Local-first
Designed to keep developer workflows inspectable and under user control. Your data and state stay on your machine.
Friction Lab builds focused, local-first tools for terminal navigation, AI‑assisted development, safe cleanup, workspace management, and codebase memory.
Product system
Principles
Each tool is designed around a small set of values that guide what we build and what we leave out.
Designed to keep developer workflows inspectable and under user control. Your data and state stay on your machine.
Small utilities with clear boundaries instead of bloated all-in-one platforms. Each tool does one thing well.
AI-assisted workflows should remain reviewable, auditable, and safe by default. Automation without opacity.
Products
One released tool, several in active development, and a few on the roadmap.
A Rust terminal navigator for macOS with shell-integrated
cd, open,
copy, and reveal actions.
Built for keyboard-first filesystem navigation.
A local-first macOS mission-control app for AI-assisted software development workflows. Surfaces context, routes agent tasks, and keeps humans in the loop.
Read-only MCP and Codex validation are already working. No public release yet.
Safe, explainable cleanup for generated developer artifacts. Removes what you don't need without surprises.
Profile-based cleanup with an audit-first safety model. Design phase.
A repo-native smart documentation and memory layer for codebases and AI-assisted development. Keeps understanding close to the code.
macOS workspace companion for task-focused desktops and app/window anchors.
Finder folder icon suggestions using lightweight rules and ML-assisted classification.