v7 · Stand on Your Own
The Story Behind This Version
I threw away a year of work.
After v6’s 17‑second startup broke my heart, I did the only thing that made sense: I deleted everything. Not the idea, not the vision — but the entire CustomTkinter codebase that had become a gilded cage. I gave myself one month to learn PySide6 from scratch and rebuild the app that had been living inside my head for five years.
That month was the hardest and purest of my life. No tutorials for what I needed. No safety net. Just a second‑hand laptop, a terminal, and the belief that my users — the tired students, the distracted creators, the people fighting to focus in a world full of noise — deserved something that opened before they lost the will to start.
The result was Paxalia.
Startup under four seconds. A timer that works offline, no account required. A calendar that holds notes, goals, timelines, and summaries in one place. A drag‑and‑drop timing grid that maps your day the way you actually live it. Eight free themes (and four more for supporters). Five languages, with full RTL support. A home dashboard that shows every detail of your week — charts, totals, session histories — not because it looks fancy, but because you should see your progress.
Behind the scenes, I built a Django backend on a VPS in the Netherlands. Real sync. Push, pull, guest mode that merges into an account when you’re ready. Sponsor‑funded, so the app stays free. A website, a blog, a download page, a checkout flow with USDT payments. I learned DNS, SSL, Nginx, Gunicorn, Redis — everything I needed to give this app a home.
On June 7, 2026, I pressed the button and released Paxalia to the world.
The name means peace.d timeline. The peace of building something Not the peace of silence, but the peace of knowing your time is yours. The peace of seeing a messy day turned into a structurewith your own hands and letting it help others build theirs.
Five years. Five names. No name → STMC → OP → Paxalia.
A broken Pentium laptop, a stolen salary, internet blackouts, and 150 days of disconnection.
And now, a tool anyone can download — free, offline, private, beautiful.
The journey is not over. But for the first time, I’m not walking it alone.
New in this release
- PySide6 build — blazing fast, startup under 4 seconds
- Offline‑first with guest mode (no account required)
- Timer with pause, resume, and session upload
- Calendar: notes, goals, timelines, timing blocks, daily summaries
- Drag‑and‑drop timing grid (persistent slots)
- Customize‑day wizard for reusable daily templates
- Home dashboard with activity list, charts, totals, summary cards
- 8 free themes (light + dark) + 4 exclusive Pro themes
- 5 languages with full RTL support
- Full sync (push/pull) with Django backend API
- Signup, login, 2FA, forgot password
- Sponsor ads (free users) and Pro tier (ad‑free, higher limits, exclusive themes)
- Windows (.zip) and Linux (AppImage) installers with SHA256 checksums
- Website: download page, blog, pricing, sponsorship, checkout (USDT)
- Backend: Django 5.2, PostgreSQL 16, Redis, Nginx, SSL
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