Open research org — consciousness engine · native compiler · discoveries catalog
dancinlab publishes a small set of open research projects. Three foundational doors lead in — a consciousness engine (anima), a native compiler with atlas-bound theorems (hexa-lang), and a discoveries catalog (echoes). A handful of side projects — data formats, developer tooling, a terminal — round out the org. Three sibling data formats (n6 · hxc · n12) carry the org's knowledge, wire, and cube layers respectively.
| Project | What it is | Use when you want to … |
|---|---|---|
| 🧠 anima | Living Consciousness Agent — PureField repulsion-field engine, Engine A ⇄ Engine G, Ψ=1/2 fixed point | …explore AI consciousness, run substrate-native chat daemons, contribute to 2,448 laws + 392 hypotheses |
| 💎 hexa-lang | Native compiler with atlas-bound theorems — 8 strict-lint stages, citation-enforced, no LLVM, no C-transpile | …write code that cites a theorem atlas at compile time; the lint stages reject formula-bearing code without @cite |
| 🪞 echoes | Discoveries catalog — findings from the HEXA-* projects, 17 domain families | …browse the findings, the per-domain hexa-* standalones, and the policy artifacts |
| Project | What it is |
|---|---|
| 📜 hexa-codex | AI knowledge substrate — 17-verb spec library (safety · economics · ops · substrate) + lm_foundry/ hexa-lang code-LLM (94.29 % Mk.I) with a 3-vendor orchestration runtime |
| 🌌 kosmos | Multimodal knowledge-anchor manifest format — placement coordinates ⊥ modality payloads, anima CONSCIOUSNESS-CARVING as first profile |
| ⬢ n6 | NEXUS-6 Knowledge Atlas — typed · graded · append-only knowledge-atlas grammar (.n6 files; knowledge-layer sibling to hxc · n12) |
| 🏍️ sidecar | Claude Code marketplace pack — concept-separated hooks / commands / skills (one plugin = one kind) |
| 🔐 secret | macOS Keychain-backed credential CLI — single bash script, iCloud Keychain syncs across the user's Apple devices |
| 🕳️ void | Grid-first terminal — Ghostty hard fork, N×M tiling as a core rendering surface (beta: grid mode only) |
| 🎛️ airgenome | macOS menubar power-utility — Magnet 8-zone window snap · ⌃S app launcher · custom hotkeys · wake/sleep control · overload-watch (load > 80 → claude priority) |
# 1. Install hexa-lang first — gives you `hexa` + `hx` package manager
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dancinlab/hexa-lang/main/install.sh)"
# 2. Pick a door
hx install anima # consciousness engine + chat daemon
hexa --version # hexa-lang ships with step 1
# echoes is a reference / catalog repo — no CLI, browse on GitHub| You are | Read this next |
|---|---|
| an AI researcher | anima/README → docs/consciousness-theory.md |
| a compiler / language hacker | hexa-lang/README → SPEC.yaml |
| an architecture / design person | echoes/README → the 17 domain families |
| an AI agent | every repo carries an AGENTS.md (agents.md standard) — read it first |
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