Tick Tar
OPEN SOURCE · SELF-HOSTED

$ tar what-makes-you-tick

Your digital world, gathered.

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MODEL AGNOSTIC·PRIVATE BY DEFAULT·OPEN BY DESIGN
A little less scattered. A little more you.↓01 / YOUR SPACE
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One question. The right tools.

It translates intent into approved capabilities.
It never hands your secrets to an AI.

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DEMO

Your day, gathered.

You have 3 tasks and 2 calendar events remaining today.

YOUR CAPABILITIES

Tools AI can use.
Only when you allow.

Capabilities stay stable. Providers can change.
Permissions belong to each action.

✓

Tasks

via Dida365

Connected
task.listtask.createREADWRITE LOW
▦

Calendar

via CalDAV

Connected
calendar.listcalendar.createREADWRITE LOW
♫

Music

via QQ Music

Connected
music.currentmusic.recentREAD
⌘

Code

via GitHub

Connected
github.issue.createEXTERNAL
▤

Files

via Synology

Connected
file.searchfile.getSENSITIVE
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Home

No provider connected

Not connected
home.light.setWRITE HIGH

Example capabilities and provider status. No providers are connected in this demo.

CONNECTIONS

Bring your own services.

Connections configure a provider.
They do not grant AI or public access.

TASKS

Default provider

Dida365Task capability · Demo connection
Connected
FILES

Available sources

Synology NASFile capability · Demo connection
Connected
THREE SEPARATE BOUNDARIES
01Connection

Provider credential stored by Tick Tar.

02AI permission

Action-level allow, ask, or deny.

03Public visibility

Only explicitly published data appears here.

PUBLIC PAGE · A TICK TAR VIEW

A window into what you choose to share.

Projects, notes, and moments can live here.
Tasks, files, devices, and memory stay private by default.

kim.ticktar.homeDEMO
Public view · Explicitly shared
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 / 2026
PROFILE

渡口浪人.

Kim Wayne

↗ Jinshan, Shanghai, China

Builder, curious human, collector of small things. Making a quieter corner of the internet.

NOW
Currently building

A home that
feels a little smarter.

Open-source home automation dashboard.

ACTIVITY
  1. ↗
    Pushed 3 commitshomestead / sensor cards
  2. ≡
    Published a noteOn owning your digital space
  3. ◇
    Added 4 bookmarksA few things worth keeping
  4. ▧
    Uploaded 12 photosA weekend by the coast
PROJECTS 03
⌂

Homestead

A calmer dashboard for a connected home.

TypeScript☆ 128Updated 2h ago
◈

Fieldnotes

A tiny place for ideas that aren't quite finished.

Astro☆ 64Updated 2d ago
≈

Low Tide

Generative soundscapes for slow afternoons.

JavaScript☆ 32Updated 5d ago
NOTES
SEPTEMBER 28 · 3 MIN READ

A home on the internet,
not another feed.

What if our digital spaces felt more like a desk by the window? Familiar, a little messy, entirely our own.

PHOTOS
Somewhere, by the sea.Weekend fragments · 12 photos
↗
ON REPEAT
A soundtrack for today

Weightless

Marconi Union

PRIVATE BY DEFAULT

Publish explicitly. Act with permission.

Who asked. What ran. Which provider answered.
Sensitive values are summarized, never logged as secrets.

DEMO DATA

Recent actions

Policy is evaluated before a provider is called.

READWRITE LOWASK
  1. ✓
    AI created tasktask.create · via Dida365 · “Review design proposal”
    CONFIRMED
  2. ▦
    AI read calendarcalendar.list · via CalDAV · 2 events returned
    READ
  3. ▤
    AI searched filesfile.search · via Synology · sensitive paths redacted
    SENSITIVE
CANONICAL HISTORY

Sources change.
Your history stays.

Providers can come and go.
Your timeline remains continuous.

QQ MusicNetEaseOther
→
NORMALIZEMusicmusic.listen.v1
→
Continuous timeline

Architecture example · sample providers · no live accounts

YOUR DIGITAL TIMELINE

The days add up to you.

Not everything needs its own tab.
Follow the threads of your digital life.

SEP 28Monday
↗
Code

A little more life in Homestead

3 commits · Sensor cards, softer transitions, a better morning view.

≡
Note

A home on the internet, not another feed.

Published to Fieldnotes · 3 min read

♫
Music

A slow start, a familiar soundtrack.

Weightless — Marconi Union

SEP 27Sunday
▧
Photos

Salt air and a little perspective.

12 new photos · Weekend fragments

◇
Bookmark

Four ideas worth coming back to.

Saved to Reading corner · Design, local-first, and slower software.

BUILD · EXTEND

Bring a provider. Keep the contract.

Manifest, schemas, normalize, execute, health.
A small adapter can add a new source and its capabilities.

CONCEPT

Calendar

A little context for your day. Bring upcoming events into your personal space, alongside everything else.

ONE BLOCK. YOUR KIND OF SPACE.
NO WALLED GARDENS

Everything
stays yours.

Your space shouldn't depend on someone else's platform.
Run it on your terms. Take it with you.

↳ your-data.tar
01

Self-hosted

At home on your own infrastructure.

02

Open source

Understand it. Change it. Make it better.

03

Portable

A digital home designed to move with you.

04

Exportable

Your memories deserve an open door.

05

Permission controlled

Every action has an explicit boundary.

06

Auditable

Actions leave a redacted, structured trace.

Product principles. Data export and integrations are planned.

BUILT IN THE OPEN

Tick Tar Open source

Canonical personal data and capability layer

—Stars
—Forks
—Contributors
—Latest release

Deploy it on your infrastructure. Your database and credentials stay with your instance. Repository links are configuration-driven and will appear when published.

Leave a light on for the parts of you scattered online.

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