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Most apps keep your data inside their own systems. Your notes live in one app, your plans in another. Switching tools often means leaving something behind or starting over. Basic starts with a different idea: your data should belong to you, not to the app you used to create it.

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A home of your own

A personal data store, or PDS, is the home for your data in Basic. Apps connect to it with your permission to read and save information. Inside your PDS, data is organized into separate spaces. Each space belongs to your account, even when an app creates it. Connecting an app doesn’t give it access to everything else. Basic currently hosts your PDS in the cloud. Your devices can keep local copies, while your PDS keeps the shared, up-to-date version as they sync.

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Apps are tools, not containers

Think of a notes app as a way to work with your notes, rather than the place that owns them. Disconnecting the app doesn’t delete the notes from your PDS. Another compatible app can work with that same data if you allow it. The goal is simple: you should be able to choose better tools without leaving your information behind.