# Nekko Labs

> Nekko Labs is a Japan-based AI and software consulting firm. We deliver senior AI leadership, custom software, and open-source projects from Tokyo to clients worldwide.

Nekko Labs ("NekkoLabs", "Neko Labs") operates across three pillars: consulting engagements for enterprises, open-source contributions and community building, and our own products and apps. We are a small, senior dev shop doing project work only, not haken (派遣) staffing.

## Pages

- [Home](https://nekkolabs.com/): overview of Nekko Labs, covering consulting, open source, and apps.
- [Consulting](https://nekkolabs.com/consulting): AI and software consulting services, the engagement process, and how to hire us.
- [Pricing](https://nekkolabs.com/pricing): engagement tiers and transparent rates for consulting and retainers.
- [Our Team](https://nekkolabs.com/our-team): founder Philip Ermish and the Nekko Labs engineering team.
- [Careers](https://nekkolabs.com/careers): open roles, culture, and benefits for software and AI engineers.
- [Community](https://nekkolabs.com/community): community projects, dev tools, and mentorship initiatives. (`/open-source` redirects here.)
- [Apps](https://nekkolabs.com/apps): products and apps built by Nekko Labs.

## Our products

Each has its own site and its own `llms.txt`:

- [Kotrain](https://kotrain.com/): open-source, local-first AI chat, cowork, and coding in one window, with first-class local model support.
- [Hypergate](https://hypergate.app/): local-first runtime and manager for MCP servers, aggregating every server behind one gateway endpoint.
- [Lightwrite](https://lightwrite.app/): AI-first, local-first notetaking over plain files you own, with a bundled CLI and MCP server.
- [Vaizer](https://vaizer.app/): agent observability, a skills visualizer, a public skills catalog, and a prompt workbench.
- [Getsu](https://getsu.app/): a calm, anti-streak monthly journal and goal tracker.
- [mynichi](https://mynichi.app/): Japanese learning for people who live in Japan, where your day is the curriculum.
- [nekkoAPFS](https://nekkoapfs.com/): a free, open-source Windows app for reading Apple's APFS filesystem, including FileVault volumes.
- [Nekko Dojo](https://dojo.nekkolabs.com/): articles, a guide for switching into software development, and a directory of real-world OSS projects to learn in.

## Elsewhere

- [GitHub](https://github.com/nekko-labs): our open-source work.