NylonLabs

One hub. Every app you need to make things.

NylonLabs is a suite of desktop apps for documents, spreadsheets, slides, animation, 3D building and task boards. Install the hub once, then add the apps you want.

Get NylonLabsSee the apps

Scribe, Lattice and Podium are free for everyone and open Word, Excel and PowerPoint files.

Scribe, the NylonLabs document editor, with a report open

Free where it matters

The office apps cost nothing, for homes, businesses and schools. No account and no subscription.

Your files stay yours

Everything is saved on your own computer. The apps work without the internet.

Opens what you already have

Scribe, Lattice and Podium open and save .docx, .xlsx and .pptx files, and say plainly what they do not keep.

In testing now

The first apps the hub installs. They are early versions, being tested before release.

ScribeWrite documents: text, pictures and tables, saved as files or PDF.In testingv0.0.3alphaLatticeSpreadsheets: tables, formulas and charts.In testingv0.0.4alphaPodiumSlides and presentations for the classroom and the meeting room.In testingv0.0.3alphaZoetropeFilms drawn by code, and a Workshop to animate by hand: puppets, frames, sound and lessons.In testingv0.6.2beta

In development

Being built now, not yet offered in the hub.

Studio ComplexPlan, design, animate and render animated series.In developmentv0.10.1betaSynapseChat and code with the Nylon models (Omnus) and with Claude.In developmentv0.0.7alphaAtlasBusiness planner, roadmap and task tracker: manage business production and investor steps.In developmentv0.0.6alphaExodia EngineGame engine and editor (Godot-based), with the Claude IDE bridge.In developmentGableBuild 3D models from solid shapes: rooms, houses and buildings, sized in metres.In developmentv0.0.4alphaPeglineTask boards: cards in columns for a team, a class or one project.In developmentv0.0.3alphaCountinghouseWho you have contacted, when to follow up, the jobs that came of it, and the money in and out.In developmentv0.0.4alpha

Coming soon

Planned apps. Names can still change.

ConstructMake Discord bots with simple script languages and charts.Coming soonRailwayUse several programming languages in one file, joined by Threads, Rails and Stations.Coming soonBreadboardRobotics: draw a virtual circuit, test it, then run it on an Arduino or a Raspberry Pi.Coming soonFolioPDF files: read, merge, split, fill in forms, sign and add notes.Coming soonSproutFirst steps in coding: blocks first, then real code, with lessons for the classroom.Coming soonSlateA whiteboard without edges: draw, write and stick notes, for lessons and meetings.Coming soonXGalleryA private gallery app for the desktop (in development).Coming soonSporeLogTrack mushroom cultivation on the desktop: tubs, bags, dishes, grows, contamination and lineage (in development).Coming soonNHS Panel (beta)The panel for Nylon Hosting (nylonhosting.org).Coming soon

For schools

The Education Licence gives schools Zoetrope, Scribe, Lattice, Podium, Breadboard and Atlas for teaching, free. Zoetrope's Workshop teaches animation by hand, with lessons and a printable teacher pack.

Read about the Education Licence

The hub

Your creative suite: install, open and update every NylonLabs app. It shows what is new in each app, keeps your licence, and opens the apps you have.

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