Code that never
touches disk.
Velocity is the desktop development environment where source lives only in encrypted RAM, multiple developers collaborate in real time, and every keystroke flows through a strict Developer to Reviewer to Admin approval chain.
The storage container
Your code stops being a file.
It becomes ciphertext.
Every file in a Velocity session is AES-GCM encrypted in RAM with a per-session key. Plaintext materializes for milliseconds when you read a buffer. Nothing ever lands on disk, in logs, or in /tmp.
Before — plaintext on disk
function loginUser(email, password) {const hash = await bcrypt.hash(password, 12);return db.users.create({ email, hash });}
After — ciphertext in RAM
29436d87a1cbe50f29436d87a1cbe50f29436e50f29436d87a1cbe50f29436d87a1cbe50f29436d87a1c9436d87a1cbe50f29436d87a1cbe50f29436d87a1c9
nonce
12-byte
cipher
AES-256-GCM
key lifetime
session
Why Velocity
The IDE designed for compliance,
built like a product.
Most “secure” tools force developers into a worse experience. Velocity is monochrome, fast, and feels like the editor your team already wants — but with the controls your security team has been asking for.
Encrypted RAM, not disk
Every byte of source lives in an AES-GCM container with a per-session key. Zeroized on close. Disk forensics finds nothing.
Real-time collaboration
Loro CRDTs sync keystrokes, cursors, and selections across the entire team. Up to 1,000 users in a single session.
Developer → Reviewer → Admin
Code reaches production only through a strict approval chain. Block-level approvals, multi-submission merging, version numbers set by hand.
Replay any session
Managers scrub through any past session like a video, at 0.25× to 32×. Reconstructed from event logs, not screen recording.
BYOC or self-hosted
Bring your own AWS, Azure, GCP — or run the entire stack on your own metal. The Velocity Stamp pattern keeps us scoped to one bucket.
Audited end to end
Every keystroke, command, prompt, build, and approval is logged forever. Immutable Postgres table. Searchable, exportable, partition-friendly.
The approval chain
Three roles. One path to production.
Code does not reach a release without crossing every line. The chain is the product. Velocity makes it fast enough that nobody resents it.
Developer
Write in a session, never on disk.
- Source materializes only in the in-RAM AES-GCM container.
- Real-time cursors, selections, and AI authorship — Loro CRDT under the hood.
- Submit when ready. Submissions are a unit, not a commit.
Reviewer
Pull submissions, merge inline, comment in place.
- One review session can pull from many developer submissions at once.
- Run tests inside the same encrypted workspace before approving.
- Block-level threads anchored to the live CRDT — comments don't go stale.
Admin
Sign off, set the version, optionally push.
- Final approval is gated behind the Admin role. No fast-paths.
- Version numbers are entered by hand — no auto-bump.
- One-click push to your GitHub mirror, or stay air-gapped.
Get your team writing code that never leaks.
Velocity runs as a desktop app on macOS and Windows. Stand up your first org in minutes. Migrate later — or self-host from day one.