LifeScribe apps & tools
Preserve your digital legacy with this suite of apps.
LifeScribe is a collection of free, open source apps to write, store, and preserve your memories, records, photos, and plans locally on your machine.
The collection
Four focused apps. One for each aspect of your digital legacy.
Use one app or several. Each is designed around a distinct part of a life, with clear ownership and privacy at its center.
LifeScribe Vault
Make a clear, encrypted plan for the digital life your family may one day need to manage.
Document trusted contacts, password-manager access, devices, accounts, subscriptions, important documents, backups, and more. Then create a Recovery Kit your family can print or save.
- Encrypted on your device
- Ten guided planning areas
- Printable Recovery Kit
LifeScribe Biography
Write and shape the story of a life, one memory at a time.
A local desktop app for stories, photos, timelines, family trees, career, and the places that matter. Your biography stays on your computer.
- Stories and timeline
- Family tree, maps, and gallery
- No account or sync required
LifeScribe Photos
Rediscover the photo library you already have.
Browse your chosen folders locally, then find memories through metadata, people, dates, places, albums, and maps—without moving your library to a new cloud.
- Folders, albums, and calendar
- People and metadata search
- Map of geotagged memories
LifeScribe Archive
Turn scattered records into a useful personal archive.
Import documents into an Obsidian-compatible Markdown vault, preserve their provenance, and search or chat with your notes with citations back to the source.
- Document and connector imports
- Your vault stays readable Markdown
- Search and cited chat
Start with the plan your family can use.
LifeScribe Vault is ready to download today—free, local, and built to help you leave clear instructions for the people you trust.
Explore LifeScribe Vault