Single executable
One binary per OS. Install, attach a mailbox, run. The whole stack — runtime, harness, agent loop — ships as one file you can audit.
$ coentia --version
coentia 0.9.2 (x86_64 · cpu-only)
// local-first agent infrastructure — valence, fr
Local agents.
On the machines you already own.
Coentia is agent infrastructure that automates the hundreds of small daily decisions that slow a company down. It runs on existing PCs, servers, and single-board computers. No GPU cluster. No cloud inference API. Data stays on the machine.
$ curl -fsSL https://coentia.com/get.sh | sh
resolving runtime .......... cpu-only · single binary
platform ................... linux / x86_64
coentia 0.9.2 .............. installed · 14 MB
$ coentia init --mailbox ops@acme.example
[ ok ] harness loaded ...... small-language-model profile
[ ok ] smtp bridge ......... attached to existing mailbox
[ ok ] agent queue ......... online · 0 calls to cloud
$ coentia run --daemon
watching for decisions… (Ctrl+C to detach)
1binary · three OSes
0GPUs required
0bytes to cloud
smtpnative transport
cpuonly runtime
§ 01
Runtime
A single executable for Linux, Windows, and macOS: a CPU-only inference runtime and a tight harness built for small language models. No Python environment, no container, no cloud SDK.
CPU-first inference
Quantized small language models scheduled on ordinary cores. The same executable targets a laptop, a rack server, or a single-board computer.
runtime=cpu · quant=q4 · gpu=none
Mail-native
SMTP is the primary channel for human-to-agent and agent-to-agent communication. Decisions travel as ordinary mail over infrastructure you already run.
agent-02 → agent-04 :: approve(INV-4821)
§ 02
Topology
Agents coordinate as peers over the mail transport a company already runs — no mesh to build, no broker to host, no new ports to open.
§ 03
Deployment modes
Run it as a long-lived terminal process attached to your existing mailbox, or attached to a dedicated mailbox. Early deployments are configured with Coentia support — you do not assemble the stack alone.
| mode | target | channel | built for |
|---|---|---|---|
| terminal process | your workstation | existing mailbox | mail handling assistance |
| dedicated mailbox | any machine | isolated agent identity | separation from human mail |
| always-on daemon | pc / server | long-lived build · extra protocols on request | company-level processes |
| single-board | arm/riscv sbc | low-power edge node | agriculture and industrial processes |
Always-on builds — including extra protocols or hardware — are prepared on request.
§ 04
Side projects
Self-hosted IPv6 DNS and SMTP, plus model certification and distribution.
dns server
in spec
Agent naming & discovery
Specialized IPv6 DNS server — standard name service and geographic naming (geohash-based).
smtp server
in spec
Agent message transport
Specialized IPv6 SMTP server — standard SMTP service and semantic routing.
coentia/linux
in spec · open
Minimal distribution
A minimal Linux distribution purpose-built for agent nodes, DNS/SMTP servers, and model certification and distribution.
§ 05
Contact
Tell us how you would run Coentia. Early customers work with support on the initial configuration.
§ 06
About
Olivier Goudron. Independent engineer, based in Valence, France.
Programming since the 1980s. Systems and networks from the mid-1990s. Long-standing delivery work as an independent contractor: pharmaceutical production constraints and audits, nationwide dealer networks and custom Linux appliances, multi-country office IT.
In 2024, a return to programming, this time through local AI: on-device inference, harnesses, fine-tuning. In 2026, Coentia: agents that keep company decisions on the machines that already belong to the company.
1980s
First lines of code.
mid-1990s
Systems & networks — Windows NT, NetWare, early Linux.
1998 →
Independent delivery: pharma audits, dealer networks, custom Linux appliances, multi-country office IT.
2024
Return to programming through local AI — on-device inference, harnesses, fine-tuning.
2026
Coentia. Decisions stay on the company's own machines.