aesel

Where it sits

Aesel is the part of Aesthetic Computer you talk to. It holds the conversation and the files; an engine does the writing; Aesthetic Computer runs and keeps what you make.

1. youa prompt“a starfield that warps when I press”
2. aeselthe harnessterminal · Mac · Windows · browserasks an engine: AC hosted, Claude, Codex or OpenRouter
3. your filea piece.mjs .lisp .p5 .l5every save is a version on your machine
4. liveyour phonescan the QR; each save plays as it landsand in Slab’s preview beside the terminal
5. aesthetic.computer@handle/namepublished on every save, signed inpost anything else to mime.ac

A session

1. Pick a start. A blank Aesthetic Computer piece, or a nopaint.art brush.
2. Describe it. Plain words. The engine writes the code and reads the canvas back to check its work.
3. Watch it. A QR code opens the piece on any phone, and every save arrives there live.
4. Keep it. Signed in, each save publishes to aesthetic.computer/@you/name. /versions lists them; /rollback adds, never erases.

Four runtimes

Pick with /runtime or --runtime. All four push live and publish to your @handle.

function paint({ wipe }) {
  wipe("pink");
}
export { paint };

(wipe "pink")
(ink "yellow")
(circle 128 128 64)

function setup() {
  createCanvas(windowWidth, windowHeight);
}
function draw() {
  background(255, 184, 220);
}

-- moss
function draw()
  background(255, 184, 220)
  circle(width / 2, height / 2, 64)
end

What it makes

Pieces are the heart of it. /medium turns the same conversation toward other kinds of work.

Anything up to 8 MiB can go to mime.ac under your @handle: aesthetic mime file "caption".

Engines

Switch any time with /backend and /model. Outside a piece, Aesel is a general harness that runs with your own settings, skills and MCP servers.