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Heliarko 1.0.21: what it is — and what it is not

The edition now in closed testing.

Heliarko 1.0.21 is the edition our closed testers use today.

It is a working program, not a finished one.

Here is what already works, what remains unfinished and what we want early testers to tell us.

What it is

One private Capsule on your own computer.

Heliarko 1.0.21 is a program for Windows 10 and 11.

Your Capsule lives in one folder on your computer, or on a drive you choose.

Your originals stay ordinary files, byte for byte, readable without Heliarko.

The Vault
Your material in one archive, searchable by meaning, also without the internet.
Identity
Memoirs, family, key moments, voice, values and an interview of life questions.
Workspace
Documents, tasks and a calendar, all on your own computer.
Synapse
Online AI that works with what you choose to give it.
Messenger
Messages and files between Capsules, sealed before they leave your computer.
Settings
Five languages, large text, your PIN and a backup in one file.
Since 20 October

Updated while you use it.

Since its release on 20 October, Heliarko 1.0.21 has received several updates.

They arrive inside the program: you confirm once, and it updates itself.

For an ordinary question about your own material, Synapse first searches your Capsule on your computer and sends the online AI a few short passages, not your whole archive.

What Synapse remembers across conversations is kept in Documents › AI Memory, where you can read, edit or delete it.

Messenger shows your contacts by the names they chose.

The Vault opens faster.

What it is not

Not finished. Not magic.

Not a finished product: it is a closed test.

Not for every computer: it runs on Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit.

Not encrypted on disk: protect your computer and keep two backups.

Not an AI that is always right: check what matters against your own originals.

Not yet able to read text inside photographs and scans, or to transcribe recordings.

Not yet quick with very large archives: preparing them for search by meaning takes time.

Not yet reliable with longer tasks for Synapse, such as preparing or editing a document.

What we want to hear

Tell us where it fails you.

Where you got lost.

What you expected and did not find.

Where it felt slow.

Where Synapse was wrong — and how you noticed.

Whether your language reads naturally.

Taking part in the test is free.

One letter is enough.