Your family's story deserves better than a group chat.The stories go when they go.Write it down while there's still someone to ask.Wikipedia, but only for your family.Every family has a story nobody wrote down.The recipe shouldn't live in one person's head.
Famvaults gives every family a private, beautiful place to keep what matters — recipes, voices, photos, interviews, history. Yours forever. Private by default.
Free while we’re in beta. No credit card.
Most family stories disappear quietly.
Not in one moment. Slowly.
The aunt who knows every recipe by heart. The grandfather who never wrote anything down. The photos in a phone that nobody backed up. The group chat that scrolled past the important things.
By the time you think to ask, it's too late.
Famvaults exists because some things are worth keeping properly.
Your private wiki. For your family.
Think of it like Wikipedia — but just for you. Only the people you invite can see it. You decide what goes in. Recipes. Family trees. Interviews with your elders. The story of how your family got here. Organised. Searchable. Yours.
Private by default
Your vault is completely private. Invite who you want. Share nothing you don't choose to.
Built for real families
Not a productivity tool. Not a corporate wiki. Something warm, simple, and made for the way families actually work.
Kept forever
Your stories don't disappear when someone switches phone. They live in your vault. Safe, searchable, and always there.
Three steps to keep your family's story.
Set up in minutes. No technical knowledge needed.
Elena Rivera
Elena Rivera (1931–2018) was the eldest of four sisters, born in Cebu and married at nineteen. She ran the household on Mabini Street for fifty-one years, and taught every grandchild to cook her pancit whether they asked to learn or not.
Family
She married Tomás Rivera in 1950. They had five children, of whom four are still living. The family gathered every year until 1978, when the reunion became too large for the house.
Real articles, pictures and a family tree. No sign-up.
Nobody writes a family history. Everybody answers a question.
So Famvaults asks one. A different question here each week, and a different one inside your vault each day — yours to keep, ignore, or replace with your own.
Answer it in your own vaultWhich trade or skill was passed down from parent to child?
Two or three sentences is plenty. The point is that somebody wrote it down while there was still someone to ask.
Free while we’re in beta.
No plans to compare, no card to enter. Open an account, invite your family, and tell us what we got wrong.
Everything included
Every feature is switched on for beta families.
Free during the beta. We’ll tell you well before that changes.
- ✓Your own private vault
- ✓Invite your whole family
- ✓Unlimited pages and photos
- ✓Family tree with linked stories
- ✓PDF export of any book
What you should know going in
Famvaults is unfinished software, built in the open with the families using it. We would rather you read what that means before you put your records in.
Built with care, and built to last.
Your data stays yours
We will never sell your family's stories. Ever. Your vault belongs to you.
Private by default
Nothing is public unless you choose to make it so. No indexing. No ads.
Made to last
Built for the long run, so your family's story is still here for the people who come after.
Start keeping your family's story today.
The best time to start was ten years ago. The second best time is now.
Open your accountFree while we’re in beta. No credit card needed.