Liferaft

Find your way back into an email archive.

Liferaft is a local desktop app for searching MBOX email archives, previewing messages and recovering attachments or selected messages.

Explore the repository and desktop downloads.

Desktop release available
Reviewed
6 November 2026
Public build
Desktop downloads and source
Evidence
Operator-reviewed snapshot
Record
12 / 12

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ARTWORK FROM THE PROJECT REPOSITORYLiferaft · email archive recoverySearch MBOX archives locally and recover messages and attachments.Liferaft artwork from its public repository, reviewed 6 November 2026Open Liferaft

Why you might care

An email backup is more useful when you can find the message or attachment you need without importing it into a mail service.

A read-only archive browser can help recover messages without becoming another email client.What the factory is learning

Where the work stands

The public repository describes a local, read-only MBOX browser. Release v0.1.2 lists builds for macOS, Windows and Linux.

What comes next

Verify installation and recovery with representative archives on supported devices.

How we checked it

The repository and release assets were reviewed on 6 November 2026; installation and recovery were not tested in this review.

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Development notes

House record

Liferaft
Liferaft public repository and GitHub release, reviewed 6 November 2026 in Melbourne.

State

Desktop release available. Read with the review date, not as a live status promise.

Status record · Reviewed snapshot

Public source policy

Private issue and pull request bodies are not copied onto this site. Ask Dean for access to project-specific material.

Other work in view.

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Bubbles — One more shot. One more board. Bubblecap celebrates a colourful bubble match beside the cyan-and-magenta Bubbles wordmark.
bubbles.loftwah.com · ARTWORK FROM THE PROJECT

Bubbles

Game systems · deterministic play

The classic bubble shooter, in your browser.

Bubbles is an arcade bubble shooter you play in the browser or on your phone: line up a shot, match three or more and clear the board. It’s for anyone who wants a quick round that feels good on a small screen.

Playable now in your browser.

Replay-checked competition, rebuilt presentation.
Illustrated LOFTWAH FIGHTER poster: Dean/Loftwah reaches into a charged arena while Pippa, a stocky black bulldog, braces in front of him, under bold LOFTWAH FIGHTER lettering.
fighter.loftwah.com · ARTWORK FROM THE PROJECT

Fighter

Game systems · authored journeys

Collect fighters. Build a squad. Pick your fight.

Fighter is a collectible squad battler you play in the browser: collect characters, build a squad, then commit moves on a shared real-time Charge Strip. It’s for players who like turn-based combat with authored characters, story and several modes to work through.

Playable now in your browser.

Fight activity and optional browser returns are live
SHOALSHOT key art: a sunlit crowned turquoise jellyfish above a curving shoal of gold-tailed Glimmerfin, with a brass pressure launcher in the foreground
shoalshot.loftwah.com · ARTWORK FROM THE PROJECT

SHOALSHOT

Game systems · mobile-first presentation

Read the tide. Place the shot.

SHOALSHOT is a fishing game for phones and desktop: read the water, place your shot and land the catch. It’s for anyone who wants a calm, quick session, and it is designed phone-first.

The live game is playable. A newer analytics release is still held.

Card artwork in, save repair shipped, release acceptance open.