Colony is an ecosystem of small, focused desktop utilities built with Rust.
Instead of one monolithic tool that does everything poorly, Colony offers a curated set of apps —
each designed to do one thing exceptionally well, with native performance and beautiful, themeable interfaces.
One app, one purpose — each Colony tool solves a single problem with clarity and precision.
No feature bloat, no hidden complexity.
Native performance matters — everything is built in Rust.
Startup is instant, memory usage is minimal, and your CPU stays cool.
Beauty is not optional — every app ships with multiple color themes
(Catppuccin, Gruvbox, Everblush, Kanagawa…) and adapts to your system's dark mode.
Tools should look as good as they work.
Cross-platform by default — Colony targets Windows and Linux from day one.
The same binary, the same experience.
| Layer | Technology |
|---|---|
| Language | Rust |
| GUI frameworks | Iced, Tauri |
| Data | SQLite (via rusqlite) |
| GPU backends | NVML (NVIDIA), sysfs (AMD/Intel) |
| Platforms | Windows, Linux |
| Build system | Cargo workspaces |
Colony is in early development. Here's what's ahead:
◇ First public releases of Digger and orCAL
◇ Unified Colony launcher / app hub
◇ Expanding the catalog with new utilities
◇ Community-contributed apps and themes
Colony and its ecosystem support 50 languages with zero-cost static string tables
compiled directly into each binary. Font selection adapts automatically
to the active language — no runtime overhead, no external files.
Colony apps share a common theming system with 11 color themes across 4 families:
| 🐱 Catppuccin Latte · Frappé · Macchiato · Mocha |
🪵 Gruvbox Light · Dark |
🌿 Everblush Dark |
🌊 Kanagawa Wave · Dragon · Lotus · Light |
Each theme is combinable with 8 accent colors. Dark mode is detected automatically.
Colony is open to contributions!
Whether it's bug fixes, new utilities, theme additions, or translations — all help is welcome.
Each app lives in its own repository under the Project-Colony organization.
Pick one, open an issue or submit a PR.
Colony and its applications are released under the MIT License.
For more details, see the LICENSE file in each repository.
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