AI Desk Meter: Building a Local-First Runtime Dashboard Toward MuseMeter

I’m building AI Desk Meter , an open-source local-first runtime dashboard for AI status, runtime state, and companion-style desktop visibility.

The project is also the open-source foundation leading toward MuseMeter , a future second-brain / Neural Synth / AI buddy product.

The core idea is simple:

local runtime state → JSON source of truth → dashboard sync → native/app/hardware display

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AI Desk Meter is meant to stay lightweight, inspectable, and useful without requiring a server.

What AI Desk Meter is

AI Desk Meter is a local-first dashboard project that displays runtime state from a JSON-backed source of truth.

It is designed as a visible companion surface for an AI/runtime system, showing state in a way that can eventually connect to:

local AI agents

runtime monitors

desktop companion apps

small hardware displays

Raspberry Pi / ESP32 style companion builds

native app…