01 · Three displays
Home
A wide development surface with dedicated reference and communication space.
Product overview · macOS first
Your workspace, ready for what you're doing.
Orvial is being built to describe an intended workspace once, adapt it across the desks where you work, and verify the real result.
Saved coordinates remember a desk that may no longer exist.
A MacBook moves between a home desk, an office ultrawide, and a laptop-only setup.
Physical coordinates, display identities, and available space change. The logical relationship between development, research, communication, and planning work does not.
Orvial’s intended model keeps the logical Scene intact and resolves it against the current Environment.
01 · One Scene, three desks
How does one Scene work across different displays?
The same intent, resolved against whatever hardware is actually present.
02 · Ultrawide + laptop
Office
The same work reorganised around the displays that are actually present.
03 · Laptop only
Mobile
A compact fallback that preserves the Scene’s priorities and relationships.
02 · Desired state, and what could not be proved
What will Orvial actually look like?
Interface design belongs to a later phase. What is settled is the information model: the workspace you asked for, the outcome that was reached, and an honest account of anything in between.
Verification · 8 targets3 changed · 2 satisfied · 1 fallback applied · 1 unconfirmed · 1 unresolved
PrimaryChanged
ReferenceChanged
NotesSatisfied
ResearchChanged
PlanFallback applied
CommsUnconfirmed
QueueUnresolved
TeamSatisfied
03 · Three words do the work
What are Scenes, Environments and Gravity?
Scene
The workspace as it should be.
A named logical desired state containing the applications, resources, windows, relationships, and policies that belong together.
Environment
The desk that exists now.
A physical or conceptual setup such as Home, Office, or Mobile, including display topology, semantic roles, and capabilities.
Verification
Evidence of the outcome.
A fresh comparison between intended properties and the observed result, not an assumption based on an API returning success.
04 · One contract for every action
How does Orvial decide what to change?
Gravity, Scenes, shortcuts, and future interfaces are intended to converge through one deterministic pipeline.
01
Observe
Read the current displays, applications, windows, and evidence.
02
Resolve
Adapt the logical Scene to the Environment that actually exists.
03
Plan
Calculate the smallest deterministic delta to the desired state.
04
Safety
Refuse unsafe or insufficiently supported actions before execution.
05
Execute
Apply only the actions in the bounded, attributable plan.
06
Verify
Re-observe the real result and report what is confirmed.
05 · Availability
Which platforms will Orvial support?
- macOS
- First release
- Apple silicon · macOS 26+
- Windows
- Planned later
- No release date has been announced.
- Linux
- Not currently planned
- The current product roadmap is focused elsewhere.
Current status
Engineering foundations. Not a public release.
Orvial is currently focused on proving that the underlying macOS engine can observe, plan, act, and verify reliably. There is no download or launch date yet.
06 · Plain answers
Common questions about Orvial
Can I download Orvial today?
Not yet. Orvial is in an engineering and reliability phase, and the site follows the build rather than presenting unfinished work as a released product. There is no download and no announced release date.
Do I need multiple monitors to use Orvial?
No. People with more than one display setup are likely to feel the value first, because that is where a saved layout breaks down — but a Scene is about recurring working states, not about how many screens you own.
Is Orvial only for developers?
No. The question that matters is whether you return to the same working states, not what your job title is. Research, presenting, reviewing documents and finance work all have the same shape.
Does Orvial use AI to control my Mac?
The core does not depend on AI. It is deterministic: a plan is calculated, checked for safety, applied and then verified. Any future AI feature interprets what you asked for and still goes through that same pipeline — it does not get a private route to your desktop.
Does Orvial manage macOS Spaces?
Not as a launch feature.
Does Orvial keep rearranging my desktop after I activate a Scene?
Not by default. Once a Scene has converged, normal control returns to you. Any future continuous enforcement would be something you opt into deliberately.
Is there a free version of Orvial?
The current direction is a full-feature trial rather than a permanently limited free edition. Pricing has not been announced.
Is Orvial a subscription?
The intention is that the local deterministic core is owned, not rented — it should not stop working when a subscription ends. Any future cloud services would be priced separately. None of this is final.
Follow the build
See where Orvial goes next.
Occasional product and engineering notes. No launch theatre.