💌 memorybox Live · Self-host

Photos, voices, and stories for families preserving elder memories

Interview grandma. Voice-record each story. Upload the photo it's about. Attach metadata (date, place, people). Organize chronologically or by person. Generate a printable memory book PDF at year-end. Before the stories are gone. Private by design — no cloud-AI transcription unless you opt in.

What it does

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Voice stories

Record on phone or laptop. Each story has a title, speaker, topic. Optional local Whisper transcription (no cloud unless you opt in). Stories preserved forever, not just in memory.

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Photos + metadata

Upload photos and tag with: when (year or specific date), where (place), who (list of people), story it belongs with. Forget nothing before you forget who that is in the picture.

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Organize

By person (grandma's stories), by era (WWII, childhood, first apartment), by event (wedding, move). Timeline + person views. Search by name, year, place.

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Memory-book PDF

One-click export: chronological book of stories + photos + transcripts + metadata. Print at home or send to Shutterfly. A real book for grandchildren.

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Shared family

Multiple family members can add. Dad records grandpa, mom records grandma, nieces add their high-school memories. Everyone's contributions merge into one family vault.

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Private family vault

Flask + SQLite. Runs on a family server or just one laptop. Your family's memories are not Ancestry's leverage. Export to Markdown or PDF any time.

Quickstart

# clone git clone https://github.com/Dangercorn-Enterprises/memorybox.git && cd memorybox pip install -r requirements.txt && python app.py

Pricing

Self-host
$0/forever
  • Clone from GitHub
  • Run on any laptop or VPS
  • Your data stays yours
  • All core features
  • AI features (BYOK)
Get the source
Extended Family
$29/mo
  • Everything in Pro
  • Extended family (all cousins)
  • Professional-print-book service integration
  • Storyteller interview-prompt library
  • Priority support
  • Early features
Contact sales

Hosted plans are early-access. Self-host today; email tim@dangercorn.net to join the waitlist.

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