About Sovere
We built Sovere because we couldn't find an LMS that respected the family's right to teach without being watched.
Our Mission
Every popular homeschool platform runs in the cloud. That means someone else holds your children's learning history, attendance records, assessment data, and behavioral patterns. Someone is always looking.
SoVere is built on a different premise: your data belongs to your family. It lives on your machine, encrypted, and never phones home. There is no account we can access, no server we could be compelled to hand over, no analytics pipeline harvesting your children's intellectual fingerprint.
SoVere is a product of Unplugged Technologies, LLC — an independent technology company founded by homeschool parents and privacy-minded developers. We built the tool we wanted to use. We suspect you do too.
The Name
The name is the product. Not sovereignty in name only — sovereignty that is structurally true, because there is no architecture that could take it from you.
Under the Hood
Not Electron. Tauri apps are a fraction of the size and use a fraction of the RAM. Rust in the backend means memory safety by default.
When AI features are used, they run via Mistral 7B Instruct — a model chosen specifically to avoid big-tech AI platforms. No OpenAI, no Google, no Microsoft backend.
Every release is cryptographically signed. Update checks are user-triggered only — Sovere never phones home to check for updates automatically.
Your curriculum, grades, and student data live in a local SQLite database — a single file you can back up, move, and own completely.
No analytics. No crash reporters. No usage data. Nothing leaves your machine automatically — ever. There is no pipeline to compromise.
Your data, license, and settings live in a folder you control. Backup, move, or clone your entire setup with standard file operations — no migration tools needed.
FAQ
SoVere's PDF transcript exports include every field recognized by college admissions offices, military recruitment branches, and homeschool oversight bodies across all 50 states: student name and date of birth, school name, academic year, course names and descriptions, credit hours, letter grades, GPA, and graduation date. You issue the diploma and transcript as the administering school — SoVere ensures the documentation looks professional and complete. Specific subjects required and any annual evaluation requirements vary by state, so review your state's homeschool law to confirm your course of study meets local standards before filing your transcript.
No. The entire app runs offline. Internet is only required if you choose to browse the optional curriculum marketplace. Every other feature — grading, tracking, transcripts, student login, thin-client sharing — works with no connection.
On your machine, in a local encrypted SQLite database. Sovere has no servers that hold your data. There is no cloud backup, which means you are responsible for backing up your own files — just like any other local software.
Admin mode is for parents/educators. It requires a secure passphrase and gives full access to curriculum management, grading, exports, and settings. Student mode uses a shorter access code and restricts what a student can see and do.
On Liberated and Sovereign plans, Sovere can run a local web server on your machine. Students on other devices (tablets, Chromebooks, older laptops) on the same home network open a browser and connect — no app install needed on their device.
Demo Mode lets you run Sovere with one student before you purchase a license. All features are available except PDF exports, which require an active license. It's not time-limited — you can evaluate Sovere as long as you like.
Yes. Licenses are tied to a key file you control, not to cloud hardware fingerprinting. Moving to a new machine means copying your data and your key — standard file operations.
Sovere supports PDF lesson content, video links, and structured lesson plans through the marketplace format. The marketplace is an open standard — third-party publishers can package and sell their curriculum through it.
Linux is shipping first. Mac and Windows builds are in progress. Join the waitlist to be notified when your platform is available.
We offer a 30-day refund on annual licenses, no questions asked. Email us and we'll sort it out quickly.
SoVere is a product of Unplugged Technologies, LLC — an independent company built by homeschool parents and privacy-minded developers. We're not VC-backed and don't intend to be. The business model is a simple annual license, not harvesting your data to sell to someone else.
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