A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, redrawn in dots
The Great Wave off Kanagawa, redrawn in dots
Rain, Steam and Speed, redrawn in dots
Clearing After Rain on Mount Inwang, redrawn in dots

Your files on your PC.
Your work with AI.

Gradient is a desktop workspace that keeps the files on your computer as the source. Open and edit documents, ask AI, share with your team, and fill templates from your material, all in one app.

For macOS and Windows

A Sunday on La Grande JatteGeorges Seurat, 1884–1886

Girl with a Pearl Earring, redrawn in dots
Girl with a Pearl EarringJohannes Vermeer, c. 1665MauritshuisRedrawn in 28,710 dots

Open any file
and edit it right there

Drag files in from Finder or Explorer: a copy joins the project and the original stays where it was. Documents, sheets, slides, PDFs, drawings, photos, video and 3D each open in a viewer made for them.

  • Edit in the app

    md, Excel and csv sheets, pptx slides (and present them), Hangul documents, text and signatures on PDFs, crop and annotate photos, all without another program.

  • Drawings without CAD

    Open dwg and dxf drawings and glb, obj and stl 3D files with nothing else installed.

  • Project search

    Search document contents, chats, team posts, to-dos, events, workflows and diagrams at once, and jump to the spot.

  • Fill forms

    Find the blanks in docx, xlsx, pptx, hwp and html files and fill them. The original stays; the filled copy is a new file.

  • Summarise, translate, send

    Make a summary, read through a translate lens, export to PDF or images, or send with a 6-digit key.

  • Undo one by one

    Every file the AI made or changed can be undone, one at a time, from the file history.

Using Files
The Starry Night, redrawn in dots
The Starry NightVincent van Gogh, 1889The Museum of Modern Art, New YorkRedrawn in 21,059 dots

AI that reads your files
and cites them

The AI searches and reads your project files itself, and says which file and section each answer came from. When it needs to, it searches the web and reads the pages.

  • Changes only what you asked

    In an md document it edits just the spot you asked for, without rewriting the rest.

  • Checks by looking

    It looks at drawings, PDFs, slides and sheets as pictures, and saves evidence images with numbered boxes on what it used.

  • Dedicated agents

    Agents for pptx, spreadsheets, html, md, capture and figures make the thing, look at the result, then fix it.

  • Asks before it acts

    Before it first moves the app's screens in a conversation, it shows an approval card. Stop is always there.

  • A side chat everywhere

    Talk next to Diagrams, slide decks, Workflows and the Browser, with what's on screen as context.

Using Chat
Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow, redrawn in dots
Composition with Red, Blue and YellowPiet Mondrian, 1930Kunsthaus ZürichRedrawn in 26,163 dots

Write the task.
The template gets filled.

Attach the document to fill and your material, then write the task. The AI builder proposes a plan; once you approve, it decides where to look for each field, gathers the material, and leaves the result with a source for every field.

Paste a table or an xlsx and each row becomes its own case, up to 50 at a time.

Using Workflows
  1. Task and material

    Attach the document and material and write the task. Paste a mail or memo and it's split into the fields.

  2. Approve the plan

    The AI builder proposes how to split the work. “Approve and build” creates the units and search nodes.

  3. Search per field

    Each field is looked up in documents, on the web, or by asking a teammate.

  4. Result and sources

    You get the result document, a log of every value put in and an evaluation report, with where each value was found.

  5. Redo only the gaps

    Run again for just the missing fields. Pinned places are checked first next time.

Impression, Sunrise, redrawn in dots
Impression, SunriseClaude Monet, 1872Musée Marmottan MonetRedrawn in 20,604 dots

It remembers what you tell it,
and forgets when you ask

Say “remember this” and it's kept in project memory for later chats. You can always see what it remembered and where it was used, and change it.

  • See what was used

    Memories used in an answer are listed under “Used n memories”. Edit them or make it forget right there.

  • Eight switches

    Turn eight kinds of memory on or off one by one. What's off is neither collected nor given to the AI.

  • Memory is yours

    The memory folder is always fully private. Only the team glossary is shared with the team.

  • Heard plans

    Plans mentioned in chat are collected, and you decide whether each goes on the calendar.

Memory settings
Ssireum (Wrestling), redrawn in dots
Ssireum (Wrestling)Kim Hong-do, late 18th centuryNational Museum of KoreaRedrawn in 28,314 dots

Share with your team,
not with a server

One team per project. Talk in announcements, channels and threads, and pass files around. Posts and files stay on the author's device; the server only knows order and addresses.

  • Threads in threads

    Reply in a thread under a channel post, and in a thread inside that one.

  • A team AI

    Start an AI thread with #ai. By default it reads only team files.

  • Edit together

    Co-edit team pptx, Excel and text files. Hangul documents are edited one person at a time.

  • Draw together

    Share a diagram with the team and work on the same canvas.

Using Team
The Scream, redrawn in dots
The ScreamEdvard Munch, 1893National Museum of NorwayRedrawn in 21,438 dots

A to-do is a checkbox line
in a plan file

Plans are md files, and to-dos are the checkbox lines inside them. See them as a list, a board or plain md; drag a card and the file changes.

  • Four columns

    To do, Doing, Waiting, Done. The mark on the line is the status.

  • Just say it

    Tell chat “mark it done” or “by Friday” and it updates the line.

  • Requests from teammates

    Requests your teammates send show up in To-do too, ready to answer.

  • Your calendar

    One calendar per person, saved on this PC only. Lines with a 📅 date become events.

Using To-do
The Kiss, redrawn in dots
The KissGustav Klimt, 1907–1908Belvedere, ViennaRedrawn in 26,425 dots

Leave the files where they are.
Get just the values.

Say “Get the education history from Minsu's résumé and fill the application” and only those items are requested. Once Minsu approves, Minsu's AI looks only in shareable files and sends just the values. Files never leave the device.

  • People set the levels

    Files are fully private (the default) or shareable. Only people can change a level; the AI can't.

  • The owner approves

    The request lands in the owner's To-do, and nothing is searched until they approve.

  • Values only in the result

    Received values go only into the result document. Chat and logs show progress, not values.

  • Check before sending

    Optionally review the values yourself before they're sent.

Using secure sharing
Wheat Field with Cypresses, redrawn in dots
Wheat Field with CypressesVincent van Gogh, 1889The Metropolitan Museum of ArtRedrawn in 21,059 dots

Originals on one PC.
Work from anywhere.

Each account has one host PC that holds the originals and runs the AI and workflows. Other PCs link to it with a code and carry on in the same project.

  • Link with a code

    Link another PC with a QR code (10 minutes, single use) and a matching confirmation number.

  • Even when the host is off

    Copies of documents you opened stay viewable while the host PC is off.

  • Your PC on your phone

    Scan the QR with the phone app to see and control the PC screen, with no sign-in on the phone.

Host PC settings
The Great Wave off Kanagawa, redrawn in dots
The Great Wave off KanagawaKatsushika Hokusai, c. 1831The Metropolitan Museum of ArtRedrawn in 18,180 dots

The tools you reach for
are already inside

From drawing to screen sharing, use them in the app without installing anything else.

Using Playground
  • Diagrams

    A draw.io canvas that saves itself. The AI in the side chat draws on it directly.

  • Browser

    A browser inside the app. Talk to AI about the page you're on and save the page as md. In the AI tab, watch the AI's screen and step in.

  • Image generation and editing

    Make and change pictures from words. The server copy is deleted after 72 hours.

  • Screen share and file transfer

    Show your screen or send files with a key. File transfer needs no sign-in, and files don't pass through the server.

  • Monitoring

    For each chat turn and workflow run, see how many AI calls and tokens it took, as a board, a Gantt chart or a flow.

  • Market

    Pick features to install. A feature can only do what it declares, and removing it keeps your documents.

Rain, Steam and Speed, redrawn in dots
Rain, Steam and SpeedJ. M. W. Turner, 1844The National Gallery, LondonRedrawn in 19,847 dots

Models change.
Your files stay.

The search index and chat history are by-products, rebuilt if deleted. The source is always the files in your project folder.

  • Files are the source

    Notes, diagrams and imported documents are all files in the project folder.

  • You can undo

    Every write except an AI call can be undone. The index is rebuilt; the originals stay as files.

  • Data here, intelligence online

    Files, search and reading work offline. Only AI answers need a connection.

  • Keys stay on this device

    Your account token is stored only on this computer and never reaches the interface.

  • No team posts on the server

    Team posts, files and screens travel between devices. The server handles accounts, order and signals.

Getting started

The gradient comes from paintings

The paintings on this site and in the app are twelve public-domain masterpieces, each redrawn in 15,000 to 29,000 dots. Press or rub one and energy flows from dot to dot until it hits a colour edge and fades. The gradient inside each dot points where the energy is going.

The same pieces hang on the app's new-chat screen and the phone's home. Press a painting to open it large and try it.

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, redrawn in dots
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte (detail)Georges Seurat, 1884–1886The Art Institute of ChicagoRedrawn in 17,726 dots

Questions

More answers are in the Docs under “Troubleshooting”.

Is it free?

The app is free to download. AI, image generation, screen sharing and file transfer have weekly limits per account, refilled every Monday at 0:00 KST. You can see your usage on the account page.

Does it work offline?

Opening, searching and editing files work offline. AI answers, images and teams need a connection and sign-in.

Where are my files kept?

In the project folder on your computer. Team posts and files also stay on the author's device; the server only handles order and addresses.

Which computers does it run on?

Macs with Apple Silicon (macOS) and 64-bit Windows.

What does the first launch download?

Three components: a converter (ffmpeg), a browser engine (Chromium) and a diagram editor (draw.io). The app opens once they're ready.

How do I sign in?

Sign in with your Google account from the app. Sign-in happens in your system browser, and the account token is stored only on that PC.

My Mac won't open the app.

Builds aren't signed yet, so the first launch needs “Open Anyway”. The install guide walks through it.

How do updates work?

Check for a new version in Settings, install it and restart. Nothing changes until you press the button.

Troubleshooting

Get Gradient

Download the app for macOS or Windows for free. Sign in to your account in the app to use AI answers.

Install guide
Clearing After Rain on Mount Inwang, redrawn in dots
Clearing After Rain on Mount InwangJeong Seon, 1751National Museum of KoreaRedrawn in 15,453 dots