The contract
Candor is not a feature.
It's the contract.
c4ndor exists to prove that privacy-first, fully transparent software can also be the best software. These are the principles we hold ourselves to — in public, so you can too.
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Privacy is the default, not a setting.
No trackers, no profiling, no telemetry-by-surprise. Our software collects the minimum it needs to work, and it works fully offline or self-hosted. You should never have to opt out of being watched.
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Transparency is structural.
The source is public and the build is the proof. This very site makes zero third-party requests — open the network panel and check. We would rather you verify than trust.
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Premium means honest, not locked-in.
Open licenses, real documentation, and no dark patterns. Choices are presented with equal weight. Leaving is as easy as arriving, and your data comes with you.
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We publish what we promise.
Warrant canary, security.txt, and audits when they are done — not when they are convenient. If we get something wrong, we say so in the log.
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Accessibility is non-negotiable.
WCAG 2.2 AA, keyboard-first, and motion-respecting. Software that excludes people is not premium, no matter how it looks.
Proof, not promises
Read the source.
Then hold us to it.