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The history of CoLateral, from a single engineer's tool shelf to an agentic desktop workspace: every era of the canvas, the interface and the product.

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## [CoLateral goes desktop with Tauri, July to August 2026](/blog/colateral-goes-desktop-with-tauri)

How CoLateral became a desktop app: the Tauri shell, the website split on 2026-07-26, a closed beta and releases 1.0.1 to 1.0.9 for Windows, macOS and Linux.

Oct 8, 2026 - 7 min read

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## [How CoLateral began: September 2025 to June 2026](/blog/colateral-origins-2025-2026)

How CoLateral began: a first commit on 2025-09-29, a gap, then from 2026-05-08 a dashboard of tools, a public website and the first AI runtime.

Oct 8, 2026 - 6 min read

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## [What CoLateral looked like, from 2025 to today](/blog/colateral-visual-history)

See what CoLateral looked like from 2025 to today: real captures of the Project Canvas and website at July, August, September and October 2026 commits.

Oct 8, 2026 - 8 min read

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## [From tool dashboard to Project Canvas, June to July 2026](/blog/from-tool-dashboard-to-project-canvas)

How CoLateral went from a tool dashboard to the Project Canvas on 2026-06-29, then added Agent Cards and Terminal Cards for Claude Code and Codex on 2026-07-02.

Oct 8, 2026 - 7 min read

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## [From tool shelf to agentic workspace, Aug to Oct 2026](/blog/from-tool-shelf-to-agentic-workspace)

How CoLateral became an agentic workspace: the filmstrip of card arrays on 2026-08-12, the Command Centre and chief of staff, more agents, packs and a store.

Oct 8, 2026 - 8 min read

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## [The history of CoLateral, 2025 to October 2026](/blog/history-of-colateral)

The history of CoLateral from its first commit on 2025-09-29 to October 2026: tool dashboard, Project Canvas, Tauri desktop app and agentic workspace.

Oct 8, 2026 - 13 min read

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