Nullframe (the Moda team, YC F26) shipped Voyager, a local desktop agent harness that drives creative apps through their own scripting APIs, ships free Design/Video/DAW engines, and works with your own Claude/Codex sign-in or API keys. The launch post passed 1.48M impressions.

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  • ✓Launch post: ~1.48M impressions, 3,074 bookmarks, 2,457 likes on X
  • ✓Drives Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, Blender, Unity and Ableton Live; skills also cover Cinema 4D, Houdini, Remotion, Manim
  • ✓~40 built-in skills, MCP server support, and reuse of skills installed for Claude Code / Codex / Cursor
  • ✓Free app with BYO agent/keys; paid plans from $19/mo, generation billed at provider cost with no markup
  • ✓Apple Silicon + macOS 15 required; Windows 11 / Linux in alpha; desktop v0.1.84 shipped Oct 8
Voyager launches: a desktop agent harness that drives Blender, DaVinci Resolve, After Effects and Ableton — 'the Codex for creative work'
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Voyager 官网
voyager.so/
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Voyager FAQ（支持软件、控制方式、模型与计费）
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Voyager 定价
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Y Combinator 公司页（Fall 2026）
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In-Depth Technical Analysis

Voyager, from Nullframe (the Moda team, YC Fall 2026), is a local desktop agent harness for creative work rather than code. Per the official FAQ it controls apps through their own scripting — Photoshop scripting, a local Premiere bridge, After Effects/Illustrator scripts and the DaVinci Resolve API — falling back to window control only within macOS permissions you grant, so projects stay as normal editable files. It ships free, watermark-free Voyager Design, Video and DAW engines, ~40 skills, MCP support, and picks up skills you installed for Claude Code, Codex or Cursor. You can connect your own Claude or Codex sign-in or API keys (fal, Gemini, ElevenLabs, Higgsfield) at no cost; paid plans start at $19/month and generation is billed at provider cost (1 credit = 1¢). No standardized benchmarks have been published. The official FAQ says the app itself is proprietary, despite 'open harness' branding. Requires Apple Silicon and macOS 15; Windows 11 and Linux builds are alpha; desktop v0.1.84 shipped Oct 8, 2026.

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