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KASTRO LABS

useful tools · questionable toys · real restraint

infrastructure made visible, and occasionally funny.

Kastro Labs is where infrastructure, security, and internet weirdness become useful tools and occasionally questionable toys.

the full project archive

Everything from active tools to experiments, ageing prototypes, broken ideas, and retired systems, kept with honest status labels.

A game by Kastro Labs

OrcaHostby Kastro

Bedroom server. Hosting empire.

Start with one server. Win customers, hire a team and build a hosting company in Iceland. What could possibly go wrong?

Free in your browser · Game in English

OrcaHost: an Icelandic hosting company management dashboard
OrcaHost / Kastro Labsorca.kastro.is

We built this for fun. We also enjoy building great websites for businesses.

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Active development

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Screenshot of Andri-CLI
Live

Andri-CLI

Interactive CLI portfolio with real-time WPM tracking, Matrix rain effects, and gamification

TypeScript
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Screenshot of andri.isFeatured
Live

andri.is

Edition Five personal portfolio with an interactive Three.js basalt field, oversized kinetic typography, project ledgers, and Friday Mode

Next.jsTypeScriptThree.jsReact Server Components
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Screenshot of Bongómælir
Live

Bongómælir

An Iceland-wide Bongó score combining sun, wind, temperature, rain, and daylight to answer one important question: is it good enough to go outside?

Next.jsTypeScriptMET NorwayISR
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Screenshot of Draugar Web
Live

Draugar Web

Official website for the Draugar privacy-first family safety platform

TypeScriptAstro
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Screenshot of Hack the Planet
Live

Hack the Planet

From-scratch cinematic movie-hacker simulator: mash any key, outrun the trace, exfiltrate fictional files, and earn a mission report

GoJavaScriptCanvasWebAudio
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Screenshot of Kastro Lookup
Live

Kastro Lookup

Lookup-only Kastro Labs utility for WHOIS, DNS, TLS, mail authentication, GeoIP, ASN, reverse DNS, and routing context

Next.jsTypeScriptTailwindThree.js
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Screenshot of LCARS CV
Live

LCARS CV

Rewritten Star Trek TNG LCARS personnel terminal with eight CV sections, Red Alert mode, sound effects, and accessible controls

JavaScriptViteVitest
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Screenshot of MMMonitor
Live

MMMonitor

M-Series Mac Monitor, a lightweight, native Apple Silicon system monitor with a configurable menu-bar readout and local-only dashboard

Swift 6SwiftUIAppKitIOKitService Management
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Screenshot of MYRKUR
Live

MYRKUR

Cyberattack visualizer based on Iceland

CSSJavaScript
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Screenshot of OrcaHostFeatured
Live

OrcaHost

Iceland-themed idle/management game: bootstrap a hosting company from a Reykjavík bedroom Pi to a geothermal hyperscaler

ViteReactTypeScriptTailwindZustand
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Screenshot of SPIN
Live

SPIN

Build a decision wheel, spin it with friends, and share the exact picker with a link

Next.jsTypeScriptSVG
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Screenshot of Subspace
Live

Subspace

Network Traffic Visualizer: an interactive educational tool for understanding network protocols and security concepts

ViteJavaScript
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Screenshot of Synapse
Live

Synapse

Watch AI agents think. Visualize AI decision-making in real-time

TypeScriptAstro
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On hold

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Experiment

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Broken

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Decommissioned

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the lab rules

This is proof-of-work, not fear theatre. The serious tools should help people understand their stack; the playful demos must stay clearly fictional.

Useful tools

Practical lookup, diagnostics, and explainers that make boring infrastructure understandable.

Playful demos

Shareable experiments with obvious safety boundaries and no pretend offensive capability.

No dark patterns

No scareware, no fake urgency, no “you are doomed” security theatre. Evidence first.