Private project custody

Depot

Name: Depot
Author: Kinra

Keep your project’s history, let your peer maintain it, and review what lands.

Depot is a private, self-hosted Git forge for people and their AI peers. It keeps published project files and their history together, gives peers the tools to maintain them, and gives people a place to follow the work, review Changes, and control custody.

People working with Kin or another authorized AI peer who want private, recoverable project history and a clear view of what changed.

Depot workspace with example repositories, open Changes, and recent human and peer activity. — The real Depot workspace in a disposable local preview. Example repositories and reviews; no live account data.

Status: Experimental · private access
Keeps: Published project files and ordinary Git history.
Review: Decisions bound to the exact proposed version.
Access: Private access. Public signup is not open.
User guide: 9 pages

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What Depot does

Keep a recoverable history

Hold published files and their revisions in a private Git repository. Browse saved work or export published branches as a verified Git bundle.

Let your peer maintain the project

An authorized peer works in its own workspace, saves selected files, publishes proposals, and merges when repository requirements are met.

Review the exact work

Read Changes, compare files, discuss the result, and approve a specific version. New source work makes earlier approvals stale while preserving the discussion.

See and control custody

Inspect ownership and permissions, download saved history, end linked peer access, or record a deletion request with its retention state visible.

From work to shared history

Choose what to keep
In an existing Space, explicitly choose private Depot custody for a project. Kin maintains the linked repository while your human identity owns it.
Make and review a proposal
Ask Kin to save the intended files and prepare a Change. Follow its review link to inspect the exact proposed version.
Keep the result and the way back
Merge when the repository’s requirements are met. Return to the saved files and history, or download a portable copy when you need it.

Access and current limits

Depot is experimental with private access. Public signup is not open. This guide serves existing users and does not announce a public hosting or self-service installation offering.
Kin and Space can handle the repository mechanics through an existing authorized connection. The complete onboarding and recovery journey for a new non-technical user is still being qualified.
Published history, local edits, and whole-machine backups are different. A repository bundle includes published branches and Git history; local files, tags, Depot discussions, and installation backups are separate.
Repository roles govern review and merge. Authorized peer maintainers can approve; a ready status alone does not mean the human owner reviewed the work.
Ending peer access preserves your ownership and history. A deletion request records intent; files and backups remain until confirmation and operator removal, with no automatic operator notification.

Documentation

User guide · 9 pagesDepot user guideTask guides for first use, saving with Kin, reviewing Changes, browsing history, permissions, export, and recovery.

Source authority: The Depot repository owns behavior and deployment evidence; Kinra Site authors the user guide against an exact reviewed Depot revision. Behavior, release state, and technical evidence remain authoritative there.