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2 million times, thank you

Papillon just passed 2 million installs. Thank you to everyone who trusts us, and see you this year for what's next.

The Papillon team
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Papillon passed 2 million installs: about 1.8 million on iOS and 200,000 on Android. A huge thank you to the students who use the app every day and to the community that keeps it alive. And this is just the beginning: big things are coming this year.

Papillon started as a project between friends, five years ago, to get a school app that was a little nicer to use. Today, it just reached a milestone we never imagined: 2 million installs.

Yes, 2 million.

By the numbers

In detail:

  • iOS: about 1.8 million installs, on iPhone, iPad and Mac.
  • Android: about 200,000 installs.

Behind these numbers are students, from middle school to university, who open Papillon every morning to check their timetable, look at a grade or make sure they don't forget their homework. And that's what matters most to us.

Thank you

To you, using Papillon: thank you. Thank you for trusting an app made by six students, with no company behind it, no ads and no tracking. Thank you for recommending it to your friends, keeping it on your home screen, and writing to us when something goes wrong.

The Papillon team on a rooftop in Paris

Thank you as well to the whole community that keeps the project going:

  • Contributors who send code, fix bugs and add new services.
  • Translators who make Papillon available in other languages.
  • Beta testers who run into the rough edges before everyone else.
  • Everyone who leaves a review, shares an idea or reports a problem.

The Papillon team and their sticker-covered MacBooks at a digital resilience event

Papillon is open source and run by a non-profit association. Without you, none of this would exist.

What's next?

2 million is a great milestone, but it's not a finish line. Papillon stays free, with no ads, and your data stays on your phone. That will never change.

A lot of other things, though, are going to change this year. We're already working on what's next, and we can't wait to show you. For now, we can't say much more...

Lucas and Vince showing their badges, busy preparing what's next

Conclusion

Just one hint: the next major version will be fully native, with a revolutionary interface and a long list of features you've been asking us for.

Thanks again, everyone. See you very soon.