01Efficiency
Build to simplify, not to impress.
A successful tool is one you forget. We remove useless clicks and absurd processes, to give time back.
Manifesto
This document is notmarketing.
Synapsr is, first of all, a promise we make to ourselves.
Never build to impress. Never sell time we don't have.
Never close what can be open.
It all starts from a simple belief:
if a tool is missing, we build it.
And at every friction, the same question: why has nobody fixed this?
We started with a radio platform, then photo galleries, then rental software.
Today some twenty projects are running, and most of them are open.
We are not an agency selling time.
We are not a startup trying to "scale".
We are a lab. Six people in Brest
who build, test, and share what works.
Open code is an invitation. So is the Hacker House.
Check it. Test it. Improve it. And if you build, come.
— Loan, Mégane, Téo, Lily, Ryan & Lisa
01The team
Six people, in Brest.
Developers, designers, product owners. The same hands build the products, the open source and the house, and answer the support.
Loan
Founder & Solution Architect
Mégane
Product Owner & UI/UX Designer
Téo
Fullstack Developer
Lily
Fullstack Developer
Ryan
Fullstack Developer
Lisa
Photographer
02What guides us
Four principles, no more.
02Transparency
Open the code by default.
When it's possible, the code is public. And this site has no cookies: we don't track you.
03Humanity
Augment people, don't replace them.
AI is everywhere in our tools, always working for someone. Respect data, think about impact, build for people.
04Pragmatism
Solve the real problem.
If it's hard to understand, we haven't worked hard enough. We ship, we listen, we fix.
03Open source
Why we open our code.
13/20
open-source projects
Not out of ideology. Out of pragmatism. When the code is open:
- →We force ourselves to make it readable
- →Others can check it
- →Those who want to contribute, can
- →Those who want to host it themselves, can
Secrecy protects. Transparency builds.
See our code on GitHub04How it fits together
A lab, a studio, a place.
Three names, one team. Here's who does what.
The lab
Synapsr
Our products and our open source. What we build for ourselves, and share.
The studio
Lumy
Custom projects for our clients. More than 250 products delivered since 2018.
The place
The Hacker House
Le Grand Large, on Brest harbour. Free and open to people who build.