Pre-release · not yet downloadable

The state of Arsyn

Arsyn is not released yet. There is no build you can download today, and no date I am willing to promise. What is on this page instead is an honest account of what is built, what is half-built, and what is still just an intention.

No release date announced
v0.4.0 internal build
Free to use — closed source
Local-only — no cloud, no telemetry
Alphanot distributed

Planned platforms

Windows and Linux
first.

Windows

x64

No build available

Linux

x64 · AppImage

No build available

macOS

Apple Silicon

No build available

None of these are downloadable yet. macOS is not being worked on until the engine is stable on the other two.

No screenshots yet — so here are the facts

What actually works today

The homepage describes what Arsyn is meant to become. This is what the current build does. Where the two disagree, this list is the one that is true.

3D viewport & STL import

Import STL assemblies, build a kinematic chain with local reference frames, navigate the scene.

Built

Manual wiring

Draw wires between component pins in the 3D scene, with a symbol library behind it.

Built

Ars language & compiler

Lexer, parser, resolver and type checker are implemented. Vendor backends are not finished.

Built

Flow simulation

Zone/token simulation runs, but it does not write back to PLC variables. There is no hardware-in-the-loop today.

Partial

Auto-wiring

Not built. Wiring is manual only.

Not built

TIA Portal / Codesys / robot round-trip

Not built. You cannot currently hand a client a TIA project produced by Arsyn.

Not built

Local AI copilot

Not built. The Ollama integration is a plan, not a feature.

Not built

3D cable tray routing

Not built. Logical wiring only — no physical routing, no cable lengths in the BOM.

Not built

Before you install

System requirements

Minimum
OSWindows 10 64-bit
CPU4-core, 2.5 GHz
RAM8 GB
GPUDirectX 11 / OpenGL 4.1, 2 GB VRAM
Storage2 GB free space
Recommended
OSWindows 11 64-bit
CPU6-core, 3.5 GHz
RAM16 GB
GPUDedicated GPU, 4 GB+ VRAM
Storage5 GB free space (SSD)
Minimum
OSUbuntu 22.04+ / Fedora 38+ (glibc 2.35+)
CPU4-core, 2.5 GHz
RAM8 GB
GPUOpenGL 4.1, 2 GB VRAM
Storage2 GB free space
Recommended
OSUbuntu 24.04+
CPU6-core, 3.5 GHz
RAM16 GB
GPUDedicated GPU, 4 GB+ VRAM
Storage5 GB free space (SSD)
Minimum
OSmacOS 14 (Sonoma), Apple Silicon
CPUApple M1 or newer
RAM8 GB
GPUIntegrated GPU (Metal)
Storage2 GB free space
Recommended
OSmacOS 15+, Apple Silicon
CPUApple M2 Pro or newer
RAM16 GB
GPUIntegrated GPU (Metal)
Storage5 GB free space (SSD)

Still to build

What's next

Arsyn is early. Here is what remains to be built, with no dates attached — I won't promise one until it exists.

In progress

Auto-wiring engine

Automatic logical wiring generation from component typing, on top of the existing manual wiring tools.

Planned

Local AI copilot (Ollama)

Local code-gen and documentation assistant using deepseek-coder / llama3.1 — zero cloud calls.

Planned

PLC & robot import / export

Round-trip with TIA Portal, Codesys and major robot controllers (RAPID, KRL).

Planned

3D cable tray routing

Physical cable routing on top of the logical wiring graph, with BOM-aware cable lengths.

Planned

Closed-loop PLC simulation

Zone/token simulation writing back to live PLC variables for true hardware-in-the-loop testing.

Planned

macOS build

Native Apple Silicon build, once the core engine stabilizes on Windows/Linux.

Development history

Build log

Full build log
v0.4.0 Alpha Jun 2, 2026
  • New: manual wire creation between component pins in the 3D scene
  • New: document organizer — attach datasheets, PDFs and notes directly to components
  • Improved: STL import now preserves sub-assembly hierarchy on drag-and-drop
v0.3.0 Alpha Apr 18, 2026
  • New: 3D STL import with kinematic chain hierarchy and local reference frames
  • New: zone/token flow-simulation engine (early preview, no PLC write-back yet)
  • New: project file format (.arsyn) with versioned autosave
v0.2.0 Alpha Feb 9, 2026
  • New: first end-to-end build — project shell, 3D viewport, basic scene graph

License & openness

Arsyn License

Arsyn is free to use, including commercially. It is not open source: the application core is closed. The extension surface — module SDK, .arsyn file format and the Ars language — is what gets published, so you can build on Arsyn and read your own data without depending on us.

Read the license
Free for personal, educational and commercial use — no subscription, no seat count
Closed core. We do not claim to be open source, and never will while the core is closed
Runs entirely on your machine — no telemetry, no analytics, no account required
Your project data is yours: the .arsyn format is documented and readable without Arsyn

What is open, and what is not

Arsyn is free of charge, not open source. The core is closed. These are the parts intended for publication, so your projects and your modules do not depend on me staying in business.

Module SDK not published yet

The API modules register against, the module loader contract, and working example modules.

.arsyn file format not published yet

Full specification of the project file, so your data is readable without Arsyn installed.

Ars language & compiler not published yet

The automation language, its grammar, and the compiler that lowers it to vendor backends.

Application core closed

The 3D engine, CAD, wiring and simulation code stay closed. Free to use, not published.

None of the above is published yet, so there is no repository to link to. When there is, the links will appear here and on the license page. Until then, treat the openness plan as an intention rather than a feature.

Get going

Documentation & lessons