AtomEons / Orangebox · v1.0.0-beta · GREEN-LIT
::shipped · v1.0.0-beta · FREE this week
Turbo-optimize
Claude.
Orangebox is the local-first system that gives Claude persistent memory across sessions, 10-80× context compression, reusable skill primers, tamper-evident receipts on every action, and a 14-department named-role router. CLI-first · no visual cockpit · made by the team that uses Claude the most.
::OrangeboxSetup-1.0.0-win-x64.exe · 2.81 MB · Authenticode-signed
Works perfectly with
::what you get · v1.0.0-beta
Five engines. Forty features. One install.
::CLI-first · no visual cockpit in v1 · the optimizer is the product · the visual surface ships separately on its own clock
claude-turbo
Claude Turbo
- ▸10-80× context compression on codebases (AtomSmasher Crystal Lattice)
- ▸Persistent memory across sessions, crashes, vendor outages
- ▸Voice fingerprint locks your style across every Claude call
- ▸Restore Primers re-onboard a new Claude session in <30s
- ▸Token budget tracking per task, per route, per receipt
- ▸Auto-summarization keeps long sessions inside Claude's context
- ▸Smart-route per task: Sonnet for code, Haiku for fast, Opus for hard
memory-engine
Memory Engine
- ▸ChatBackup writes every meaningful AI exchange to local disk
- ▸Conversation index lets you grep your past Claude sessions
- ▸Project-graph memory survives context resets and app restarts
- ▸Decision log: what you decided, when, why, which model said so
- ▸Reproducible reproductions — replay any prior session
- ▸Memory is FILES on disk · backup = Ctrl+C · restore = Ctrl+V
- ▸Survives if AtomEons disappears (no license check, no kill-switch)
knowledge-engine
Knowledge Engine
- ▸Skill Primers — reusable workflows under skills/ in the data root
- ▸Built-in orangebox-primer · teaches Claude the cockpit in <30s
- ▸AECode contracts wrap every AI change (intent → patch → receipt)
- ▸Tamper-evident JSON receipts · SHA-256 stamped · replay-able
- ▸Knowledge compounds on disk: yesterday's receipts inform today's
- ▸Operator-writable skills · survive app upgrades, vendor changes
- ▸Library of working patterns instead of starting from blank prompt
department-routing
Department Routing
- ▸14 named departments (AE1-AE14) · each with charter constraints
- ▸AE0 Brain is the root router · routes Claude work to the right dept
- ▸Review-pressure overlay: LIPS · MIRRORS · CHECKMATE · ORANGE · MISFITS
- ▸Every action has a known author and a known reviewer
- ▸Gauntlet verification before any change promotes
- ▸Cross-department audit · single receipt rail across all departments
- ▸Charters are operator-editable text files · no hidden logic
trust-+-privacy
Trust + Privacy
- ▸Zero telemetry · zero analytics · zero phone-home (verifiable)
- ▸Local data root at %USERPROFILE%\OrangeBox-Data\
- ▸API keys live on your machine · Orangebox sees none of them
- ▸Zero markup on token cost · you pay your provider directly
- ▸§4A no-SaaS covenant binds the lab to never go subscription
- ▸30-day Material Failure Guarantee · full refund · no gauntlet
- ▸Self-Authenticode + Sectigo timestamp · SHA-256 published
- ▸Source included in the install · audit, fork, self-build
::deep dives below · memory engine · knowledge engine · compression engine · department router · receipt rail · optional model fallback
::engine 01 · memory
Claude finally remembers.
Claude itself has no memory between sessions. Open a new chat tomorrow and yesterday is gone. Orangebox is the layer that makes Claude remember — for one operator, on one machine, forever, with the receipts on disk.
ChatBackup
Every meaningful Claude exchange writes to a local index. Conversations are grep-able, tag-able, replay-able. The index survives crashes, app updates, vendor outages, and your laptop dying.
Restore Primers
Any new Claude session — same vendor or different — reloads the project state in under thirty seconds. The primer ships the voice fingerprint, the open mission, the decision log, and the last receipt back into context.
Decision log
What you decided, when, why, which model said so. The log is a JSONL file you can open in any editor. Three weeks later you can answer 'what did we settle on for X' in one grep.
::stored at %USERPROFILE%\OrangeBox-Data\memory\ · backup = Ctrl+C · restore = Ctrl+V · no cloud, no kill-switch
::engine 02 · knowledge
Skills compound. Receipts pile up. Claude gets smarter.
A skill primer is a reusable workflow you write once and Claude re-applies forever. A receipt is a structured proof of what Claude did this time. Together they form a knowledge base that accumulates on disk and never gets reset by a model upgrade.
Skill Primers
Reusable workflows under skills/ in the data root. Each is a plain markdown file with the instructions, the variables, the expected receipt shape. Operator-writable. Versioned. Survives app upgrades.
AECode contracts
A machine-grammar wrapper around every AI-assisted change: intent → AECode source → mission contract → target plan → isolated patch → gauntlet → receipt → approval. Claude cannot promote a change until the contract is satisfied.
Tamper-evident receipts
Every meaningful action writes a JSON receipt with SHA-256 stamp, the prompt that produced it, the gauntlet result, and the approval signature. Three months later you can replay any change from a single file.
Built-in orangebox-primer
A first-class skill that teaches a brand-new Claude session how Orangebox works in under thirty seconds. Same skill, any session, any vendor. No re-onboarding penalty when Claude rate-limits and you swap to GPT or Gemini.
::engine 03 · compression
AtomSmasher · Crystal Lattice Compression.
Claude's context window is the bottleneck. Send too much code and the model hallucinates the bits it had to truncate. Send too little and it cannot reason about the system. AtomSmasher compresses typical codebases by ten to eighty times without losing intent, code shape, dependency graph, or cross-file references. The model sees an order of magnitude more code per token and the answers stop hallucinating. Bundled, no add-on fee.
::measured on this codebase
10–80×
context compression · preserves intent, code shape, dependencies
::engine 04 · routing
AE0–AE14 · 15-department architecture.
AE0 Brain is the root. AE1 through AE14 are named roles with charter constraints — every Claude action routes through the department whose charter covers the work. Plus a review-pressure overlay (LIPS · MIRRORS · CHECKMATE · ORANGE · MISFITS) that pressure-tests outputs before promotion. Every action has a known author. Every promotion has a known reviewer.
::engine 05 · receipts
Every Claude action writes a receipt.
A receipt is a structured JSON record of one AI action. It contains: the model used, the prompt that produced the result, a SHA-256 stamp of the output, the gauntlet result, the department that routed it, the contract that bound it, and the operator signature that approved it. Receipts pile up in%USERPROFILE%\OrangeBox-Data\receipts\. You can grep them, replay them, attach them to invoices, ship them to auditors, or just sit on them as proof of work.
{
"id": "rcpt_01HZ7Q...",
"ts": "2026-05-30T20:11:42Z",
"department": "AE6_CODE",
"contract": "aecode/refactor-token-bucket-v3",
"model": "claude-sonnet-4.5",
"prompt_sha": "9a3f...c211",
"patch_sha": "b8e2...77a4",
"gauntlet": { "lint": "pass", "tests": "pass", "type": "pass" },
"reviewer": "operator",
"approved": true
}::optional · model fallback
Claude rate-limits? Swap providers without losing the route.
Orangebox is tuned for Claude — every primer, every receipt schema, every compression curve is calibrated against the Anthropic model line. But when Claude rate-limits or you want a second opinion, the router falls through to other providers via BYO key. The mission graph, the receipts, and the skill primers survive the swap.
::compression
Built in 75 days.
With itself.
Orangebox is the cockpit that compressed two years of solo-founder work into eleven weeks. You're getting the same cockpit.
The v1.0.0-beta .exe was built using earlier versions of itself. Compression ratio: ~10× vs solo-founder pace, ~10× vs the "custom command suite" alternative. The receipts in the install prove the build path.
::under the hood
For the hackers and pros.
The cockpit ships with the architecture below. Each piece is documented in the install at %USERPROFILE%\OrangeBox-Data\docs\.
AE0–AE14 · 15-department architecture
AE0 is the brain root; AE1-AE14 are named roles with charter constraints. AI work routes through them so every action has a known author. Plus a review-pressure overlay: LIPS (copy/UX), MIRRORS (anti-theater), CHECKMATE (security), ORANGE (focus), MISFITS (frontier).
AECode contracts · structured AI work
Contract language for AI changes:
intent → AECode source → mission contract → target plan → isolated patch → gauntlet → receipt → approvalEvery promotion runs the gauntlet. Every approval generates a replay-able audit receipt. You can reconstruct any change from disk three months later.
AtomSmasher
Crystal Lattice Compression · 10–80× context compression on typical codebases · preserves intent, code shape, dependencies · bundled, no add-on fee.
ChatBackup + Restore Primers
Saves every meaningful AI exchange to local data root. Restore primers rebuild context on a new session. Survives crashes, app updates, vendor changes.
Skill Primers
Reusable workflows under skills/. Built-in orangebox-primer teaches new AI sessions to operate inside Orangebox in <30s. Operator-writable, survives upgrades.
| Provider | Env var | Use case |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic Claude | ANTHROPIC_API_KEY | Default for code reasoning, long context |
| OpenAI GPT | OPENAI_API_KEY | Embeddings, image gen, specialties |
| Google Gemini | GOOGLE_API_KEY | Long context, multimodal |
| OpenRouter | OPENROUTER_API_KEY | Universal cheap fallback (100+ models) |
| Local Ollama | (none) | Offline, batch, free-marginal work |
| Perplexity | PERPLEXITY_API_KEY | Web-grounded research |
| Groq | GROQ_API_KEY | Ultra-low-latency |
| Cohere | COHERE_API_KEY | Embeddings, reranking |
| Mistral | MISTRAL_API_KEY | EU-resident inference |
Routing picks the cheapest fit by default. Falls back to next provider on rate-limit. Logs which provider served each call in the receipt. Pin a specific model per task whenever you want control.
Optional Advanced AI Box lane
For operators with a second physical computer (high-VRAM AI rig): direct-link diagnostics over Thunderbolt or dedicated Ethernet, token-gated cockpit-to-box communication, heavy-work offload, automatic fallback to Basic Install when the Box is offline. Default install is Basic — one computer, no extra hardware.
::privacy + security
Zero phone-home. Verifiable.
- ▲Zero telemetry · zero analytics · zero crash reports · zero phone-home.
- ▲BYOK: API keys read from OS environment, never transmitted except to their provider.
- ▲Local data root at %USERPROFILE%\OrangeBox-Data\
- ▲Receipts at %USERPROFILE%\OrangeBox-Data\receipts\
- ▲Backup is Ctrl+C on a folder. Restore is Ctrl+V.
- ▲Signed installer · self-Authenticode for v1.0.0-beta · Azure Trusted Signing (Microsoft-issued) rolls in v1.0.1.
- ▲Sectigo timestamp · signatures stay valid forever.
::download · free this week
No signup. No email. Just the .exe.
v1.0.0-beta is FREE this week. Direct download. Self-Authenticode signed. Sectigo-timestamped. SHA-256 verified.
::heads up · first install
Windows SmartScreen may say "Windows protected your PC" the first time. Click More info → Run anyway. The .exe is self-Authenticode signed; Azure Trusted Signing (Microsoft-issued cert) lands in v1.0.1 and removes the warning entirely.
::verify before install
Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 OrangeboxSetup-1.0.0-win-x64.exeexpected SHA-256:
D4E6153FEB19B8B8A46BCC987A2308C8D9645CDC792A1BB4246E3115B0743C83::pricing
Perpetual. Forever.
::launch week
FREE preview
v1.0.0-beta · self-signed · this week only
- ▲ Full product
- ▲ Authenticode signed + Sectigo timestamp
- ▲ No signup, no email
- ▲ Free-week installs work forever
::week 2 onward
Perpetual license
v1.0.1+ · Microsoft-signed · once · forever
- ▲ One-time payment
- ▲ All v1.x updates free
- ▲ Anti-SaaS Commitment
- ▲ 14-day refund window
- ▲ Microsoft-signed (Azure Trusted Signing)
::Stripe checkout opens day 8
::roadmap
Team / Hosted
v2.x · v3.x · separate purchase events
- ○ Team multi-seat license (v2.x)
- ○ Optional hosted worker rail (v3.x)
- ○ Existing v1.x buyers stay at their original price for v1.x
| Alternative | Cost per year | What you actually get |
|---|---|---|
| Cursor Pro | $240/yr | SaaS · uploads your code · single vendor · monthly forever |
| GitHub Copilot Pro | $120/yr | SaaS · uploads your code · GitHub-locked |
| Claude Pro | $240/yr | Chat only · no project memory · vendor-locked |
| ChatGPT Plus | $240/yr | Chat only · no integration · vendor-locked |
| Cursor + Copilot + Claude Pro + Notion + Linear | $1,500+/yr | Patchwork of subscriptions · no unified spine |
| Custom internal cockpit | $40K–$120K | Months of build time before first real loop |
| Orangebox | Free this week · perpetual after | All of the above · local-first · BYO key · §4A no-saas · once · forever |
::the anti-saas commitment
Orangebox is a one-time perpetual purchase. Existing buyers keep their license even if future editions add optional paid services. You are buying software, not renting the right to remember your own work.
One avoided bad ship pays for Orangebox.
One avoided rework cycle pays for Orangebox.
One recovered "what did we decide three weeks ago" moment pays for Orangebox.
After that, every receipt is pure margin.
::who buys this
Seven buyers. One cockpit.
The Solo Founder
“Stop asking 'where was I' every time you open your laptop.”
The Indie Developer
“Your AI tools should outlive your free time, not your free time outlive your AI tools.”
The Privacy-Conscious Engineer
“Your code never leaves your machine. That's the whole point.”
The Consultant / Freelancer
“Every change documented. Every receipt your invoice.”
The Lab Operator / PM
“A definition of done that survives the next sprint.”
The Student / Learner
“One purchase. No expiration. Forever yours.”
The Anti-SaaS Power User
“Software you actually own.”
::use cases
Five concrete scenarios.
- 01
Solo founder building a SaaS landing page
AE1 Product + AE3 Design + AE4 Marketing in parallel · brand-aware drafts · AE7 Review gates before promotion.
- 02
Indie dev shipping a CLI tool
AE6 Code drafts the implementation · AE14 Bench writes the test · AE11 Security audits the args · gauntlet pass before merge.
- 03
Consultant on NDA client codebase
Local-only flow · local Ollama for the high-sensitivity slices · receipts as the billable trail.
- 04
PM tracking a sprint
Vision Rail shows every dev's WIP through the same receipt lens. One source of truth for 'where are we.'
- 05
Student learning AI-assisted coding
No subscription · receipts as the learning trail · reusable skill primers keep what you learned.
::system requirements
What you need.
OS
Windows 10 (1809+) or Windows 11
CPU
x64 · 2 cores minimum · 4 cores recommended
RAM
8 GB minimum · 16 GB recommended
Disk
500 MB for the app · receipts grow at ~1 MB/week typical use
Network
Only outbound to the AI provider you authorized
Optional
Ollama for local models · second machine for the Advanced AI Box lane
::what is NOT in the box
Honesty card.
- ○ No API keys included — Orangebox ships zero credentials. You bring your own (BYOK).
- ○ No Mac or Linux build in v1.0.0 — Windows only for the beta. Roadmap if there's demand.
- ○ No mobile app — desktop cockpit only.
- ○ No vendor support for individual AI providers — bugs in Claude/GPT/Gemini go to those providers.
- ○ No code hosted on AtomEons servers — your code never leaves your machine.
::roadmap
The path forward, transparent.
v1.x
now
- ▲ AE See-Suite + AE Operations cockpit
- ▲ 14-department architecture
- ▲ AECode contracts + gauntlet
- ▲ Receipt rail
- ▲ AtomSmasher Crystal Lattice Compression
- ▲ ChatBackup + Restore Primers
- ▲ Multi-LLM routing (9+ providers)
- ▲ Basic + Advanced install paths
v1.x patches
free-week
- ▲ Sigstore + GitHub Artifact Attestations
- ▲ Azure Trusted Signing (Microsoft-issued cert)
- ▲ GitHub Verified Publisher badge
- ▲ Public roadmap on GitHub
v2.x
planned
- ▲ Visual cockpit frontend (Tauri)
- ▲ Visual Telemetry surface
- ▲ Snapshot scrubber (temporal rewind)
- ▲ Code-mode + chat-mode polish
- ▲ Voice-as-living-dialogue
Anti-SaaS Commitment: existing v1.x buyers stay perpetual at their original price · §4A locked. v2.x is a separate purchase event when it ships — not committed today. Nothing you bought goes dark.
::FAQ
Fifteen questions. Real answers.
Do I need to know how to code?
Orangebox is a developer's cockpit. If you don't already write or read code at least casually, this is not the product for you. If you do, even a little, Orangebox amplifies you.
Does Orangebox include AI model API keys?
No. Orangebox is BYOK — Bring Your Own Keys. You supply keys for Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, OpenRouter, or any other provider you want to use. The keys live on your machine and only authenticate calls to the provider you set them for.
What if I don't have any API keys yet?
Orangebox also routes to local models via Ollama, which is free and runs entirely offline. You can use Orangebox without any cloud AI provider at all. Or you can sign up for a free Anthropic, OpenAI, or Google API account — most have generous free tiers.
Will Orangebox work on Mac or Linux?
Not in v1.0.0. Mac and Linux installers are on the roadmap if there's demand.
Does Orangebox phone home?
No. Read PRIVACY.md in the install. No telemetry, no analytics, no crash reports. The only network traffic Orangebox generates is the AI provider calls you initiate yourself.
How do updates work?
v1.x point releases are free to existing buyers. Major version upgrades (v2, v3) will be separate purchase events at the time they ship. Your v1 license never expires.
Can I install on multiple computers?
Yes. The license is per-person, not per-machine. Install on any number of computers you own or control.
Can I share my license with my team?
No. The license covers you as an individual or your internal business use. For team distribution, contact us — team license ships in v2.x.
Is there a refund policy?
Yes. If Orangebox doesn't work on your supported system within 14 days of purchase, we'll issue a full refund. Email support@atomeons.com.
Will my purchase still work if AtomEons goes away?
Yes. Orangebox is a perpetual license. The application runs entirely on your local machine. There is no online activation, no license-server check, no kill-switch.
What models does Orangebox support?
Anthropic Claude (3.5+ Sonnet, Haiku, Opus), OpenAI GPT (4o, 4-Turbo, 5 when available), Google Gemini (1.5 Pro, 2.5 Pro), local Ollama models (Llama 3.1, Mistral, Qwen, etc.), OpenRouter (100+ models). New providers add via the connector registry without a new Orangebox release.
How is Orangebox different from Cursor / Copilot / Claude Code?
Cursor and Copilot are SaaS — your code uploads to their servers and you pay monthly forever. Claude Code is subscription-locked. Orangebox is local-first (your code stays on your disk), tuned for Claude with optional fallback to other providers via BYO key, and a one-time perpetual purchase. License §4A legally bans switching to subscription.
Is the source code available?
The source for Orangebox v1.0.0 is private to AtomEons. The installer is provenance-attested via Sigstore + GitHub Artifact Attestations — you can cryptographically verify it came from our official build pipeline. Open-source roadmap is not committed at this time.
How do I report a bug?
Open an issue on the public GitHub repo at github.com/AtomEons/orangebox, or email support@atomeons.com.
Where do I buy?
FREE this week — download direct from the GitHub Release. After the free-week countdown closes, the price is set by the lab (perpetual license, §4A no-saas, may change at random going forward). Either way you keep the software forever — free-week buyers are grandfathered for life by clause.
::ship
Download free this week.
No signup. No email. Just the .exe + the SHA-256 + the cert.
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