INDEX
[ 003 ] ARTIFACT2025
KOBRA OS / OS · TERMINAL · SHADER
TERMINAL OS
[ 01 ] // TAGLINE
An operating system that refuses to be a desktop.
[ 02 ] // BRIEF
Kobra OS is a command-first OS for power users who are tired of rearranging windows. We designed the shell, the typography, the cursor, and the shader-based visual effects — everything you see after the boot screen.
The entire OS is controllable from a single, omnipresent terminal. Graphical elements surface only when they genuinely beat text — and when they do, they are rendered by a shared GLSL layer, not a widget toolkit.
[ 03 ] // SPEC
- ROLEDESIGN DIRECTION · SHELL & TYPEFACE
- DURATION16 WEEKS
- STACKRUST · WGPU · CUSTOM GLSL
- TEAM04 OPERATORS
- STATUSBETA · 2025
SIGNATURE COLOR#ffffff
[ 04 ] // CAPTURESHERO FRAMECAPTURE.SCANDI.RAWRGBDETAIL · UICAPTURE.SCANDI.RAWMONOMOTION STUDYCAPTURE.SCANDI.RAWRGB
KOBRA OS · 2025
KOBR
TYPE / SPECIMEN·HELVETICA NEUE · 900·-0.05em
kobra.scandi.local · /controlLIVE ▪
STATE
FLOW
AGENTS
AUDIT
SIGNAL / LAST 48H
Δ +18.4%READY ▪
SCANDI/SHELL v1.0cpu 12% · mem 208mb · lat 8ms
UNIFORMSACTIVE
- uDistort0.28
- uFreq1.10
- uAccent#FFFFFF
- uFresnelPow2.40
FRAME · 00240
FRAG
MENT.
SHADER PASSCAPTURE.SCANDI.RAWMONOMENT.
CHOREO · 04 FRAMES24fps · 1.6s
000ms
040ms
080ms
120ms
INEASE · [0.76, 0, 0.24, 1]OUT
INSTALL / KOBRA OS HQ · COPENHAGEN
INSTALLCAPTURE.SCANDI.RAWMONO[ 05 ] // OUTCOME
- R01
Sub-16ms shell interaction latency on reference hardware.
- R02
Custom monospace typeface with 7 weights shipped as Kobra Mono.
- R03
12k beta signups in the first week of the announcement video.