Chisel is in early pre-release :: Experimental terminal-native tools :: Human & AI structured workflows :: Chisel is in early pre-release :: Experimental terminal-native tools :: Human & AI structured workflows ::
Chisel is in early pre-release :: Experimental terminal-native tools :: Human & AI structured workflows :: Chisel is in early pre-release :: Experimental terminal-native tools :: Human & AI structured workflows ::

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Text-first tools for shaping information.
Crafted for developers. Structured for AI.

A suite of terminal-native tools that help you organize knowledge, understand systems, and manage work — whether you’re a human or an LLM.

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Project Status & Roadmap

Available Now

Chisel Docs

Knowledge base with 3-pane TUI explorer and SQLite indexing.

Available Now

Chisel Issues

Local-first Kanban board with interactive status management.

Coming Soon

Chisel Observe

TUI-based observability for Docker, K8s, and CloudWatch logs.

Chisel Docs

A knowledge base that understands structure. Markdown-first. Local SQLite index. AI-ready schemas.

Markdown Local Index RAG Ready

Chisel Issues

A text-first issue tracker for engineering teams. Local files, clean TUI board, agent-friendly APIs.

Kanban TUI Local-First Extensible

Chisel Observe (Planned)

Observability without dashboards. Logs, metrics, and traces in a fast, expressive TUI.

Docker K8s CloudWatch

Why use Chisel?

Interface
Legacy
Heavy Web Apps / Clicks
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Terminal / 10ms Latency
Data Storage
Legacy
Cloud-Only / Proprietary
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Local-First Markdown/YAML
LLM Access
Legacy
Screen Scraping / Manual Paste
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Structured Machine Mode
Licensing
Legacy
SaaS / Subscription
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Open-Core / MIT

Built for humans. Structured for AI.

Every Chisel tool supports a mode optimized for LLM context windows and parsing.

Token-Dense: Prunes human metadata, optimizes for context limits, and uses LLM-friendly schemas.

Chisel Docs

Interactive TUI for Developers

Full terminal UI with colors, borders, and keyboard shortcuts (j/k) for efficient human navigation.

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Chisel Issues

Interactive TUI for Developers

Full terminal UI with colors, borders, and keyboard shortcuts (j/k) for efficient human navigation.

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01. Architecture

Written in Rust for near-zero overhead. TUI response times under 10ms on massive datasets. No Node.js or Python runtime required.

02. Storage

Local-first Markdown & YAML files. An internal SQLite FTS5 index provides instant full-text search.

03. Open Core

The CLI and TUI are Open Source (MIT). You own your data, your tools, and your workflow forever.

04. Extensible

Built to be extended. Use the Machine Mode YAML output to pipe Chisel into scripts or AI agents.

Start shaping your workflow.

Chisel is in active development. Join the waitlist to help shape the future of text-first tools.

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v0.1.0-alpha • FSL-1.1-Apache-2.0 Licensed