Independent software label

Software that gets you going.

We make everyday apps and open source tools that do one thing well, without asking for more than they need.

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01 How it works

Three steps, always the same

  1. 01

    We build what we use

    Every app starts as a problem of our own, from everyday life.

  2. 02

    We ship when it's useful

    No waiting for perfect: it gets better alongside the people who use it.

  3. 03

    We open the code

    Whenever we can, the code goes to GitHub under a free license.

02 Apps

The Go family

Apps for everyday life. Every new app we ship is a Go.

Available Web · Android · TV

Go Lister

Your party. Everyone's playlist.

One room, one link, and a queue everyone controls, playing in sync. YouTube and Spotify, with AI curation and a TV mode for the venue.

golister.app
Available Android

Go Lifter

Training, nutrition and an AI coach. No account, no ads.

Your workout, your trainer's plan and a coach that remembers. Your workouts, measurements and photos stay on your phone. Available on Google Play.

golifter.app

03 Open source

Tools for people who build

Free software, in the open. Read it, use it, fork it, send a pull request.

AGPL-3.0

lifter

A training coach in your terminal. Syncs with Hevy, tracks goals and analytics, and talks to an AI coach that remembers your history. Python, on PyPI.

GitHub
GPL-3.0

Lighter

A software ring light for GNOME. Soft light borders around your screen for late-night video calls, with profiles and color temperature.

GitHub
Apache-2.0

terminal-assistant

Notes, tasks and smart home under one trigger engine, in one command. Automations are plain Python, driven by your machine's own state.

GitHub

04 About

Go build.Go use.Go share.

GoWorks is the independent label of João Ferrete, a software engineer and tech lead from Brazil. It's where the apps he builds after hours grow up into products.

We build what we use every day, respect the privacy of whoever uses it, ship it when it's useful, and share the code whenever we can.

Meet João

Privacy is the core, not a feature

It's the first question we ask when designing anything: what's the least we need to know about you?

  • Only what's needed No account unless it's essential. Go Lifter works without one.
  • Your data stays with you Whenever we can, it lives on your device. In Go Lifter, your workouts, measurements and photos stay on your phone.
  • Never for sale We don't sell personal data, and you can ask us to delete yours at any time.

05 Contact

Let's talk

Pick a topic and your email opens ready to go.

Support Bugs, questions, feedback on an app Partnership Venues, press, integrations Work with João Projects and roles

Looking for João's CV? joaoferrete.github.io ↗