Authority Rests with the User
The people who create information should decide where it lives, who can access it, and which tools can use it. Digital sovereignty means having the practical ability to exercise those choices.
The Skydream Manifesto
Digital
Sovereignty.
Technology should distribute the power to create, improve, and choose. The people who create information should remain in control of it.
Statement of PrinciplesSkydream CloudNovember 2026
When one operator controls the application, the format, and the only usable copy of your work, meaningful choice becomes difficult. Users should be able to challenge decisions, correct regressions, adapt their tools, and leave.
We are building an open standard and an independently usable product around those rights. Our hosted service is intended to be one participant in that ecosystem.
Privacy Is Foundational
Private work must be encrypted with keys controlled by its users. People must decide when collaborators or AI tools can access it. The operator must not hold a secret master key. Private content must not be sold or used for advertising.
Standards Must Outlast Providers
A document standard should be openly specified and independently implementable. Reading and preserving work must not require a Skydream account. A company’s failure, acquisition, or change of direction must not determine the lifetime of its users’ information.
The Right to Improve
Progress should remain open to participation. People must be able to inspect the software, correct regressions, adapt workflows, and build alternatives. Changes to the standard should have public proposals, recorded reasoning, and clear compatibility decisions.
Competition Is Part of the Design
Our hosted service should earn trust through quality, reliability, and support. Other providers should be able to offer compatible services and compete with us. Adoption of the standard matters more than exclusive control of the people who use it.
The Right to Exit
Leaving a provider must be a supported path. Files, assets, and the information required to restore a workspace should be portable. People should be able to operate the open software themselves and preserve access independently of a hosted subscription.
These principles define the requirements we are working to meet. The product and specification are under active development; the principles are not a claim that every capability has shipped.
The Open Architecture
See how the specification, software, and provider model turn this position into concrete design requirements.