epm
Extremely Personal Manager
A marketplace of starting points for your extremely personal software stack. Designed to be owned, customized, and run by you.
Install, deploy shell, access from your phone.
Install epm
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Slam-Dunk-Software/epm/main/install.sh | sh
cargo install --git https://github.com/Slam-Dunk-Software/epm
Then
epm new todo # start from a harness
cd todo && cat CUSTOMIZE.md
Why Extremely Personal Software?
Truly private
Run everything on your own machine or a server you control. No ads, no annoying AI features, no telemetry, no price increases, no terms of service.
It's feasible
The build v.s. buy equation has been completely shaken up in the last few months. If you're a developer, or technically-inclined at all, you don't need to be nickel-and-dimed by SaaS anymore.
It's fun
Seriously, just try it. With a little bit of configuration, you might find that this is the most enjoyable way to work with software.
Vibe-upgradable
You own the source. Change the colors, the copy, the entire personality; rewrite it in another language, nothing's off-limits, no permission needed.
AI-native by design
Small, single-purpose codebases easily fit in a context window. No bloat from features you don't need. A growing collection of Claude Code skills makes it easy to jump right in.
You may have heard: "If it's free, you're the product." That's true for SaaS. But not for Extremely Personal Software. There are no big tech giants trying to make money off your personality here. This is the way out.
Escape the algorithm
Every major platform is optimizing for engagement, not your wellbeing. Your feed, your inbox, your search results, your recommendations: all shaped by what keeps you clicking, not what actually serves you. You didn't choose what surfaces to the top. An algorithm did, on behalf of an advertiser.
Extremely Personal Software is your way out. Your personal todo app doesn't know your demographics. Your notes don't have a recommendation engine. Your RSS reader shows you what you subscribed to, in the order things were published. Your news isn't curated to outrage you.
Think of it as an extension of de-Googling: not just moving your data somewhere else, but removing the incentive structure that quietly shapes what software does to you. Local-first, self-hosted software has one master: you.
The effect is subtle at first, then striking. Fewer rabbit holes. Less ambient anxiety. You use the software when you want to, for what you actually wanted to do. It's a small act of reclaiming your own mind.
The Ecosystem
epm services (process supervisor)
Start, stop, restart, and monitor your personal services.
observatory (watch your stack)
A web app (or TUI) for monitoring every service in your ecosystem, with SMS alerts when something goes down.
EPS mods (quickly upgrade and iterate on your EPS)
Mods are known, useful features; written in plain English. Point your agent at a mod and get to work.
Skills
A growing collection of Claude Code slash commands for managing your EPS stack. Deploy, release, publish, and more.
Packages
Browse all →Texts you a daily summary of your todo list at a scheduled time.
The CLI for the EPS ecosystem — publish, search, and install personal software packages.
Official EPS ecosystem documentation — concepts, ADRs, guides, and EPC reference.
MCP server providing authoritative knowledge about the EPS ecosystem — philosophy, ADRs, packages, and harness design.