Software studio

BlackshieldCompany

Steel. Code. The shield holds.

We build software, game mods, and developer tools on paid commission — scoped clearly, built carefully, and delivered as code you can keep running.

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Blackshield Company shield: a red cross on a black shield with a steel rim

Capabilities

What we build

Three disciplines, one standard. Every commission gets the same care whether it ships to customers, players, or other developers.

Software

Applications and services built around the job they need to do — designed for real use and for the people who will maintain them after launch.

  • Desktop, web, and backend
  • Internal tools and automation
  • Rebuilds and modernization

Game Mods

Mods and extensions that respect the game they live in — carefully integrated and kept tidy for updates.

  • Gameplay and content mods
  • Tooling for mod authors
  • Compatibility and upkeep

Dev Tools

Utilities that take friction out of building software — command-line tools, libraries, integrations, and workflow glue made to be dependable.

  • CLIs and libraries
  • Build and release tooling
  • Editor and pipeline integrations

Open source

Projects

Software and developer tools from the Blackshield Company GitHub organization.

AI & dev tools

  • openshield

    The harness that learns. The agent that decides. Open-source AI coding harness in Rust.

  • openshield-desktop

    OpenShield Desktop — GUI companion for the OpenShield AI harness. Sessions, streaming chat, tool approvals, swarm monitor. Tauri 2 + SvelteKit 2. Part of the Blackshield Company.

  • openshield-mobile

    OpenShield Pocket — Android port of OpenShield Desktop. Pair to openshield serve over LAN: chat, approvals, swarm from your phone. com.openshield.pocket.

  • openshield-extension

    Firefox + Chrome remote for OpenShield: send pages and selections into a session, watch status, approve tool calls.

  • agentbench

    Open-source, self-hostable benchmark runner for AI coding agents. Pluggable harnesses, TUI + web dashboard. Rust.

  • sentryclaw

    Self-hosted AI code review bot. No cloud, no API keys. Rust + Axum + local LLMs.

  • neonrecall

    Neon-lit RAG service: pgvector + hybrid search, cited answers, FastAPI, CLI and MCP

  • bounty-mcp

    MCP server that searches paid bounties on GitHub and Opire

  • wireclaw

    Local HTTP proxy for API traffic capture, replay, and inspection. Rust CLI + TUI.

  • tapeworm

    TUI log file analyzer with real-time tail, grep, aggregation, histograms, and anomaly detection. Rust.

  • trackerclaw

    Privacy-first time tracker — local, no cloud, no accounts. TUI + web dashboard.

  • splice

    Minimalist Git alternative for binary assets. Content-addressable storage, delta compression, lazy checkout. C.

  • skyrim-mod-manager

    Native Linux mod manager for Skyrim SE/AE under Proton: conflict-first, hardlink deploy, plugin checks

Games & engines

  • chronos-engine

    A genre-agnostic ECS game engine in Rust. Zero dependencies (core). Deterministic by design.

  • voidengine

    Game engine with hot-reload and data-driven design. Odin + SDL2.

  • voidengine-level-editor

    Visual tilemap and entity level editor for VoidEngine (Odin + SDL2)

  • void-mercs-demo

    Free playable demo of Void Mercs, built on VoidEngine.

  • rift

    Cross-engine game asset pipeline manager — Rust CLI + Rails 8 dashboard

  • blackshield-knight-sprite

    The Blackshield Knight — procedural sprite atlas. Black heater shield, crimson plume, zero retreat. 9 states × 6 frames, generator included.

Themes & desktop

  • omarchy-blackshield-theme

    Blackshield: a Black Steel theme for Omarchy 4 in near-black steel with a crimson edge

  • omarchy-steel-and-ember-theme

    Steel & Ember: a dark forged-steel theme for Omarchy 4

  • omarchy-blackshield

    Blackshield theme and ultrawide kit for Omarchy Linux

  • glyphsmith-themes

    Glyphsmith: tested Omarchy 4 themes, with a one-line picker

  • palette-forge

    One Omarchy colors.toml in, matching themes for ten apps out

  • ricecard

    Turn a desktop screenshot and an Omarchy theme into ready-to-post showcase images

  • livewall

    Live/animated wallpapers for Omarchy and Hyprland: battery- and fullscreen-aware, theme-matched scenes.

  • cachyos-blackshield

    CachyOS Blackshield theme pack — KDE Plasma livery, terminals, nvim colorscheme, boot splash, wallpapers. Black steel, blood cross, bone glyphs.

  • blackshield-icon-pack

    Full-coverage Android icon pack — dark steel tiles, bone glyphs, one blood accent. 48k components / 13.7k apps / 20 launchers.

  • blackshield-clock-widget

    Gothic medieval clock widget for Android — blackletter time, blood-red divide. Part of the Blackshield theme family.

Audio

  • kicks

    Kicks Guitar Workstation — open-source guitar & bass tone shaping with native DSP. Rust + Tauri 2 + React.

  • Open-Amp

    Cross-platform guitar amplifier and effects processor with real-time DSP processing - Linux, Android, iOS

Security & evidence tools

  • shieldwall

    Paste your setup, get a hardening checklist. Open-source security audit tool by Blackshield Company.

  • ghostbin

    AI-assisted reverse engineering suite. Rust + Capstone + goblin + optional local LLM analysis. Fully offline.

  • scamshield

    Offline scam pattern detector protecting elderly users and families

  • beacon

    Interactive cybercrime evidence-preservation and reporting guide for victims

  • custody

    Tamper-evident chain-of-custody log for digital evidence

  • exifguard

    Batch forensic EXIF verifier for evidence photos

  • timeline

    Evidence timeline builder for investigators and defense attorneys

  • docket

    Local-first case file organizer for public defenders

  • blotter

    Normalizer and explorer for public crime/incident data

View all on GitHub

Skyrim SE/AE

Mods

Mods for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition. Source and notes for each live on GitHub.

  • blackshield-company

    Skyrim SE/AE mod: join a mercenary company, take radiant contracts, rise from Recruit to Commander. Built from code with Mutagen.

  • blackshield-codex

    Skyrim SE integration plugin: links Blackshield Company, Bounties of Oblivion, Contract Hunter, Steel Oath and Ember Smithing. ESL, no SKSE.

  • Contract Hunter

    contract-hunter

    Solo bounty hunting for Skyrim SE. Named outlaws, Notice/Wanted/Dread tiers, deadlines, notoriety, per-hold standing. Base game only, ESL, no SKSE. Early beta.

  • Daedric Ledger: Bounties of Oblivion

    bounties-of-oblivion

    Radiant Daedric Prince tasks with favor, rivalries, blessings and gifts for Skyrim SE. Base game only, ESL, no SKSE. Early beta.

  • Steel Oath

    steel-oath

    Warrior's oaths for Skyrim SE. Detectable vows, growing blessings, oathbreaker penalties. Base game only, ESL, no SKSE. Early beta.

  • Ember Smithing

    ember-smithing

    Heat-tempering tiers for vanilla weapons and engraved vanilla armor for Skyrim SE. Base game only, ESL, no scripts, no SKSE. Early beta.

  • sellsword-roster

    Skyrim SE: a rotating roster of named sellswords with traits and daily wages, hired through the vanilla follower system. ESL, no SKSE.

  • company-quartermaster

    Skyrim SE: hireable quartermaster - supplies, bulk junk sales, follower refits and stashes. Blackshield collection.

  • roadwarden

    Skyrim SE: rare, level-scaled road encounters (ambush, merchant in trouble, deserters, wounded courier). Script-driven, ESL, no SKSE.

  • scarred-steel

    Skyrim SE: weapon and armor wear with grindstone and workbench repair. No SKSE. Blackshield collection.

  • war-banners

    Skyrim SE: craftable war standards that rally you and your followers when planted. Vanilla banner meshes, ESL, no SKSE.

  • the-gray-mane-debt

    Skyrim SE quest: Eorlund Gray-Mane's stolen Skyforge pattern and an old debt. Unvoiced dialogue, three endings, ESL, no SKSE.

  • The Ledger of Ash

    the-ledger-of-ash

    Skyrim SE/AE quest mod (ESL, no SKSE, Skyrim.esm only). Early beta.

  • Oathbreaker's Price

    oathbreakers-price

    Skyrim SE/AE quest mod (ESL, no SKSE, Skyrim.esm only). Early beta.

  • The Turncoat Contract

    the-turncoat-contract

    Skyrim SE/AE quest mod (ESL, no SKSE, Skyrim.esm only). Early beta.

  • Champion's Reforge

    champions-reforge

    Skyrim SE/AE quest mod (ESL, no SKSE, Skyrim.esm only). Early beta.

  • The Barrow-Iron Pact

    barrow-iron-pact

    Skyrim SE/AE quest mod (ESL, no SKSE, Skyrim.esm only). Early beta.

View all on GitHub

Principles

How we work

The values we hold to on every job, large or small.

  • Built to last

    We favour sound structure over shortcuts, so the work keeps standing after handover.

  • Clear scope

    We agree on what is being built, and what isn't, before work begins. No surprises.

  • Maintained code

    Readable, documented, and organized so that you — or anyone you choose — can keep it going.

  • Straight talk

    Honest updates, plain language, and early warning if something changes.

Commissions

Work with us

We take paid commissions for software, game mods, and dev tools. Here's how a project moves from first message to finished work.

  1. Reach out

    Tell us what you need, the problem behind it, and any constraints you're working with.

  2. Scope

    We work through the details together and agree on deliverables, timeline, and terms in writing.

  3. Build

    We do the work, keep you updated along the way, and check in when decisions need your call.

  4. Deliver

    You receive the finished work as agreed in scope.

Have a project in mind? Send a short description and we'll reply to talk through scope.

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About

The company

Founder

synthalorian

synthalorian founded Blackshield Company to build software, game mods, and developer tools.

Founder on GitHubgithub.com/synthalorian
Founder on X@thesynthalorian

Open source

Find us

Public code lives on GitHub. Updates go out on X.

GitHubgithub.com/Blackshield-Company
X@BlackshieldCo

Contact

Get in touch

Reach us by email.

New projects

Commissions, questions, and general inquiries.

Existing clients

Support for work we've already delivered.