General Announcements & Updates
This quarters highlight was the public release of Radicle Desktop. We’ve also managed to crystalize the identity and technical foundations of Radicle Garden, the spiritual successor of RSN.
Team Changes
- Daniel Kalman has left the team. We’re grateful for his many contributions to this team and Radicle and wish him all the best in his next chapter.
- Tom Nash has joined us and is taking an important role in developing the Radicle Garden frontend. We’re excited to welcome him to the ecosystem!
Radicle Desktop
- We launched the first version of Radicle Desktop in April under radworks.garden, initially to a small group of early users.
- Based on community feedback, we’ve steadily improved the experience with:
- UI and onboarding enhancements
- Built-in source browsing
- Notification improvements
- Context-aware CLI guidance or explorer links where needed
- Packaging across Mac, Linux (AppImage, Debian, Nix, Arch), and Windows (WSL2)
- Bundled Radicle tooling depending on the plattform
- Fuzzy search for repositories, issues, and patches
- The app is now fully integrated into radicle.xyz/desktop.
- We started more public communications in the form of blog posts and conference talks.
Radicle Garden
- Focused on product discovery and early-stage validation
- Built and tested prototypes with early users
- Developed and demoed a “nodes-as-a-service” infrastructure prototype
Quarterly Progress Highlights
Our primary focus this quarter was the public launch of Radicle Desktop, which we accompanied with talks and community events in Berlin. These efforts led to a ~40% spike in weekly active nodes, stabilizing at a sustained 10% increase.
While we had hoped to be further along in pricing research for Radicle Garden, some of that work depends on the upcoming release. We’ve outlined key assumptions and will begin validation soon.
Timeline & Budget
We remain on track and have used approximately half of our yearly budget.
Upcoming: Radicle Garden Launch
We’ve finalized the scope for the first public release of Radicle Garden and all hands on deck developing that version.
Initial Feature Set
- Managed Node: An always-on peer that replicates you or your team’s work
- Private Repositories: Seamless collaboration on private codebases using Radicle
- Public Profile: Showcase your projects and contributions
- CI Access: Plug-and-play CI integrations via a broker/adapter model
Planned Follow-ups
- Drive-by Contributions: Let anyone contribute to your repos without needing the full toolchain
- Artifact Hosting: Easily distribute build outputs and releases
If you are interested in trying out Radicle Garden, please reach out to @Johannes on zulip.