klad

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klad is a 2D painting and animation application built for collaborative use between a human artist and a coding agent. The project centers on the idea that the agent does not generate flat images,...

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Weekly Recap — Oct 30, 2026 – Nov 6, 2026Nov 6, 2026

The hero of klad.studio: a terminal beside the klad editor. An agent paints a sprout creature stroke by stroke through the klad command line; in the editor its leaves are recoloured, its mouth bent into a smile, a smudge moved and its blush blended; then the agent puts its parts in groups, keys them, and the creature walks while the editor's timeline plays

A night scene: a hooded traveller holds a lantern on a pole out to a ruined stone arch, a small sprout creature following

Twelve game props: a chest, a crate, a barrel, a torch, a potion, a key, a shield, a signpost, rope, a bedroll, mushrooms and a waystone

Features

pen-based painting
agent command-line painting
shared live drawing updates
layers and masks
timeline with onion skins and clips
in-between generation
bones with IK
stroke editing and JSON ops
PNG and sprite sheet export
Godot export

Details

Last Updated: Nov 11, 2026
Created: Nov 4, 2026
Install Methods: binarysource
Requirements: Rustjustpkg-configlibfreetype-devlibfontconfig1-devlibxkbcommon-devlibwayland-dev
Authentication: local
API: REST
Backup & Export: file-backupnative-export
Privacy & Independence: Cloud: OptionalOffline Capable
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