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Minneapolis, MN  ·  Est. 2026

Software that
respects its users.

Privacy is not a feature.
It's the foundation.

Your data belongs to you. We don't sell it, we don't mine it, and we don't build business models around exploiting it.

01 Privacy by default

Encryption, zero tracking, no third-party sharing.

02 User sovereignty

You own your data. Delete your account, everything goes.

03 Built to perform

Go, Flutter, and modern infrastructure at scale.

What we're building

Publicaid

A free national nonprofit social services directory with 160,000+ verified listings. No paywalls, no tracking, no exploitation.

  • 160,000+ verified service listings
  • Free forever — no tracking
  • Open API for nonprofits and researchers
publicaid.org →

Shrike

A whois search engine built for speed and clarity. Domain registration data, nameservers, and availability — no clutter, no upsells.

  • Fast, clean whois lookups
  • No tracking
  • Privacy-first by design
shrike.mp.ls →
About

Made in Minnesota.

2026
Founded
MPLS
Headquarters
100%
Independent

MPLS LLC is a software company founded on the belief that technology should serve people — not the other way around. We build our own products, own our infrastructure, and answer to our users, not advertisers.

We're building the kind of software we want to exist in the world: private, performant, and principled.

PB
Patrick Britton
Founder

Full-stack engineer with a focus on Go, Flutter, and modern self-hosted infrastructure. Building products that prioritize user privacy and long-term sustainability over growth-at-all-costs.

  • ✓No venture capital. No investors.
  • ✓No dark patterns or manipulative UX.
  • ✓Self-hosted infrastructure.
  • ✓MPLS License on our IP.