01Capture
Tong BukuPocket
Speak, type, paste, or record wherever the thought appears. Pocket saves it durably before anything else happens.
- Voice-first capture
- Android + installable web app
Private by design. Local first. Pro level.
Your thoughts should work for you.
Talk.
Plan. Make.
Tong Buku is your private thought-to-project system. Capture ideas naturally, reconcile them into one clear plan, and build usable outputs—on hardware you own.
100% private
Works offline
Yours, always
Forge online
Private LAN · 3 ms
One private system
01
Capture
where ideas happen
02
Reconcile
one thought at a time
03
Materialize
from canonical state
A complete private loop
From a passing thought
to something you can use.
Tong Buku keeps capture simple and the machinery underneath rigorous. Every note is durable, ordered, reconciled, and connected to what gets made.
NO FEED
NO CLOUD REQUIRED
NO LOST CONTEXT
NO BLACK BOX
The Tong Buku suite
Four surfaces.
One continuous system.
Capture close to the moment, shape on the capable machine, make from trusted state, and connect the tools you already use.
02Reconcile
Tong BukuForge
The capable-device runtime processes notes in strict order and aligns each one with the complete project specification.
- Sequential durable queue
- Deterministic offline fallback
03Materialize
Tong BukuMake
Turn the latest canonical revision into an interactive artifact—never from a loose pile of prompts or chat history.
- Canonical input only
- Usable project surfaces
04Connect
Tong BukuBridge
Give authorized agents and tools a deliberate door through ordinary folders, local APIs, and MCP.
- Human-readable files
- Codex + Cursor ready
See it in action
Your command center for work that starts out loud.
Tong Buku Desk keeps the live queue, the canonical plan, revision history, and the thing you are building in one focused workspace.
- 01Every note has a visible state
- 02Every applied thought creates a revision
- 03Every artifact traces back to the plan
PRIVATE PROJECT CANVAS
Launch plan
Live queueCanonical specRevisions
Pocket captureRECORDING
“The launch page should make privacy feel tangible, not abstract.”
Sequential queue3 NOTES
Product framingApplied · revision 07✓
Privacy sectionReconciling now02
Download pathsDurably queued03
Canonical specification updated 8 seconds ago
REVISION 08
How it works
Five steps. No mystery.
- 01
Talk
Speak or type the thought while it is fresh.
- 02
Queue
Pocket saves it durably and in order.
- 03
Spec
Forge aligns it with one canonical plan.
- 04
Make
Make builds only from the latest revision.
- 05
Use
Open, share, export, or keep it entirely yours.
Privacy. Built in.
Your data stays where your work lives.
Tong Buku runs on your device. The core loop does not need an account, a hosted database, or a connection to keep working.
100%
Local-first
Every critical project file remains on hardware you control.
0
Tracking
No ad profile, analytics feed, or surveillance layer.
∞
Portable
Ordinary files prevent lock-in and keep the project legible.
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Transparent
Open source, inspectable, and built on explicit state changes.
Simple by principle
Free to start.
Yours to keep.
The current Tong Buku core is MIT licensed and free to run on your own hardware. There is no required subscription, hosted account, or cloud storage tier.
git clone https://github.com/bohselecta/chat-said.git
CORE SYSTEM$0open source
Download Tong Buku
One system. Your platforms.
Run Forge on a capable computer, install Pocket where you capture, and keep the complete loop on your own network.
macOS
Forge + Desk
Node.js 22.5 or newer
Windows
Forge + Desk
One-click start script
iPhone & iPad
Pocket web app
Add from Safari
AVAILABLE NOW
APK
Android
Tong Buku Pocket
Developer debug build
Linux
Forge + Desk
Node.js 22.5 or newer
Android package is a developer debug build for testing. Desktop setup runs the current open-source Forge directly from this repository.
Private thoughts. Organized projects.