Several projects at once
All my projects live in the same window, each with its own board. I switch from one to another without losing track, and several jobs move forward at the same time.
The open-source tool from Haiko Studio
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What you see above is not a picture: it is the real Beluga interface, with made-up projects and made-up cards. Switch projects, move a card, or click “New task”: an agent is born with the card, discusses your need, writes the card — and you can start it.
What Beluga gives me
Beluga does more than get an AI to write code. It brings together everything around it that real projects need, from a client’s first message to a website that stays online.
Tasks that run on the server
Once launched, a task runs on the server, not on my computer. I can close the laptop, head to a meeting and follow the work from my phone.
Every change tracked and archived
Each card keeps its plan, its report and its checks. The changelog writes itself, day after day, in plain words.
Code versions managed for every project
Every project has its repository, and every task its own copy of the code. I always know what changed, and I can roll back.
Project management and notes
Cards, columns, start dates, notes and project memory: what I know and what I decided stays in one place, for me and for the agents.
A vault for every key
Passwords, keys and server access live in a shared vault. Agents find what they need on their own, without anyone typing it in again.
Messaging with my clients
Each client has their own space: they drop requests and files there, follow progress on a simple board, and everything is said in the same place.
Tailor-made backups
The websites I manage are backed up automatically, with a recipe fitted to each one. That lets me offer the service to my clients.
Website monitoring
Beluga keeps checking that every website responds. If one goes down, the alert reaches my phone, and an agent can take over the outage to analyse and fix it.
The six columns
Every request becomes a card that moves from column to column, from request to archive. At a glance, I know where each job stands.
Request
The card is born here with its conversation. The need, configuration and understanding are refined without touching code; a start can also be scheduled.
Plan
The complete plan is written and reviewed here. The card stays at this stage until you approve it and start the work.
Work
A full agent has its own branch and project copy. It reads, edits, tests and ticks off its task list; if it asks a question, work time stops until you answer.
Report
The agent has returned its work and checks. You read a plain report with machine time, senior hours and estimated cost before choosing what happens next.
To deploy
Approved cards form the next batch. Deployment can stay manual or be automated per project; production remains a separate, tracked stage.
Archived
Deployed work leaves the active flow without disappearing. Reports, branches, costs and history remain available, while the production version is shown at the top of the column.
What it changed for me
AI models are the same for everyone. What changed for me is everything Beluga put around them. The result: less admin to carry, and more projects delivered.
Several agents work at once, each on its own card. My job has become deciding and reviewing, not doing everything by hand.
I run more projects side by side
The work runs on the server. A commute or a wait is enough to launch a task, answer an agent or approve a report.
I work from anywhere
Every change has its card, its report and its line in the changelog. Finding a decision or explaining a change to a client takes seconds.
I always know what happened
Nothing goes live without my go-ahead. Deployment and production release remain separate, tracked steps.
I stay in control of releases
They drop their requests in their space and see where things stand. Fewer reminders, fewer lost messages.
My clients are in the loop
Automatic backups and constant monitoring: I hear about an outage before the client does, and I can restore what is needed.
My websites are better protected
9services brought together in one tool for everyone
0computers to leave on: everything runs on the server
3AI engines behind the same interface: Claude, Codex, Cursor
5interface languages
My story
Beluga was not born from a product plan, but from an overloaded studio. I built it for myself, and that is still my first reason to keep improving it.
An independent studio, in the canton of Vaud
Haiko is an independent studio based in the canton of Vaud. Training platforms, client websites, in-house tools: dozens of projects live side by side, each with its server, its access and its emergencies.
The AI wrote the code, I did everything else
Tracking every job, finding a key, answering clients, checking backups, noticing a website was down: all of that was still on me. And work stopped the moment I left the office.
One tool for everyone
I put what I was missing into Beluga: tasks that run on the server, automatic change tracking, a vault, a client space, backups and monitoring. Going live remains a human decision.
All my work runs on it
Every Haiko project goes through Beluga, every day, at the office and on the move. I opened it to everyone: it is open source, installable on your own server, and it grows as I use it.
Haiko — independent studio, canton of Vaud
The changelog
Beluga moves fast: this selection groups changes that actually alter how the product is used, without burying them under internal work.
- A project can now span several repositories, each with its own settings, tracking and grouped release
- A deployment’s progress is visible at a glance, and the project list is lighter on phones
- Sending a video or file in the conversation now shows its upload progress
- Claude accounts are now used in order, spreading the load instead of draining the first one
- Each agent step — question, memory, tool — now appears in its own illustrated box, easier to read than a wall of text
- The in-depth plan becomes the default setting for a new card
Support the project
A donation to keep Beluga going
Beluga is built at Haiko, an independent Swiss studio. A donation in Swiss francs helps fund the time spent on it.
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