Motivation

When connection is fragile and privacy isn't optional,
Sietch was built for survival — not convenience.

Why Sietch?

In many parts of the world:

• Connectivity is a luxury.
  Networks fail. Censorship reigns. Surveillance is constant.
• Privacy is survival.
  Sensitive information — research, evidence, identities — must stay confidential at all costs.
• Mobility is life.
  Journalists, activists, researchers: working across borders, on the move, often under pressure.

The Cloud Problem

Modern storage is cloud-first — designed for stable, high-bandwidth internet and centralized trust.

That breaks down fast when:

• Clouds get blocked, surveilled, or attacked.
• Centralized servers become easy targets.
• "Offline mode" is bolted on as an afterthought, if at all.

If you live and work under pressure, you need survival-first design — not glossy downtime pages.

Sietch: Built for Hostile Terrain

Sietch imagines a future closer to Arrakis than to San Francisco.
It’s tech for desert-dwellers: tough, resilient, no assumptions about the network.

• Fully offline by default.
  Sync over LAN, direct connection, or sneakernet (USB sticks). Internet? Optional.
• Decentralized and peer-to-peer.
  No cloud. No accounts. Just encrypted vaults moving between trusted hands.
• Strong encryption, baked in.
  Every file is chunked, encrypted, and sealed tight.
• Portable and robust.
  Vaults survive censorship, power cuts, bad networks, and bad actors.

Who Uses Sietch?

• Investigative journalists protecting sources and leaks
• Human rights defenders moving sensitive documents across borders
• Security engineers and ops teams backing up secrets in airgapped zones
• Anyone who refuses to trust their data to the cloud

If survival matters more than convenience,
Sietch is your ally.

Sietch gives you control — over your data, your privacy, your future.
Anywhere. Any network. Or no network at all.