Notes from the build.
Thinking out loud about local-first software, the agent era, and the decisions behind Excellent — written from inside the work.
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The self-host guide: your team on a box you own
Running Excellent for a team takes exactly one piece of infrastructure — a small sync server you control. What it is, what it costs, and the walkthrough from empty VPS to a synced team.
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Introducing Excellent
A business you download and own — a team of agents working on your own machine, on one database that stays with you. Now available for Mac.
Why local-first, in the age of AI
AI makes the case for owning your software stronger, not weaker. The reasoning behind Excellent's core bet — and why you can run it on your own machine today.
See it for yourself.
The writing is one thing. The software that runs your whole business on your own machine — offline, exportable, yours — is another. Bring it home.
macOS today — Windows and Linux are next.