Software you actually own
Nousvara builds focused, private tools with one simple rule: your data belongs to you. No forced cloud, no subscriptions you cannot escape, no lock-in, no account required to use what you own.
Private by default · useful on ordinary machines · honest about what each tool does.
The product house
A small family of focused tools
Instead of one big product, Nousvara is a house of focused tools. Each solves one real problem and keeps the same promise: your data stays yours.
Swaro
Speech to text & text to speechHold a key, speak, and your words appear at the cursor. Select text and hear it read aloud. Fully offline, on Mac and Windows.
Jigsaw
Photo puzzle game for AndroidTurn any photo into a puzzle and solve it by swapping pieces. Free, offline, and fully open source.
What drives us
The principles behind every tool
Your data stays yours
We do not own or sell your data, and we do not run on advertising. The core of most tools needs no account at all.
Useful without heavy requirements
Good software should work on the laptop you already have, without demanding a constant connection.
Solves one real problem
Each tool starts from a problem someone actually has, often one we hit ourselves, and stays focused on it.
Honest by default
Clear pricing, clear limits, no dark patterns, and no claims before a product is ready for people to use.
Who's behind it
Built by someone who solved systems at scale
Nousvara is a maker-led studio: one engineer with two decades of work from embedded hardware to cloud platforms running hundreds of thousands of connected vehicles, now building small tools he uses himself.
Try a tool, or tell us what is slowing you down
Products here start as real problems. If Swaro is useful, try it. If something is missing, say so.