We’re building technology that people should be able to understand, modify and run themselves. So we’re sharing how it takes shape, too.
From now on, we’ll post a weekly update on what’s happening at somsorium: what we finished, what went wrong and what we learned. Progress you can see, rather than announcements about what might come next. Our marketing starts where our development does: with showing the work. What works. What fails. What it teaches us.
Anything less would be hard to square with what we stand for. If we say “read the code before you take our word for it”, we also need to let people see how it gets made. Otherwise, being able to verify our claims is just a promise on a page.
And in that spirit, here’s our first admission: this is our second attempt. We started writing in public in 2025, under our old name. Then came a rethink: a new name, a clearer product focus, and a blog that gradually went quiet. Two lines from that time still hold up: Open source runs on trust, not control. And change comes from doing, not waiting. Everything else starts fresh, including a weekly publishing schedule to help us keep this going.
Where we stand today, without the gloss:
smolit, our assistant built around user approval, is at release-candidate stage with a reproducible build. mesorium supports private spaces and connected groups; public read access is next. laborium keeps experiments and measurement data organised locally. For the smolit node, we have a lab prototype and a tested build pipeline, but no final bill of materials or price yet. We’ll share both once we have reliable figures.
The biggest step we’re working towards is opening our repositories under AGPL-3.0. Over the coming weeks, we’ll write about the cleanup that takes, including the awkward parts.
Why you might want to follow along: This autumn, we’re launching a test network for up to 5 organisations and 500 individuals to be the first to use what we’re building. If you’d like an early look, a chance to try things out and a say in what comes next, you can join the waitlist with no commitment. We’ll get in touch when places open. Until then, these weekly updates will give you a clear picture of what you’d be joining.
Questions, concerns, or objections? That’s exactly what this is for—drop us a line.