Software that answers to you.
arw-labs is an independent software studio building local-first, privacy-respecting tools — funded by the people who use them, not by their data.
The mission
Mainstream software keeps trading your control for someone else's business model. We build the other kind: tools where isolation, ownership, and consent are the architecture — not a preference pane.
Local-first
Your data — passwords, history, settings, secrets — stays on your device and is never uploaded or synced. An account exists for one job: proving your licence, re-checked now and then so a build can't be passed around.
Private by default
No telemetry, no tracking, no analytics on what you browse. Privacy is the starting state, not a settings hunt.
Community-funded
Our products are funded by the people who use them — backers, not advertisers. You are the customer, never the product.
Products
Connect+ — 1.0 Launch · 1.0.0A desktop browser built around total per-profile isolation — with uBlock-class ad & tracker blocking built in. Work, personal, clients, projects: nothing bleeds, ever.
Visit connect.arw-labs.com →In the lab
More tools are brewing. We announce things when they're real — follow the Connect+ site for everything shipping today.
About
Who's behind this
- Mohammed Khayar — founder, design and engineering. The hands behind every line of Connect+ so far.
- Ihab Chafik — development and business management.
The team grows with the campaign: funded rounds bring in contributors for QA, platform ports, and the store ecosystem.
Credits
Built on the shoulders of open source: Electron & Chromium, Next.js, and the EasyList / uBlock Origin filter-list communities, among many others. And thank you to every backer — you are the business model.