The Sylin mark - a glowing bulb planted in the grounds

Tools that answer to you.

An independent software toolworks. Local-first tooling that runs on your hardware, asks for no accounts, sends no telemetry, and keeps working when the internet doesn't.

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The Way - four commitments
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Local-first
Your hardware, your network. No cloud in the critical path.
Agent-native
Built with and for AI agents. MCP throughout.
Continuity
Nothing phones home. You pay for governance, never for autonomy.
Open to everyone
Open source at the core. Free to run - no accounts, no gatekeeping.
Not a startup. Not a foundation. Not a hobby shelf. Not finished - pre-1.0 is stated wherever it's true.
The portfolio

The flagships, front and center. Open one for the full story - the growing tail waits in the packs below.

3 flagships · 8 in all
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coming 0.17 Koan· the stack Model your domain as entities; Koan composes storage, web, AI and jobs - and tells you exactly what it did.$ git clone https://github.com/sylin-org/koan-framework "Describe the garden; it plants itself." Koi mascot 0.9 Koi· the network Discover, name, trust and serve - one cross-platform binary. No accounts, no cloud.$ koi mdns discover "It knows every stone in the pond by name." Ghostlight mascot β Ghostlight· the guardian Governed access to your own browser, for AI agents. Engine open and free; pay only for governance.$ npx ghostlight "A light left burning, so the halls stay safe."
There's more - the growing tail
SYLINOfficial toolworks GRW Sylin GROWING Zen Garden · Agyo · os-tools SYLINOfficial toolworks RSR Sylin◆ SEALED ◆ RESEARCH Hokora · Nagi
The keeper

These tools are the result of twenty-five years of building systems that other people trust. What that taught - that people keep what they can run themselves - is the idea behind everything here.

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