wckd / niobium / 2.0 beta

your pixels, everywhere

A client for your AI bots, with Hermes or on-device DSH, with a mature, beautiful pixel-art aesthetic. Every bot is a Pixel: a 48×48 character with a voice, a job and a creature of its own, on your phone and your tablet. Underneath the art is the real gateway: sessions, tools, approvals, rooms.

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platforms: Android 9+ ARM64 · iOS 18+
new release: 2.0.0-beta.5
current work: native beta · Hermes parity
runtime: Hermes or local DSH
telemetry: none
character grid: 48 × 48 · companions 16 × 16

the aesthetic

Pixel art as a grown-up medium. Whole pixels, nearest-neighbour everywhere, nothing blurred and nothing cute for its own sake. Every character is an adult with presence: original fantasy and cyborg artwork, rendered as 48×48 portraits in the app, with a small companion creature. The interface around them is quiet: pale lavender surfaces, clear hierarchy and purple pixel accents. The bots are the point of the app; the art gives each one a face, and never gets in the way of the work.

Eight original adult fantasy and cyborg portraits, each exactly 48 by 48 pixels — Orion · Nova · Forge · Sage · Nyx · Astra · Vesper · Rook. The current 48×48 cast, using the same pixels as both native apps. Companions are independent 16×16 sprites.

real work underneath

A Pixel runs on Hermes or on-device DSH: its own profile, role, memory, tools, skills, model and a persistent Bot Chat. On Hermes, Pixels discuss tasks in group rooms and message teammates with attribution. Companions stand for real delegated subtasks, with progress, corrections and a Stop control. Nothing on screen is decoration for a state the gateway does not have.

the deck

home. Gateway health, measured round trip and the Pixel roster.
pixels. Persistent chats, rooms and a workshop that reviews a new teammate before creation.
engines. Choose Hermes or background DSH on device. The same native roster, workshop and chats.
activity. Tool calls, approvals and the work in flight.
settings. Connections, tools, appearance and runtime details.

character with boundaries

Wit, style and a mischievous edge; every human character is 18+, and the product includes no nudity, no explicit acts and no minors. Each Pixel gets a detailed operator briefing, explicit tool access and a named creature with its own temperament. Connections require account authorization; a generated persona never grants credentials.

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status

Niobium 2.0 beta is available for Android. Apple accepted the full iOS 2.0 (9) build for TestFlight processing on 22 October. Tester availability remains unverified; release notes track its status. The Hermes parity audit records working features and remaining gaps. The Plane project tracks the work. The beta release includes builds, checksums and verification. Android local DSH is in beta. Full Hermes parity and physical-device runtime acceptance remain in progress.