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Your data, your way: self-host, export, or let us run it

AutoBrain Team · 8 August 2026 · Data ownership

MIT-licensed source, full JSON export/import, and no vendor lock-in. AutoBrain is the maintenance app that works the way you do.

Three ways to run

  • Hosted. We run it for you — secure, backed up, always on. Plans from free to Garage.
  • Self-hosted. The full stack on your own infrastructure, under the MIT licence. Your data never leaves your server.
  • Both. A complete profile export/import means you can move between them — or move somewhere else entirely — whenever you like.

No lock-in, by design

A vehicle's maintenance history is years of accumulated work. You shouldn't need a court order to get it back out. AutoBrain's export gives you a full, portable copy of your profile in one file, and the import path brings it back just as easily — so the decision to stay or go is always yours.

What "open" actually means here

The source is MIT-licensed — you can read it, run it, and modify it. The AI features work with the data you choose to send, or not at all on a fully local setup. You get the confidence of a product you can inspect, with the convenience of a hosted service if you'd rather not run it.

Compare the hosted plans or take the self-host route — or start free and decide later.