Meet Penny

No! Penny runs 100% locally on your computer with zero cloud dependency.

Once installed, it works completely offline. This is a core feature - your thoughts never leave your device.

Absolutely not. Penny uses its own fine-tuned, local AI models that run entirely on your machine. No external AI service accounts required.

Penny understands context and makes connections between your thoughts over time.

It's like having a thinking partner who remembers everything and helps you see patterns you'd miss.

Penny is built with Tauri (auditable open architecture) and has no network connections to external servers.

Your firewall logs will show zero outbound traffic from Penny, because we designed it to be yours alone.

Beyond purchasing, you can contribute through the research lab by sharing anonymised insights about how you prefer to work / collaborate with Penny, participating in user testing, helping to onboard new users, or providing crucial feedback that shapes development.

Alternatively, if you’re interested in investing or sponsoring this project, email murray [@] heumans [dot] com

Absolutely, but always maintaining the privacy-first approach.

Teams will soon be able to share insights, but never raw personal data.

The core Penny app will always be available as a one-time purchase.

Additional features (ie model upgrades, character agents) may have separate pricing down the track but for now — One price covers you for everything.

Penny analyses your conversations across five dimensions (emotional, temporal, relational, procedural, contextual) and builds a knowledge graph showing how your thoughts connect.

Over time this knowledge graph expands, providing ever more valuable insights about the way your brain operates and develops relationships between ideas.

1. We believe in accessible innovation.

Early supporters like you make this possible. In return, you get lifetime access and opportunities to share in the profits - when we succeed, you succeed.

2. It’s early days.

We know we’ve got a long road ahead, so it seems only fair to massively reduce the price for people willing to adopt and support early.

No. Since Penny doesn't connect to the internet and stores everything locally, there's no remote attack surface.

It's like having a private diary that only exists on your computer (but can also think and help you work through ideas like no other diary in history).

Definitely not. We are focused on learning how every brain works, in order to build better products for everyone.

Whether you're neurodivergent, neurotypical, or have no idea what any of that means - if you're excited about thinking differently and want to be part of building something new, you belong here.

Yes! Penny has a "Community Contribution Model" where you can earn access through valuable contributions like user testing, community moderation, knowledge sharing, or accountability partnerships instead of direct payment.

We’ll be bringing this online as quickly as possible - stay tuned.

v1 is Mac only, sorry.

You'll need at least 8GB RAM and a decent processor. The AI models require some computing power, but most computers from the last 5 years should handle it fine.

The next version of Penny will work on Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Very little. Your memories are stored as lightweight JSON files.

Even years of conversations typically use less than 100MB - about the size of a few photos.

Major updates quarterly, with smaller improvements monthly (if not more often).

The roadmap is community-driven based on user feedback, so the more we hear back from you, the more likely we’ll implement your preferred features.

Right now Penny works through text conversation. Document upload and file analysis features are planned for future releases.

One-time purchases fund development, community contributions reduce barriers, and future features (character agents marketplace) create ongoing revenue without subscriptions.

We think that’s super sustainable.

Absolutely. Your data lives in simple files on your computer that you can copy, backup, or export anytime.

No vendor lock-in.

Mobile companion apps are planned for 2026.

The main processing will still happen on desktop for privacy and performance.

Only the information you explicitly choose to share in conversations.

No telemetry, no usage tracking, no analytics.

The only data generated is your memories and conversation history, which are stored locally and nowhere else.

Just copy your Penny data folder to your new machine and you're good to go.

All your memories and conversation history transfer perfectly.

Penny only uses resources when you're actively using it.

When minimised or closed, it uses virtually no CPU or memory.

Not yet, but multi-user support is planned for late 2025. Each person will get their own private memory space.

Yes. Just delete the Penny folder and everything disappears forever.

No cloud backups or hidden copies exist anywhere.

Currently Penny works through direct conversation, but calendar/email integration is on the roadmap for late 2025.

Not yet, but community sharing features are coming. You'll be able to share specific insights while keeping personal details private.

Community support through the Heumans community, plus direct access to Murray and the development team during the early adopter phase.

Yes! Early adopters get direct input on development priorities. Your feedback literally shapes what gets built next.

Just opt in during setup to contribute anonymised insights about how your mind works.

Help advance neurodiversity research while improving Penny for everyone.

Then we’ve let you (and ourselves) down.

Penny was built to adapt to every kind of mind, so if that’s genuinely how you feel, please let us know what we can do better.

Since everything runs locally, Penny continues working forever.

Plus we're committed to open-sourcing core components if we ever shut down.

Professional collaboration features are on the roadmap.

Therapists could use Penny to help clients understand their own thinking patterns.