Open-Source Repositories
The Nephele Workshop desktop app is closed-source commercial software, but everything at the edges of the product that can run on its own — along with the core security implementations tied to "what artists can audit" — is published under the MIT License.
The 4 repositories below are everything currently public. The code lives on GitHub, the license sits in each repo root, and you can read all of it without logging in.
nephele-core-audit
The auditable subset of the desktop app — the full implementation of everything that "touches the safety of an artist's work": digital timestamping, AI-credential detection, rights-enforcement evidence, encryption, signing, and more.
Why it's open — This code determines whether your timestamping certificate holds up in court and whether your AI-credential detection is actually doing its job. These have to be independently verifiable by any artist, lawyer, or peer who can read code.
→ github.com/CreatorAris/nephele-core-audit · MIT
nephele-aura
The complete source of the mobile companion (Expo / React Native). Your phone connects to the desktop app to browse your Eagle library, watch the Agent's execution progress, and use the Agent assistant to drive the desktop app through your work.
Why it's open — The mobile app is an independent product. Making all of its code readable means the WebSocket relay protocol, the authentication flow, and the data movement are all laid out in the open — no black box.
→ github.com/CreatorAris/nephele-aura · MIT
nephele-wisp
The complete source of the browser extension. A Chrome / Edge extension that sends web content and assets into the desktop app with one click, keeping your logged-in session inside your own browser.
Why it's open — Wisp runs directly on the artist social platforms and creator dashboards where you're logged in, so its code has to be something you can read and audit yourself. We don't upload any cookies, but you shouldn't have to take that on promise alone — you should be able to verify it yourself.
→ github.com/CreatorAris/nephele-wisp · MIT
nephele-verify (verify.arisfusion.com)
The frontend source of the standalone .nep evidence-package verifier. It's pure frontend, requires no Nephele Workshop install, runs offline, and lets anyone on any device verify the integrity, timestamp, and signature chain of a .nep file.
Why it's open — The verifier is the last mile that makes timestamped evidence count. If the verifier is a black box, the entire timestamping chain falls apart. Open-source frontend + offline-capable = you, your lawyer, and a judge can all verify your work's evidence in an environment with no internet connection.
→ github.com/CreatorAris/nephele-verify · MIT
Why the desktop app isn't fully open-source
The Nephele Workshop desktop app itself is closed-source commercial software — it contains the core business logic, the UI implementation, Agent orchestration, the Eagle integration, the billing pipeline, and more. These aren't open-sourced because they're the heart of a commercial product, not because there's anything to hide.
What's already open: everything "an artist needs to be able to audit."
What's not open: everything "an artist doesn't need to audit, but that would get freeloaded if it were open."
This boundary isn't marketing spin, it's an engineering decision — every referenced code snippet you see at /docs/security/audit comes from the nephele-core-audit repository.
License details
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