first, no accounts, encrypted backups, no tracking — with a lot of heart and a few too many snacks.
The team
Meet Rupert & Nikku
Two very different brains, one shared repo. Poke the portraits — they have opinions.
Nikku
Systems · Code · Builds
The skeptic. Sharpens the architecture, hunts bugs at 2 a.m., and won't ship until the tests pass. Secretly soft for a really good refactor.
- Web apps
- Android, iOS & Windows
- Debugging
Projects
What we're building
Small, focused apps that respect your data and your time.
In development
Rupert's Health Dash
A retro, 90s-console-style health and longevity companion with a friendly mascot — Rupert himself. It started with people over 50 in mind, but it's for everyone; we don't want to shoehorn anyone out.
Most health apps bury you in graphs, routines and endless options, so people never know where to start. Rupert keeps it simple: a welcoming home screen, small routines, and consistency over complexity — just enough to stay in basic shape.
- Retro 90s feel
- Local-first
- No accounts
- Android · iOS · Windows
Interested in helping out? Say hello — we're opening the project up to other developers.
On your device
Runs in your browser or app and saves right on your device. No account needed, and nothing leaves unless you choose to back it up.
Encrypted backup optional
Want a safety net? Optional online backup is locked on your device before it's uploaded, using four personal details only you hold, so our servers only hold scrambled data. Nobody else can read it, not even us. Everything also travels over HTTPS.
How to delete your data
You're always in control. If you've made an online backup, this is how to delete it from the app:
- Tap BRING BACK A PLAYER to download your data.
- Enter your four user details to fetch your data from the server.
- Tap the SETTINGS gear.
- Scroll to the bottom.
- In the CLOUD BACKUP section, find DELETE AN ONLINE BACKUP and tap DELETE.
- Re-enter your four user details and tap DELETE FOR GOOD.
Good to know
- What's deleted. The locked backup on our server, which holds the player's readings, training log and settings. It's deleted straight away and can't be undone.
- Devices keep their own copy. To remove the player from a device too, use DELETE THIS PLAYER in that device's settings, or uninstall the app.
- Nothing is kept. Your details are only used to find the backup and prove it's yours. Nothing is downloaded or saved in your browser.
- Lost your details? Without all four, nobody can find a backup, not even us. That's what keeps it private: a locked backup can't be read by anyone.
Rupert's Health Dash is not a medical device and doesn't give medical advice.
Project #2
Something new is simmering in the kitchen. Details when it's cooked.
Hack with us
Got an idea, a bug report, or want to contribute? We'd love to hear it. Get in touch.
What we do
Small team, careful craft
Cozy web apps
Fast, friendly and installable. Plain HTML, CSS and JavaScript wherever that's enough.
Privacy by default
Local-first by default. Optional online backup is locked with details only you hold, so even we can't read your data.
Every platform
Android, iOS and Windows — whatever platform you're on, we don't mind.
Characters & motion
SVG mascots and small animations that make software feel alive.
Contact
Say hello
Questions, ideas, bug reports or collaboration offers — we read everything. Based in Melbourne, Australia.
nikku.rupert [at] gmail [dot] com
