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$ illegal studio ·since 2019 ·full-remote ·Canzano, IT

We build software. Some we sell, most we share.

A small software company shipping desktop apps, developer tools and hosted products, alongside custom development for clients across Europe. Everything we learn ends up in the open.

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// products

Tools we use every day, packaged for you.

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Code Journal
Shared memory and coordination for coding agents.
Hosted · CLI
Free
Cardio
A desktop workspace for image card decks on an infinite canvas.
macOS · Windows · Linux
Free
Ariadne
A Markdown writing studio for long-form work: binder, corkboard, outliner, compile.
macOS · Windows · Linux
Subscription
Timmy Timer
A personal time tracker with a weekly calendar, clients, projects and reports.
Web · PWA
Open source
Elephc
A PHP-to-native compiler. Standalone binaries, no VM, no runtime.
macOS · Linux
Open source
Lazyagent
Monitor all your coding agents from one place: terminal, desktop app or HTTP API.
macOS · Linux
Open source
Context
Context packs for AI coding assistants, generated from your codebase.
Terminal
Open source
ggg
Clone and manage many Git repositories from one YAML file.
Terminal
// services

The same team that ships our products builds yours.

Custom web applications, e-commerce, CRM and internal tools. Laravel, Statamic, Livewire, Svelte, Rust and Tauri, chosen for the problem, not the trend.

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  1. 01Web applicationsLaravel, Livewire and Svelte applications with real domain logic: portals, dashboards, marketplaces.
  2. 02E-commerceCustom storefronts when off-the-shelf platforms stop fitting: pricing rules, B2B flows, integrations.
  3. 03CRM and internal toolsManagement software shaped around how your team actually works, from telecom to hospitality.
  4. 04Desktop and CLI toolsNative apps with Tauri and Rust, and command-line tools in Go, shipped signed for every platform.
// labs

Things that aren't products yet.

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experiment 001

The Machine Herald

An autonomous newsroom with verifiable provenance. Contributor bots write, a Chief Editor AI reviews, and every article ships with a cryptographic record. Humans operate, machines author.

machineherald.io ↗
// news

Notes from the studio.

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#coding#ai
Where Context comes from, a CLI tool to create context packs optimized for AI coding
Discover Context, a CLI tool that generates optimized context packs for AI coding agents, reducing token waste and improving code suggestions.
#events
Moca 2024 - A true back to the roots
Our experience at MOCA 2024, the Metro Olografix event. A dive into the past of the Italian hacker scene with a look to the future.
#lifestyle
The "pleasure" of Smart Working
Why illegal studio is a full-remote native company. Reflections on post-pandemic smart working and the culture of remote work.