About the project
PluralBridge is building a privacy-centered bridge forward.
PluralBridge is a free, open-source project for plural Systems affected by the Simply Plural shutdown. The project began with preservation, and is now focused on the first browser-based release: sign in, review a Simply Plural export before saving it, and work with member profiles in the browser.
The goal is practical continuity: help Systems keep control of preserved data, then give that data somewhere safer and clearer to land.
What PluralBridge is
PluralBridge is an independent project by Needs of the Many. It is being built as free/open-source software under the GNU GPL v3.0, with source code and project work published for inspection, review, and contribution.
PluralBridge will be a free service at no cost to the plural community. Please do not send us money. 😂
What PluralBridge is building next
- A browser-based release that can run on Windows, Mac, Linux, phones, tablets, and anything else with a modern browser.
- Sign-in and account groundwork.
- Simply Plural import preview before anything is saved.
- Member profiles users can view, add, and update.
- A privacy-centered foundation for user ownership, membership boundaries, auditability, and clear control over System data.
Why the project exists
Many Systems spent years building records in Simply Plural: member profiles, notes, avatars, fronting history, custom fields, privacy buckets, groups, and related data. When a service shuts down, preserved data can become difficult to use even when users saved a copy.
PluralBridge exists to help preserved data remain useful. The work is moving from emergency export guidance toward import review, browser-based member profiles, and a safer foundation for future continuity tools.
Needs of the Many
Needs of the Many is the public project identity behind PluralBridge. The name reflects the operating principle: community-held data should have a path to preservation, continuity, and practical future use.
Privacy boundary
PluralBridge works around sensitive System data. Users should keep exports, backups, screenshots, notes, avatars, fronting history, tokens, passwords, account details, and private System records under their own control.
Please do not send PluralBridge tokens, passwords, export files, screenshots, or private System data. Public threads, email, direct messages, GitHub issues, GitHub discussions, paste sites, and public repositories are not safe places for private System data.
Independent project boundary
PluralBridge is an independent project. It is not affiliated with Simply Plural, Apparyllis, or the Simply Plural development team.
The project is focused on user-owned preserved data, privacy-centered continuity, documented public behavior, and future compatible interfaces where feasible. It does not rely on copied private code, copied branding, or private Simply Plural implementation details.
Repository and public work
Source code, documentation, database scripts, website changes, safety notes, issues, and discussions are published through the public repository and project spaces.