access · private beta

One invite per wave. No seat counts. No plans.

Smartopol is in a small private beta. Every admitted user gets a personal install link, a direct line to the founder, and a commitment: when the public launch happens, the beta you've been running keeps working, exactly as it did — no migration, no forced reset.

What this page is. A one-field form. A short honest explanation of what you are signing up for.

§ 01 · request invite

The form.

One field is required — your email. The other two are optional. If you write anything, a human will read it. That human is the person who also writes the code.

A reply arrives within 72 hours.

Your email is stored on the founder's machine. It is never added to a mailing list. It is used to send you one thing: an invite, if an invite is available.

§ 03 · how waves work

Fifty at a time.

A closed beta isn't a marketing gimmick — it's the only way a one-person engineering team can actually read every bug report, answer every question, and still ship. Here's the cadence.

wave 01
closed

Friends, early correspondents, and one handful of strangers. Roughly 40 people.

wave 02 · now
open

Self-hosters, developers running agents in production, people tired of SaaS.

wave 03
queued

Smaller teams and home-lab operators. Begins after wave 02 stabilises.

public launch
t.b.d.

When the beta is boring. Not when a calendar says so.

why it's small

Every invited user can reach the founder directly. That does not scale past a few hundred. When it stops working for the existing users, the next wave waits.

§ 04 · questions

The ones that actually get asked.

Will I really get a reply?

Yes. From a human. From a real inbox. Within 72 hours. If no invite is available yet, the reply says so honestly.

What do I need to run it?

A Linux or macOS machine with a couple of gigabytes of RAM free. An API key with at least one LLM provider, or a local model server. That's it.

Is it really free?

Yes. For anyone. Forever. The binary is free whether you run it on your laptop or across a team. The letter explains why.

Can I see the source?

Not publicly. Source access under NDA is case-by-case — typically security researchers and compliance teams evaluating Smartopol for adoption. Email me and tell me who you are. Everything that runs on your machine is inspectable; nothing is obfuscated.

What happens when the beta ends?

Your install keeps working. Your memory is not wiped. You are not migrated anywhere. You get update notifications; you choose when to update.

Can I get a refund?

There is nothing to refund. Nothing is sold.