byte
late february 2026
an attempt at building pgi — personal self improving general intelligence. most tools you use as-is. i wanted something that bends to how i work, not the other way around.
started with canvas and split view, kept adding. forking, kanban, heartbeats, telegram. i actually built the app on the app. There are mainly two versions - docker which you can host on a vps/local or a local app like cursor.
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01
Freeform Canvas
Drag nodes around. Connect sessions, notes, and files. Build whatever layout makes sense for the project.
Canvas was there from day one — most of byte was built on itself using this.
02
Runs On Its Own
Set a schedule, write a prompt, toggle active. Byte runs it, streams the result to a new session, and pings you on Telegram.
Has retry backoff built in — learned that lesson when it fired 25 times during an outage.
03
Fork + Tree View
Branch from any message — same context, new path. Tree view shows the full fork history as a navigable graph.
Useful when you want to try a different approach without losing where you were.
04
Run Two At Once
Two sessions side by side with drag-to-resize. Run parallel threads, compare outputs. Separate from forking.
Good for running a researcher and a coder at the same time.
05
File Explorer
Browse all your repos and notes from the sidebar. Drag files into chat or canvas. Add any git repo as a workspace.
Notes are also indexed — top matches get injected into context automatically.
06
Hold Until Ready
Task board with hold-until scheduling. Lock a card until a time passes, then it unlocks automatically.
Byte can create tasks mid-conversation and link them to the session they came from.
07
Soul + Memory
Edit Byte's personality, memory, and theme from the UI. Switch databases at runtime. Everything bends to how you work.
Soul and memory are just text — edit them like a config file.
08
Theme That Adapts
12 accent colors, dark and light mode. Byte can change its own theme mid-conversation based on context.
Favicon updates with it too.
getting started — docker
getting started — tauri
github.com/rohit-sama/byte — coming soon