Web, code, documents, PDF, notes, moodboard, media, 3D, search, local AI and everyday tools in the same workspace.
Local-first workspace with local AI
PANACHES, the workspace where your ideas take shape.
Bring together web, code, documents, notes, media and moodboards in one local-first desktop workspace. Amber AI stays local, private and optional: you only enable what genuinely helps your work.
Local workspace
Web, code, documents, notes, media and moodboards in one working space.Ambre AI
Summarize, explain, structure and work with your sources when you choose to activate it.Modules
PDF, EPUB, Office, Code, Moodboard, Whiteboard, Images, Audio, Video and 3D.Media
Creators, tools, methods and inspiration to support creative practices.The desktop app remains the workspace; the site serves as media and community.
Download the software, try it in the app, then choose the plan that fits your rhythm.
After payment, a license key is sent by email so you can activate PANACHES on your machines.
See Panaches in action
A quick look at the Panaches workspace: web, notes, documents, media, code, 3D and Ambre AI inside a local-first desktop app.
Why Panaches?
Fewer scattered tools. More ideas moving forward.
PANACHES brings your sources, documents, research, code and, if you want it, local AI together in one coherent space. Start with a simple need, then shape your workshop around your projects.
Create
Artists, writers, designers, content creators and visual profiles
PANACHES helps turn an idea, intuition or reference into a concrete form: text, image, document, moodboard, visual support or prototype.
Understand
Researchers, students, watchers, journalists, consultants and self-taught learners
Reading, annotating, summarizing, comparing and connecting sources becomes easier when documents, notes, web, PDFs, EPUBs and local AI stay in the same workshop.
Build
Developers, makers, AI engineers, game designers, trainers and independents
PANACHES brings together code, data, planning, documentation, supports and resources to move from an idea to a usable, shareable or teachable project.
Organize
Branching thinkers, researchers, writers, consultants, teachers and project teams
PANACHES helps keep ideas, sources, notes, files, media and decisions together, so context does not get scattered across too many tools.
Control
Independents, demanding creators, technical profiles, sensitive teams and local-first users
PANACHES puts control back at the center: working with your files, your data, your AI models and your environment without making the cloud mandatory.
Share
Trainers, teachers, writers, coaches, mediators and resource creators
PANACHES helps turn a method, research process or practice into a clear support: article, sheet, document, workflow, template or shareable resource.
Inside the app
Concrete modules to shape your workshop.
Each card points to a real use of PANACHES Desktop: reading, coding, writing, organizing, exploring, analyzing or creating.
Starting points
Start with what you want to create.
Visual creation, coding, reading, organizing, sharing knowledge: each path starts from a concrete use case and leads you to the right modules.
Create visually
Capture, organize and present inspirations, references, images and visual supports without switching workshop.
- Moodboard
- Whiteboard
- Images
- 3D
Code and prototype
Code, test, document and prototype while keeping notes, sources and technical decisions in the same place.
- Editor Code
- Codebook
- Amber AI
- Web
Read and learn
Read, annotate, synthesize and turn documents, books or web sources into useful notes.
- EPUB
- Search
- Amber AI
Organize and share
Structure methods, prepare deliverables, organize schedules and share clear resources.
- Document
- Spreadsheet
- Calendar
- Whiteboard
Search and explore
Search the web, read sources, organize bookmarks and capture useful information without leaving your workspace.
- Web
- Bookmarks
- History
- Amber AI
Write and connect ideas
Take notes, structure your thinking, connect concepts and build a local knowledge base.
- Notepad
- Markdown
- Knowledge
- Amber AI
Structure visually
Turn a rough idea into a diagram, mind map, visual flow, user journey or presentation support.
- Whiteboard
- Diagrams
- Templates
- Export
Read and organize media
Open, listen to, watch, classify and prepare audio or video files inside the same workspace.
- Audio
- Video
- Playlists
- Media
From first launch to real work
Install, explore, produce, then share.
Discover
Read the media, explore modules and understand the local-first approach.
Install
Download PANACHES Desktop, open the home screen and start the included trial.
Produce
Work with real modules: code, PDF, Moodboard, Web, media, notes and 3D.
Share
Turn practices into resources, articles, prompts and community workflows.
Features
A workspace organized around real uses.
Think with private AI
Amber AI and local AI
Amber AI helps write, summarize, code, document and retrieve information without a forced cloud path.
ExploreBuild without breaking flow
Creation and development
Code, terminal, Markdown, Codebook, Git and AI assistance in the same workspace.
ExploreTurn ideas into knowledge
Writing and knowledge
Word, Notepad, Markdown, PDF, EPUB, graphs and search to structure what you learn.
ExploreSee links between inspirations
Visual studio
Moodboard, Whiteboard, images, media and 3D to explore, organize and present.
ExploreExplore without losing context
Web, curation and research
Chromium browser, bookmarks, speed dial, clean reading and hybrid search.
ExploreMedia
Ideas, methods and resources to feed your practice.
ecriture
Article
From prompt to novel: why writers need project memory
A chatbot can help write a scene. But a novel, a series, or a long-form fictional universe requires much more: characters, places, timeline, narrative promises, versions, coherence, and a living memory of the project.
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Analyse
Can AI-written text really be detected?
AI text detectors promise to distinguish human writing from machine-generated text. But between false positives, hybrid writing, rewrites, and unfair suspicion, the real question is no longer only detection: it is documenting the writing process.
Read
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Analyse
AI and authors: creative assistance or cultural extraction?
AI can help authors write, structure, and revise. But it also raises an explosive question: which works were used to train the models, who should be compensated, and how can the human part of a text be proven?
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