ArdaArdaPlayer runtime
Single Go binary, WebKit surface, full-screen kiosk operation on x86-64 Debian systems, restarting cleanly after power loss.
Working
What works.
What doesn't.
Yet.
Plenty of platforms describe features that exist only in a slide deck. This page is the corrective: three lists, plainly labelled, so you can tell what you'd actually be building on today.
Working — running on deployed hardware
In progress — actively being built
Planned — designed, not started
01 / Working todayRunning on
Running on
real devices.
These aren't demos. They are in production on deployed hardware, which is why the rest of the platform is being built the way it is.
Encrypted packaging
Signed, AES-GCM encrypted .arda bundles verified and decrypted at load, with device binding.
Working
Control channel
Persistent outbound WebSocket with backoff reconnect, heartbeat, presence tracking and command routing.
Working
Encrypted local store
Hardware-bound key/value database plus a durable outbound queue with at-least-once delivery and server acknowledgement.
Working
Sync profiles
Versioned pull profiles with delta gating, plus binary asset delivery cached to disk for offline operation.
Working
Remote console
Console capture, live JavaScript evaluation, DOM read, single screenshots and change-triggered screen streaming.
Working
Reverse shell tunnel
Operator-initiated, token-authorised SSH to a device behind NAT, multiplexed over its existing outbound socket.
Working
Device telemetry
Distribution, kernel, architecture, CPU, memory, disk, GPU, network interfaces and classified USB inventory on every connect.
Working
Updates
Hash-verified package staging and signature-verified runtime binary replacement with atomic swap, rollback copy and re-exec.
Working
ArdaLive for VS Code
Live HTML preview for the authoring loop — DOM-patched in place, so scroll position, focus and JS state survive every edit. A separate free extension, not part of the platform, and useful whether or not you ever ship a device.
Marketplace ↗Published
02 / In progressBeing built
Being built
right now.
Designed, partly implemented, and moving. These are what early access exists to get feedback on.
| Item | State | What's left |
|---|---|---|
| Public portal | In progress | Account sign-up, fleet views, release management and the operator surface. The internal control panel works; the public one is being built on top of it. |
| arda CLI | In progress | Command surface is drafted and the device-side half is done. Finalising names, flags and the auth flow alongside the portal. |
| Printer APIs | In progress | USB thermal printing works today. Generalising discovery, adding standard Linux print paths and real status reporting — paper-out and offline detection need per-printer protocol queries. |
| GPIO APIs | In progress | API shape settled. Raspberry Pi support first, then wider board coverage, PWM and interrupt-driven watches. |
| Camera & QR | In progress | Capture and code scanning under active development. Multi-camera selection after that. |
| Wi-Fi management | In progress | Status and interface reporting work. Scan, join and secure credential storage are being added. |
| ARM64 builds | In progress | Runtime builds for ARM64 and Raspberry Pi, with the peripheral matrix tested per board. |
| API documentation | In progress | Reference pages are published and will firm up as each API group locks down. |
03 / PlannedDesigned,
Designed,
not started.
On the list, thought through, not yet written. Ordering here is genuinely influenced by what early access users ask for.
USB installer image
Debian-based whole-device provisioning with device profiles, so bare hardware becomes a registered appliance in one boot.
Planned
Device simulator
Run and debug an ArdaForm application on your workstation against a simulated device, including fake printers and GPIO.
Planned
Local face matching
On-device detection, enrolment and matching for attendance and identity confirmation, with templates that never leave the hardware.
Planned
Audio APIs
Prompts, chimes, volume and output selection for queue displays and accessibility.
Planned
Peripheral modules
Optional drop-in modules for scales, payment terminals, NFC readers and label printers.
Planned
Fleet alerting
Rules over telemetry — device offline, disk filling, printer down, queue backing up — routed to email, webhook or chat.
Planned
Team accounts
Multiple operators per fleet with roles, scoped tokens and an audit trail of who did what to which device.
Planned
Self-hosted control plane
Run the control plane inside your own infrastructure for customers whose procurement rules require it.
Planned
!
No dates
You'll notice there are none. ArdaForm is being built by a small team alongside real deployments, and a date we'd have to walk back is worth less than a list you can trust. Anything marked Working you can hold us to today.
Tell us what
you need first.
The ordering of the planned list is not fixed. If your product is blocked on one specific thing, say so — it moves.