Aether

Artificial Ecology for Thought and Emergent Reasoning

npx --yes aether-colony@latest

aether-colony is the low-friction npm bootstrap for Aether. It is not a second runtime. It downloads the matching published Go aether binary for your platform, installs it into a stable local directory, and then hands off to the real CLI.

The npm package version intentionally matches the published Go release version. There is one public Aether version, not one version for npm and another for the runtime.

What is Aether?

If Claude Code, OpenCode, and Codex are the workers, Aether is the colony.

Aether is a Go runtime plus companion-file system for AI software delivery. It orchestrates planning, build, verification, recovery, and update workflows across the supported platforms so the system stays aligned instead of drifting into disconnected agent sessions.

Aether is right for you if

• You want the easiest first install path
• You want the published Go runtime, not a separate Node runtime
• You want one install path that can hand off to the real aether CLI immediately
• You want the npm package version and the Aether release version to stay identical

What happens on first run

1. The wrapper resolves the matching Aether release for your platform.
2. It downloads and verifies the release archive from GitHub Releases.
3. It installs the binary locally.
4. It runs aether install so the hub and companion files are populated.

Quick start

npx --yes aether-colony@latest

Hand off to the real CLI

npx --yes aether-colony@latest -- status
npx --yes aether-colony@latest -- update --force --download-binary
npx --yes aether-colony@latest -- init "Build feature X"

Important distinction

• aether-colony is the bootstrap and discovery path.
• The real runtime is the Go aether binary.
• After the first install, users should normally run aether ... directly.
• [email protected] is expected to bootstrap Aether 1.0.19.

Source and docs

• GitHub: https://github.com/calcosmic/Aether
• Install guide: https://github.com/calcosmic/Aether#-install
• Release notes: https://github.com/calcosmic/Aether/releases