The Lab
Built in the open.
These are the tools we wish existed — so we're building them. Every project here is active, in progress, and shaped by the people who want to use it. It's also how we stay sharp for client work.
Back a project to pre-purchase at a reduced rate, get alpha build access, and provide direct feedback that shapes the software.
Siskiyou
Hyperlocal community platform
Rural Northern California deserves better local tech. Siskiyou County covers 6,347 square miles of mountain towns, ranching communities, and tight-knit neighborhoods — 13+ communities with no shared digital platform. Siskiyou changes that with hyperlocal news aggregation, a community event calendar, government transparency data, and a 24/7 local guide who actually knows the area. The app is currently in prototype development. If you believe small towns deserve the same quality of civic technology as big cities, back this project and help us bring it to launch. Read more…
Crux
Privacy-first notes — everything on-device
Your notes shouldn't live on someone else's server. Crux is a notes app with live audio transcription, automatic formatting, writing assistance, and summarization — all running entirely on your device. No cloud dependency. No account required. Nothing leaves your machine, ever. If privacy-first productivity tools matter to you, back Crux and help us build the notes app that actually respects your data. Read more…
Every backer receives the finished product when it reaches release — no additional purchase required.
Composer
GPU-first node-based image & video editor
Most creative tools bolt new capabilities on as plugins and hope for the best. Composer is a GPU-first, node-based image and video editor built from scratch in Rust — where the graph is the document, every parameter animates over time, and generative tools are a native part of the pipeline. 53 composable processing nodes, 48 GPU compute shaders, and a 16-bit HDR rendering pipeline designed for serious creative work. If you want a creative tool built for where image-making is headed, Composer is being built for you. Read more…
Every backer receives the finished product when it reaches release — no additional purchase required.
Player 1 Hi-Fi
Local-first lossless music platform
Streaming killed the record store experience — the browsing, the curation, the recommendations from someone who actually listens. Player 1 is a local-first, lossless music player with a recommendation engine modeled on the deep knowledge and taste of a real vinyl shop employee. Your library lives on your device, playback is zero-latency, and the listening experience is yours to own. If you miss what music discovery used to feel like, Player 1 is bringing it back. Read more…
Every backer receives the finished product when it reaches release — no additional purchase required.
Intake
Conversational client onboarding
Client onboarding for web agencies is broken — endless forms, scattered emails, missing assets, weeks of back-and-forth. Intake replaces all of that with a single conversation. A guided dialogue walks your clients through providing everything needed to build their website in about 15 minutes — content, files, brand direction, and sitemap structure. No forms, no friction, no chasing down assets. If you run a web agency and want onboarding that actually works, Intake was built for exactly this.
Every backer receives the finished product when it reaches release — no additional purchase required.
Cine
Professional video editor for Linux
Linux editors have been waiting for a professional video editing tool that doesn't feel like a port or an afterthought. Cine is built natively for Linux from the ground up — GPU-accelerated timeline, professional color grading, multi-track compositing, and a workflow designed for editors who refuse to leave their OS of choice. If you've been compromising on creative tools because of your platform, Cine is being built to end that.
Every backer receives the finished product when it reaches release — no additional purchase required.
This is how we think software should be built
In the open, with the people who'll actually use it.
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