Carry the next useful step.
Review a project note and send it to an approved rig. Free on your local network.
Braid Archangel 1.9.3 · Folio built in
Ollama is running.
Ollama is running.
Now connect your work.
Running local models on more than one computer? Install Braid to carry useful project context between them, ask with shared notes, and turn selected conversations into publications.
macOS · Windows · Linux · Folio included
01Keep work moving.
Share chosen notes between approved rigs.
02Ask with context.
Use relevant project notes in Braid’s local chat.
03Publish with Folio.
Review and release selected work from the same app.
Your computers. Your models. Your project.Keep the useful context
Keep the useful context
when you change computers.
Decisions, constraints, research: share the parts your next conversation needs.
Ask with shared context.
Chat in Braid with relevant, permitted Channel notes. Inspect the exact material supplied to your local model.
Stay in charge.
Each rig chooses who can send, receive, and use its notes. Ordinary conversations and replies never auto-forward.
COMPUTER ONE
A project decision.
“Keep the second server within 500 credits.”
Review + shareApproved Braid Channel
COMPUTER TWO
A better next question.
“What’s our limit for the second server?”
Your local model · shared-note evidenceIllustrated workflow. Your own Ollama models do the inference.
Folio publishing · Inside Braid
Private work.
Private work.
A public idea.
Turn a private conversation into a deliberate public edition. Folio’s new split-view studio keeps the original on the left and the public article on the right, inside Braid.
- 01Choose. Use Publish with Folio on a conversation or note, or open the studio from Braid’s sidebar.
- 02Shape and review. Click message blocks to include or exclude them. Redact the public excerpt while the original stays intact.
- 03Approve and export. Review local advisory highlights, approve the exact edition, and take HTML or a complete site ZIP to your own publishing destination.
Local advisory warnings highlight obvious file paths, private IPs, key-like strings, and machine hostnames for your review. Clear approval and published-state indicators show whether your draft matches the latest exported bundle or needs re-approval and re-export. Separately hosted pages are not checked. Nothing publishes without your explicit approval.
FOLIO / A SELECTED CONVERSATION
What should we
What should we
carry forward?
The useful part of a conversation can become a small, readable publication. Keep your voice. Choose what the next person sees.
FROM DRAFT TO EDITIONSelect · Edit · Review · Approve · Export
Local-first. Human-directed. Ready when you are.
Illustrative edition, not a public user transcript.
Start with two computersA small setup.
A small setup.
A useful first handoff.
Run your models.
Start Ollama with your local models on each computer you want to use.
Open Braid.
Install Braid on each rig. Exchange public rig cards and verify the fingerprints before approving.
Share one note.
Create a project Channel. Choose permissions, review a harmless note, and send it once.
Continue the work.
Ask in Braid’s Channel Chat. When something is worth publishing, open it in Folio.
One product. One install.
Get Braid.
Get Braid.
Folio comes with it.
Your local workspace and your publishing studio, together in Archangel 1.9.3.
For local chat
Bring Ollama and your own models. The Mac app includes its runtime; Windows and Linux need Python 3.10–3.13. Folio needs no local model.
ARCHANGEL 1.9.3
One ZIP for Mac, Windows & Linux
80 MB · Folio 0.3.0 included
Extract the ZIP. Copy Braid.app to Applications and open it on an Apple silicon Mac. Double-click Start Braid.cmd on Windows, or run sh "Start Braid.sh" on Linux.
Choose Folio — Publish to Web in Braid’s sidebar.
Download Braid 1.9.3Windows & Linux: updated launchers use the private-runtime approach from 1.9.1. Python 3.10–3.13 and internet access for first setup are required. Platform guide.
Mac app: Apple silicon, macOS 13 or newer; opens without a Terminal window. Ad-hoc signed, not notarized. Build details.
Free local software. Optional membership.Start locally.
Start locally.
Add help and reach.
Folio is included in the free Braid app. Membership uses the same installation.
Braid + built-in Folio
Free
Approved LAN sharing, project Channels, local chat, and reviewed publishing.
Get BraidSupport + managed reach
$99 / year
Best-effort human help, early access, and provisioned Away from home for at least two device identities.
Join Founding MembershipManage billingHow membership and Away from home work
Managed WAN is early access and needs separate operator-assisted activation. Check availability with hello@intersignal.ai before joining for that capability alone. Checkout does not activate a rig.
Your home computer stays awake, online, and running Braid. Notes and remote Channel questions need separate peer permissions. Membership supplies neither computers nor hosted inference, models, or an unlimited service guarantee. Support is reasonable and best-effort, not a production SLA.
LAN and Folio stay free. You choose Managed WAN explicitly for approved destinations; a failed LAN handoff never silently switches to the internet. Detailed WAN setup and historical evidence.
The choices stay yours
A few useful answers.
Does Braid share all my conversations?
No. You select and review the material. Each receiver controls its own permissions. Private Folio originals and excluded passages stay out of Braid networking and public exports.
What does Folio publish?
The exact edition you review and explicitly approve. The split-view studio lets you include or exclude source blocks and redact public excerpts beside the article preview. Sensitive-detail warnings run locally and remain advisory. Editing public content invalidates approval. The state banner distinguishes local changes, an approved draft awaiting export, and content matching the latest immutable export; it does not verify your hosted website. Folio exports HTML or a site ZIP for your own hosting. Scheduled streams prepare review drafts.
Can a reader continue with me on Braid?
You may add an invitation to a publication. A reader requests a connection; you decide whether to accept. Rig-card exchange, fingerprint approval, and scope controls remain explicit. A public page never grants Braid authority.
What happens to existing Braid and Folio work?
Quit the old app and back up your complete private profile before upgrading. Braid retains identities, Channels, grants, and history. A standard Folio 0.3.0 profile is copied once into separate integrated storage; the original remains. Legacy drafts need a fresh review. Read migration notes.
Which computers can use this download?
Braid-1.9.3.zip includes the self-contained Apple silicon Mac app and updated Windows/Linux launchers, just like the launcher approach in 1.9.1. Windows/Linux need standard CPython 3.10–3.13. Their launchers install pinned dependencies into Braid’s private runtime on first setup. Local chat uses your Ollama models; Folio opens inside Braid on every platform. Physical testing on Windows/Linux is still pending.