We make Tiles, a local-first private AI assistant. Powered by on device models and ATProto. Available in public alpha for Macs. tiles.runhttps://blacksky.community/profile/tiles.runhttps://blacksky.community/profile/tiles.run/post/3mkruj2sa3c2vTiles version 0.4.8 Alpha 12 has been released. tiles.run/download Adds Pi as an embedded agent harness, introduces chat sessions, and supports sharing chats publicly via ATProto, with an improved TUI featuring better help text and slash commands. https://tiles.run/download01 May 2026 09:58 +0000at://did:plc:mqmcsjuerbjhu65mpmvkcuw2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkruj2sa3c2vhttps://blacksky.community/profile/tiles.run/post/3mkb6u6oivk25Tiles source code is now mirrored to Tangled. Follow along for updates and ongoing development. https://tangled.org/tiles.run/tiles/24 Apr 2026 18:48 +0000at://did:plc:mqmcsjuerbjhu65mpmvkcuw2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkb6u6oivk25https://blacksky.community/profile/tiles.run/post/3mirczdyfms2mTiles version 0.4.7 Alpha 11 has been released. tiles.run/download Health command upgrade and other QoL improvements. Sync process now exits automatically after syncing. Fixed issues with the initial db connection, and where model downloads did not resume for partial downloads. https://tiles.run/download05 Apr 2026 17:54 +0000at://did:plc:mqmcsjuerbjhu65mpmvkcuw2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mirczdyfms2mhttps://blacksky.community/profile/tiles.run/post/3mir2vki6es2mHow we package and ship Tiles: https://www.tiles.run/blog/ship-it-up05 Apr 2026 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:mqmcsjuerbjhu65mpmvkcuw2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mir2vki6es2mhttps://blacksky.community/profile/tiles.run/post/3mib4niqitc2nTiles version 0.4.6 Alpha 10 has been released. tiles.run/download Adds peer-to-peer device sync, built with @iroh.computer's QUIC networking stack, and encryption at rest for local chats. https://tiles.run/download30 Mar 2026 07:18 +0000at://did:plc:mqmcsjuerbjhu65mpmvkcuw2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mib4niqitc2nhttps://blacksky.community/profile/tiles.run/post/3mhq7vegwsk2tTiles version 0.4.5 Alpha 9 has been released. tiles.run/download Adds peer-to-peer device linking for both offline and online networks, built with @iroh.computer, along with bug fixes for the auto-update system. https://tiles.run/download23 Mar 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:mqmcsjuerbjhu65mpmvkcuw2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhq7vegwsk2thttps://blacksky.community/profile/tiles.run/post/3mhavfvkmu22dTiles version 0.4.4 Alpha 8 has been released. tiles.run/download Adds support for a fully offline, portable installer alongside the network installer, with the default gpt-oss-20b model bundled, and daemon process implementation for handling background tasks reliably. https://tiles.run/download17 Mar 2026 11:43 +0000at://did:plc:mqmcsjuerbjhu65mpmvkcuw2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhavfvkmu22dhttps://blacksky.community/profile/tiles.run/post/3mhavfvkmu22dTiles version 0.4.4 Alpha 8 has been released. tiles.run/download Adds support for a fully offline, portable installer alongside the network installer, with the default gpt-oss-20b model bundled, and daemon process implementation for handling background tasks reliably. https://tiles.run/download17 Mar 2026 11:43 +0000at://did:plc:mqmcsjuerbjhu65mpmvkcuw2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhavfvkmu22dhttps://blacksky.community/profile/tiles.run/post/3mgmmifiuvc2cTiles version 0.4.3 Alpha 7 has been released. tiles.run/download Turn-based chats with SQLite persistence. Release artifacts now include a .pkg bundle for easier installs. Support for non-Harmony models such as qwen 3.5-4b. Bug fix for venvstack generating multiple tar archives. https://tiles.run/changelog#0.4.309 Mar 2026 10:10 +0000at://did:plc:mqmcsjuerbjhu65mpmvkcuw2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgmmifiuvc2chttps://blacksky.community/profile/tiles.run/post/3mfzsqj6g7k23Tiles version 0.4.2 Alpha 6 has been released. New onboarding flow for account and data setup, an OTA updater, and Harmony renderer support for gpt-oss-20b, enabling configurable reasoning effort and improved response quality. Release notes: https://www.tiles.run/changelog#0.4.201 Mar 2026 22:41 +0000at://did:plc:mqmcsjuerbjhu65mpmvkcuw2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfzsqj6g7k23https://blacksky.community/profile/tiles.run/post/3mf4nsqlst22cTiles runs local AI. That means the Python runtime must be deterministic and portable across machines. With Alpha 4, we now bundle layered venvstacks with pinned dependencies to guarantee reproducible execution. How it works: https://www.tiles.run/blog/move-along-python18 Feb 2026 08:26 +0000at://did:plc:mqmcsjuerbjhu65mpmvkcuw2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf4nsqlst22c