Lanternwright

Roadmap

Everything being built here, and how far along it is. The lists come from each product's own notes, so this page says the same thing the product pages do. Dates move; the order rarely does.

Last checked against the code on .

Out now

You can use these today.

  • Chapterglass Browser app, no account

    A map of your series that stops at the chapter each reader is on, published as files on your own site.

    Works now

    • Start a book from a title, a pen name and a chapter count, or your chapter titles
    • Click to place, drag or arrow-key to move, and draw routes, on every map
    • Each place has its own "appears in" and "named from" chapter, so it can read as "???"
    • Character journeys chapter by chapter: introductions, moves, title changes, exits

    and 16 more on its page

    Still to do

    • Finish publishing at a working address, not only at a zip on your computer
    • The first authors using it on their own books, and a trademark search on the name

    Checked

  • Weregild Self-hosted web app

    Split shared card and bank statements by swiping, then settle up.

    Works now

    • Statement import: PDF, OFX/QFX and any CSV, with the column mapper
    • The swipe deck, splits, flags, undo and merchant automations
    • Shared bills, settle-up math for any number of people, carryover
    • Export, restore and delete-all from Settings

    and 1 more on its page

    Still to do

    • A listing on a one-click host, so people who don't run Docker can use it
    • An importer for Splitwise's export, once its format can be checked against a real file

    Checked

In the queue

Built and tested, waiting on the things a person has to do: a name, a store account, a real machine to run on, or a lawyer's hour.

  • Netkeep Web app, works offline

    What each sale actually made, worked out from the reports you already download.

    Works now

    • eBay, Etsy, Poshmark and Mercari imports
    • Profit per sale after fees, labels and cost
    • The year-end package for a tax preparer
    • Backups, restore and delete everything

    and 3 more on its page

    Still to do

    • Check the importers against your own report downloads, since no two marketplaces format them quite the same
    • Set up the real key for Pro license codes
    • Get someone other than me to read the privacy and terms pages properly

    Checked

  • Caption Glass Windows app

    Live captions for everything a Windows PC plays, shown right on top of the game or call.

    Works now

    • The speech engine that runs on the PC
    • The caption bar and its styles
    • Caption history and the OBS source
    • License codes

    and 1 more on its page

    Still to do

    • Testing on real Windows PCs, and measuring it again there
    • Downloading the speech model from inside the app
    • The real key for Pro license codes

    Checked

  • Counter Web app, works offline

    One job offer in hand? Find out what to ask for, and whether it beats your current job.

    Works now

    • The calculator and the side-by-side comparison
    • The ask builder, the scripts and practice mode
    • The one-page summary and the outcome log
    • Backups, import and delete everything

    and 3 more on its page

    Still to do

    • Pick a final name
    • Decide where to publish it
    • A lawyer's read of the terms, which are written and still marked draft

    Checked

  • Kindstart Windows app

    Pick one thing, shrink it to a tiny first step, and get started.

    Works now

    • The app and the always-on-top pill
    • Global keys
    • License codes
    • An accessibility audit, done

    and 4 more on its page

    Still to do

    • Run it on real Windows PCs
    • A signed installer
    • Pick a local AI model to recommend

    Checked

  • Readglass Browser extension

    The reading aids that usually take a handful of extensions, in one calm toolbar.

    Works now

    • The free extension: reading mode, line focus, tints and read aloud
    • The Pro features, Pacer included
    • Ten presets, four of them built to numbers from published accessibility guidance
    • A pronunciation dictionary that arrives with entries in it, not empty

    and 3 more on its page

    Still to do

    • A final name
    • The real key for Pro license codes
    • Browser store accounts, and Chrome now wants a verified phone number and a public address

    Checked

  • Prop Press One HTML file, works offline

    Newspapers, letters, wanted posters and more for a tabletop game, ready to print.

    Works now

    • All ten props, in two styles each, including an envelope you cut out and fold
    • Print, PDF, PNG and the Foundry VTT export
    • Session packets: a whole night's props in one print job
    • Hidden words: a black bar, or a cipher, and the key stays yours

    and 7 more on its page

    Still to do

    • Export sizes for Owlbear Rodeo and Roll20
    • A Gaslight pack: police reports, telegrams, calling cards
    • Paste an Obsidian note and get a prop from it

    Checked

  • Pacing Companion Web app, works offline

    A pacing and symptom diary for people with post-exertional malaise, built to work on bad days.

    Works now

    • One-tap check-ins, usable on a bad day
    • Planning around an energy envelope
    • Patterns and the printable summary
    • Backups, CSV import and export

    and 2 more on its page

    Still to do

    • A final name
    • The real key for supporter codes
    • An address for free-code requests

    Checked

  • Shelfmend Command-line tool

    Fix your audiobook library without breaking it.

    Works now

    • A plan you can read before anything moves, and an undo after it does
    • Duplicate detection that explains itself
    • A practice library to try it on, with a guided tour through the whole loop
    • It never deletes, never writes audio tags and never guesses

    Still to do

    • A name of its own
    • A public repository and the PyPI package
    • One read-only run against a real library and a real Audiobookshelf server

    Checked

  • Vault Herald Obsidian plugin and command-line tool

    Publish your Obsidian world to Foundry VTT and a player wiki, minus the GM secrets.

    Works now

    • An Obsidian plugin: check, preview, publish, the report, the status bar and set audience
    • Publishing to Foundry, a wiki and PDFs from one vault
    • GM-only sections stripped before anything is written
    • A tripwire that stops the build on a phrase you named

    and 2 more on its page

    Still to do

    • A name of its own
    • A public repository, and the npm package behind `npx vault-herald demo`
    • The Obsidian directory submission

    Checked

  • Thingstead Self-hosted, with a web UI

    One searchable index of every coding-agent session, on every machine you own.

    Works now

    • Search, the tracker links and the roadmap
    • The digest and the multi-machine hub
    • A demo on made-up data, which is where these screenshots came from
    • Pro licenses that activate offline, checked against the studio's real signing key

    Still to do

    • Test it against real trackers, not just pretend ones
    • A name and trademark check
    • Somewhere to sell it, and a public repository

    Checked

  • Mimir Windows app

    Live D&D transcription that pulls the right card from an Obsidian vault as names come up. OneNote, Evernote and Notion are next.

    Works now

    • Live transcription at the table, on the GM's own machine
    • Cards from an Obsidian vault: NPCs, places, monsters, items and rules
    • It still finds the right card when a name is mispronounced
    • A guided tour that plays a whole session, so it can be watched without a table

    and 1 more on its page

    Still to do

    • A name of its own
    • A day on real Windows: the overlay, the hotkeys and the installer
    • A lawyer's read of the recording-consent wording

    Checked