# Palash Debnath > Palash Debnath is a software engineer and product builder in India. He builds open-source tools for AI audio, media, boot media, and developer memory. Canonical website: https://palash.dev/ Author: https://palash.dev/#person GitHub: https://github.com/debpalash X: https://x.com/idebpalash RSS: https://palash.dev/rss.xml ## Start here - [Homepage](https://palash.dev/): profile, shipped work, and current focus - [Resume](https://palash.dev/resume/): agent-first resume with human/agent views - [Writing](https://palash.dev/blog/): engineering and product notes - [Experiments](https://palash.dev/lab/): small open-source prototypes - [Media](https://palash.dev/media/): product screenshots and visual references - [Contact](https://palash.dev/contact/): every channel and support option ## Projects ### VoiceStudio.sh [live] - Tagline: Make voices. Tell stories. Keep the files. - Description: Clone, design, dub, dictate, and build audiobooks in one open-source desktop studio. Local-first by default — no subscription, no usage meter; online services stay opt-in. - Built for: Creators, localization teams, and developers who need a serious voice workflow without renting every second of it from a hosted API. - Product thesis: Your Voice. Your Hardware. Your Studio. - Evidence: 646 languages; 16 + 11 TTS + ASR engines; 1 studio desktop app + API - Page: https://palash.dev/omnivoice/ - Website: https://voicestudio.sh - Source: https://github.com/debpalash/VoiceStudio - Stack: Python, Tauri, CUDA, Docker, MLX, Whisper - Keywords: VoiceStudio.sh, VoiceStudio, OmniVoice, AI voice cloning, AI dubbing software, voice generation studio, self-hosted ElevenLabs alternative, ElevenLabs vs VoiceStudio, Palash Debnath ### Bootable [alpha] - Tagline: Cross-platform boot media writer - Description: Write and verify ISO, IMG, RAW, and compressed images on USB or SD media. Available as a native desktop app and mouse-enabled TUI for Linux, Windows, and macOS. - Built for: Linux, Windows, and macOS users who create bootable USB or SD media. - Evidence: 3 platforms; 2 native interfaces; 1 privileged helper - Page: https://palash.dev/bootable/ - Website: https://bootable.palash.dev - Source: https://github.com/debpalash/bootable - Stack: Rust, GPUI, Ratatui, UEFI - Keywords: Bootable, bootable USB writer, cross-platform ISO writer, Rufus alternative, Etcher alternative, Windows installation media, Raspberry Pi image writer, Rust desktop app, Palash Debnath ### memxt [live] - Tagline: Local-first long-term memory for AI coding agents - Description: The fastest benchmarked open-source AI memory system — a single static binary that gives coding agents persistent, on-device memory across sessions. No cloud, no Python, nothing leaves your machine. - Built for: Developers who want coding agents to remember architecture, decisions, and working context across sessions without sending that memory to a cloud service. - Product thesis: Your Agent Can Forget the Chat. It Should Not Forget the Work. - Evidence: ~10 ms session wake-up; <1 ms warm vector search; 1 binary no Python or Docker - Page: https://palash.dev/memxt/ - Website: https://yupcha.github.io/memXT/ - Source: https://github.com/Yupcha/memXT - Stack: Zig, LLM, MCP, AI Memory - Keywords: memxt, memxt agent memory, AI agent memory, long-term memory for AI agents, MCP memory server, local-first AI memory, Palash Debnath ### Opal [live] - Tagline: Play everything — the evolved media player - Description: One media player for everything — files, sites, servers, and feeds. Say a title, a file, a magnet, or a vibe, and Opal finds and plays it a moment later. AI-powered discovery built for speed in Zig, running on macOS, Linux, and Windows. - Built for: People who want one fast, native place to find and play media instead of a browser full of services, players, feeds, and tabs. - Product thesis: The Next Decades of Entertainment Should Belong to Whoever Is Holding the Remote. - Evidence: 1 input titles, files, magnets, vibes; 3 OSes macOS, Linux, Windows; Zig native core - Page: https://palash.dev/opal/ - Website: https://opal.palash.dev - Source: https://github.com/debpalash/Opal - Stack: Zig, AI, Desktop - Keywords: Opal, Opal media player, AI media player, play everything media player, universal media player, Zig media player, Palash Debnath ## Experiments - [omnivoice-gallery](https://github.com/debpalash/omnivoice-gallery): Voice sample gallery companion for OmniVoice Studio. (Python) - [opal-plugins](https://github.com/debpalash/opal-plugins): Source endpoints powering Opal's plugin system. (JSON) - [sshbox](https://github.com/debpalash/sshbox): Sandboxed SSH environments, written in Go. (Go) - [zig-bypassdpi](https://github.com/debpalash/zig-bypassdpi): Cross-platform userspace DPI-bypass proxy in pure Zig — SNI ClientHello fragmentation, no driver or root. (Zig) ## Writing ### What Local-First Has to Explain *2026-08-28* — VoiceStudio, Opal, and Bootable keep different things under user control. Their useful trust boundaries are more specific than one label. Tags: engineering, privacy, open-source, programs URL: https://palash.dev/blog/local-first-trust-boundaries/ ### Opal: Play Everything *2026-07-08* — It's 11 PM and you just want to watch something. So why are there nine tabs open? Opal is my answer — one media player for the next decades of entertainment. Tags: opal, zig, media, programs URL: https://palash.dev/blog/opal-play-everything/ ### memxt: Your Agent Forgets. Mine Doesn't. *2026-07-08* — Local-first long-term memory for AI coding agents — one static binary, sub-millisecond semantic recall, nothing leaves your machine. Tags: memxt, zig, ai, agents URL: https://palash.dev/blog/memxt-agent-memory/ ### Why I Built an Open‑Source ElevenLabs *2026-07-08* — VoiceStudio.sh — voice cloning, design, dubbing and dictation as a local desktop app. 600+ languages, self-hosted, yours. Tags: omnivoice, ai, audio, open-source URL: https://palash.dev/blog/omnivoice-open-source-elevenlabs/ ### Building a Tech Company from Agartala *2026-07-07* — Two years of hiring posts, one bootcamp with no syllabus, and why I'm building AI products from a city that isn't on the startup map. Tags: startup, agartala, hiring, india URL: https://palash.dev/blog/building-from-agartala/ ### Some Will Call AGI a TechnoGod *2026-07-06* — Why every nation needs sovereign AI, what wars will actually be fought with, and why we ship Sarvam's indic models in production at Yupcha. Tags: ai, india, sovereign-ai, opinion URL: https://palash.dev/blog/sovereign-ai/ ### We Built an AI Interviewer. It's Not Here to Replace HR. *2026-07-05* — First-round interviews are a grind of repeated questions and manual notes. Here's what we built at Yupcha instead — and what building it taught us. Tags: ai, product, yupcha, hiring URL: https://palash.dev/blog/ai-interviewer/ ### Hello World — Welcome to My Corner of the Internet *2026-04-26* — First post on the new blog. A brief intro about who I am, what I build, and what to expect from this space. Tags: personal, meta, introductions URL: https://palash.dev/blog/hello-world/ ### On Shipping Fast Without Cutting Corners *2026-04-20* — Speed isn't the opposite of quality. Here's how I think about velocity, iteration, and knowing when good enough is good enough. Tags: engineering, velocity, product URL: https://palash.dev/blog/on-shipping-fast/ ### Building with AI — Lessons from the Trenches *2026-04-15* — Practical lessons from integrating AI into real products. Not the hype — the craft. Tags: ai, engineering, product URL: https://palash.dev/blog/building-with-ai/ ## About Engineer, product builder, and systems thinker building VoiceStudio.sh, Bootable, Opal, and memXT in the open. Also known as: debpalash (GitHub), idebpalash (X). Domain: palash.dev. Stack: TypeScript, Rust, Zig, Python, CUDA, SolidJS, Tailwind v4, Cloudflare Workers, Tauri Resume (ATS PDF): https://palash.dev/resume.pdf Resume (plain text): https://palash.dev/resume.txt Resume (LLM markdown): https://palash.dev/resume.llm.txt Resume (JSON): https://palash.dev/resume.json Contact: mailto:hi@palash.dev GitHub: https://github.com/debpalash X: https://x.com/idebpalash Humans: https://palash.dev/humans.txt --- Source: https://palash.dev