MIT LICENSEv2.9.0 · STABLEOPEN SOURCE · AUG 2026

FlowState is open source now.

The context-persistence framework for AI coding assistants — memory that spans sessions and tools, in plain markdown — is free under MIT. Nothing was removed; everything you knew still works. If you bought it, everything you bought still works too. Start here:

View on GitHub — MIT Read the book that teaches the ideas

If you bought FlowState

You paid for this when it was the only way to get it. That support is why it exists in this form — so going free doesn’t take anything from you. What you bought, you keep:

Your portal access — always. Same login, same files, whenever you want them. Log in here. Nothing changes for existing accounts.
Updates, as always. Every improvement now lands in the public repo — the portal bundle stays current with it. “Updates forever” didn’t shrink; it got a bigger delivery truck.
Support through November 13, 2026. Email support continues for 90 days from this announcement (abe@flowstateai.dev); after that, GitHub issues — which I also read.
The refund policy stands. Same terms as the day you bought: 30 days, no questions.
And one thing you didn’t buy: the book, free, at launch. Every past buyer gets the finished ebook of “Vibe Coding for Fun and Profit” in their portal the day it ships this fall. Consider it the dividend on being early.

Why free? Because the ideas mattered more than the product, and because the book I wrote about this way of building needed the ideas to be available to everyone. You weren’t overcharged for something that became worthless — you were early to something that won.

What FlowState is

Session continuity

“Resume session” and your AI picks up exactly where it left off — decisions, tasks, conventions, architecture. Yesterday’s context, today’s conversation.

Cross-tool

One .flowstate/ directory, adapters for every major AI tool. Hand off from Claude Code to Cursor mid-project without losing the thread.

Human-readable

Every byte is plain markdown. No database, nothing hidden, nothing to export. Read your AI’s memory like a diary — edit it with a text editor.

Where things live now

GitHubThe framework, the docs, the issues — the whole thing The bookVibe Coding for Fun and Profit — the method around the tool DiscordThe room stays open — come and go as you please abeburnett.com/flowstateThe full story: paid product, book backbone, MIT

Quick answers

I bought FlowState. Do I need to do anything?: No. Your portal works as always, support works as always, and the free book will simply appear in your portal at launch.
Is it really free? What’s the catch?: MIT license, no catch, nothing removed. The same framework and docs that shipped as a product, now public.
Do updates continue?: Yes — publicly, on GitHub. FlowState is stable and feature-complete at v2.9.0 and in maintenance mode: issues are welcome, a fast-moving roadmap is not.
New here — where do I start?: The GitHub README and QUICKSTART get you running in minutes. The book teaches the full method — including building your own context system with or without FlowState.