A lab shipping native, local-first apps
Tools for the way you actually build.
A small family of native Mac apps for developers — a database client, a Kubernetes browser, an AI agent, and memory for Claude Code. Fast, quiet, and yours. Nothing phones home.
Free · macOS · 5 apps and counting
Lily DB — One beautiful client for every database
The family
Each app solves one thing we needed and couldn't find done right.
Soon Ted Agent
Your AI agent, living in your menu bar.
A native macOS AI agent that talks on the apps you already use, remembers what matters, and reaches out first.
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Available
Lily DB
One beautiful client for every database.
A fast, native macOS database client for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, Redis, MongoDB, Trino, and ClickHouse — seven engines under one beautiful roof.
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Available
Barney Kube
Kubernetes, without the 500 MB suit.
A native macOS Kubernetes client — live watch streams, real terminal, port-forward, kubectl-grade auth — in a 9 MB download.
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Soon Cortex Shelf
The smart notch for macOS.
A productivity layer that lives permanently in the Mac notch — shelf, smart clipboard, quick notes, drop zone, and screenshots. No windows, no login, no telemetry.
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Get it Cortex
Memory that remembers what matters.
Local-first, token-efficient persistent memory for Claude Code — progressive recall with ~66% fewer tokens.
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We ship a new app whenever a tool we need doesn't exist yet — native, local-first, no compromises.
Why we build this way
Your machine is
the whole product.
Every app runs locally by default. Your data stays put, nothing burns API tokens behind your back, and everything's fast because there's no server round-trip you don't control. That's the whole idea — the rest is just execution.
Local-first
Your data lives on your machine, full stop. Cloud is opt-in, never assumed.
No token tax
Uses the CLIs and models you already have. AI features cost you nothing extra.
Native & fast
Real Mac apps in tens of megabytes — not a browser in a trench coat.
One family
Shared design, shared philosophy. Learn one, and the next feels familiar.