FileFort
FileFort
Your home has a history.
Now it has a home.
FileFort is the secure, permanent record of every repair, upgrade, & service for your house — from move-in to move-out.
Free tier to get started · One-time $50 unlock · macOS 14 or later
Simple and secure
Built for long-term ownership, not long-term dependency.
Two principles keep FileFort yours for as long as you need it.
Pay once. Own it forever.
FileFort is free to get started. A one-time payment unlocks all the features for your your home — no monthly fees, no renewal hikes, no catch. Over a typical ownership period, most homeowners save hundreds compared to subscription alternatives.
Your records live on your device.
You own your home, you should own its data too. Everything stays local, either on your machine or backed by Apple’s iCloud encryption, and saved in standard text formats you can open in any text editor, even without FileFort.
Features
Everything you’d keep in a folder. Finally in one.
A place for the receipts, manuals, photos, and contacts your home quietly accumulates.
Organization
Every room, inside and out.
Organize records by interior rooms, exterior areas, and outdoor living spaces. No matter how your home grows or changes, there’s a place for all of it — with unlimited storage.
Active maintenance
Know what’s coming before it gets expensive.
The Logbook surfaces a complete history of every task and service across your home — with cost totals — in one view. Warranty Tracker alerts you before coverage expires. Seasonal checklists auto-populate based on the systems you’ve logged. Together, they shift home upkeep from reactive to planned.
Documents
Every manual and warranty, there when you need it.
Appliance manuals and warranties have a way of disappearing right before you need them. FileFort keeps them organized and accessible, so a broken dishwasher doesn’t turn into a scavenger hunt.
Projects & services
A paper trail for every repair and remodel.
Log contractor visits, invoices, and service history as work happens. Group everything under a Project — a kitchen remodel, a roof replacement, a basement finish — so the full scope of any job stays together, long after the crew has left.
Contacts
Maintaining a home is a team sport.
Plumbers, electricians, landscapers, contractors — keeping track of who did what and how to reach them again saves real time. FileFort keeps your whole crew in one place.
Use cases
Built for the moments that actually matter.
Before the warranty runs out
The Warranty Tracker keeps active coverage for every appliance and system in one view, with alerts before expiration. The one you catch pays for itself immediately.
When you renovate
Track every contractor, invoice, and before-and-after photo under one Project. The full scope of any job stays organized — costs, contacts, and notes — long after the crew has left.
When seasons change
FileFort generates a seasonal checklist based on the systems and spaces you’ve logged — spring prep, fall winterizing, summer inspections. The right tasks surface at the right time, before they become expensive problems.
When something breaks
Find who fixed it last, what parts were used, and what it cost — without rummaging through drawers or old email. The full service history is already there.
When you sell
Hand buyers a documented history of every repair, upgrade, and appliance. A well-maintained record shortens due diligence, signals a cared-for home, and makes the sale.
When one home isn’t enough
A vacation house, a rental, a cabin. Separate records for each property, all in one app. Nothing bleeds together.
Pricing
Start for free. Unlock more when you’re ready.
A generous free tier covers the essentials. A single one-time payment adds everything else — forever, no subscription.
For homeowners who want an organized record of their home.
Includes
- Unlimited interior records and spaces
- Documents and photo attachments
- Services and contacts
- Tasks and maintenance reminders with native macOS notifications
- Maintenance calendar view
- iCloud sync across your Macs
- Manual record entry
- AI-assisted capture with your own OpenAI or Anthropic key
For homeowners serious about protecting their investment — active management, not just records.
Everything in Free, plus
- Exterior records and spaces — roof, gutters, siding, driveway, landscaping, deck, pool, irrigation, garage exterior
- Logbook — full cross-space maintenance history with cost totals in one view
- Warranty Tracker — active warranty view with proactive expiration alerts
- Seasonal Maintenance Checklists — pre-built seasonal task lists auto-populated from your spaces
- Tax summary report — expense export by year, formatted for your accountant
- Advanced organization — Areas and Projects to group spaces, records, and documents
- Home handoff export — a transferable record for new owners at closing
- All future updates included
Volume pricing for agents who set up a FileFort archive for each listing and hand it off as part of closing.
For vacation home owners, landlords, and Airbnb hosts. All Maintain features across multiple properties — fully separate records, one app.
Companion apps for iPhone and iPad are planned for on-the-go access and additions.
Questions
The things people ask before they buy.
Start a record worth keeping.
Free to start. A one-time $50 unlocks everything. Works on macOS 14 and later.