Act I
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The open-source engine that lets any app speak fluent camera — settings, capture, live view, events. Free, today.
$npm i @darkgrade/linkCOPYLocal-first AI for creative professionals
Shoot more.Edit less.
Darkgrade dials in your camera, captures the shot, and returns a finished first cut — on your own machine. You stay the director, and nothing leaves your computer unless you say so.
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TESTED ON
SONY α7 IV · NIKON Z6 III · CANON R6 MK III
SONY α7 IV · NIKON Z6 III · CANON R6 MK III
Making videos is ten percent fun.
The rest is menus and an edit that never ends.
We’re deleting the rest.
Our thesis
01Our product, in three acts2026 —
Act II
Studio In development
The app that sets the scene, rolls the take, and hands you an automatic first edit the moment you stop recording.
Act III
Create The dream
Say what you want to make; get a finished video back. Your footage, your face, your voice — you stay the director.
0 hrs
of post-production per video, cut down to minutes.
0 yrs
cameras have spoken one shared language.
0 bytes
leave your machine by default.
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of our code is licensed as fair core. View it on GitHub.
From “let’s shoot” to “it’s live.”
Link is here today. We're building a lot more.
Here todayOn the way
01Control your camera from software
Shipping todayThe open-source engine that lets any app talk to your camera.
Control & capture
Connect & transfer
Set ISO, shutter, aperture & more from code
USB in the browser (WebUSB) & on a computer
Capture photos
Detects your camera automatically
Live view streaming
Pull photos & video off the camera
Start / stop recording
React to camera events in real time
Cameras
Sony α — full support
Wireless (Wi-Fi) control
Nikon Z — capture, settings, live view
Nikon / Canon video & live view
Canon EOS R — control & events
Fujifilm, Panasonic, Olympus & more
02Upgrade your gear with software
On the wayFeatures that used to need extra hardware, now a software toggle.
Auto-capture on motion or sound
Recognize and follow your subject
Rack focus / follow focus, in software
Focus peaking & exposure scopes
Watch & tether every camera wirelessly
Turn your screen into a teleprompter
Drive sliders & gimbals
Use your camera as a great webcam
03Start shooting in one click
On the wayStudio sets up the room, rolls, and files everything for you.
One tap to set lights, audio & exposure
Desktop & mobile app
Footage lands in your timeline automatically
Audio & video synced for you
See every camera live while you shoot
Loom-style creator recording
04Talk to your studio
On the waySay what you want; AI sets up the shot — you stay in charge.
Voice control for your whole studio
Let AI assistants run the camera (MCP)
Plain-language camera & studio commands
AI that understands what your camera sees
Runs local AI models, privately
Captures the context editing needs later
05Skip editing altogether
On the wayHand off the tedious hours of post — keep every creative call.
Auto-pick the best takes
Sync timecode, audio & multi-cam
Transcripts & captions
A first rough cut, assembled for you
Hand off to Premiere, DaVinci & Final Cut
Find & drop in B-roll
Match color & exposure across clips
Translate & dub into other languages
Vertical cutdowns & ready-to-post exports
Preview the whole piece before you shoot
06Plug in the rest of your studio
On the wayThe hub your lights, sound, stream, and edit tools all talk to.
OBS, Twitch & capture cards
DaVinci Resolve, Premiere & Final Cut
Home Assistant, Scrypted & HomeKit
Elgato Stream Deck & Prompter
Philips Hue & studio lighting
Audio interfaces, gimbals & sliders
Blackmagic Speed Editor / Console
Community templates & marketplace
The hills we’ll die on.
03Principles/01
You’re never replaced
No AI slop, no fake people. We make your real footage move faster — and give you back your evenings.
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Local-first & private
Everything runs on your machine by default. We don’t train on your footage.
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Open & honest
A fair core that stays free, fair pricing for the app, no bait-and-switch.
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Fast as your ideas
Camera manufacturers move in decades. An open product moves at the speed of its community.
04The point of all this
Somewhere, two people have a podcast in their heads the world will never hear.
The world is still waiting on what you haven’t made yet.