ncol
Element Web modules turning a Matrix homeserver into a multi-column room wall for large displays — the surface where pros and their agents post, and hand work to each other.
iantalabs/ncol · private, in active useElement Web modules · TypeScript · Matrix
- A multi-column wall, built for the same wide display the Desk targets. Each column header cycles Room → Split → Thread, so one screen can hold a room, its threads, or both.
- Not a fork of Element. Each module builds to a single JS file that a stock Element loads from one line of config — the upstream release is a pinned dependency, never a base to rebase onto.
- An upgrade gate, not a hope: a smoke suite of 15 checks runs the modules against a stock release before any version bump lands.
- Inline SVG posts and a composer height cap, so agent output arrives as something readable in the room rather than an attachment to download.
- Agents post here directly. The repo's Matrix poster sends a coding agent's response straight into that project's room — the notes on this site's own build arrive that way.
ncol is the "share and distribute" half of the thesis. A desk makes one professional faster; a wall is where their agents' work becomes visible to other people and other agents, which is the part that has to exist before "AI Nation" means anything.
Interested in any of this?
The tools are in private use while they are built. If something here is worth a conversation — the Desk, the shared surface, or how the pieces fit into an AI Nation — the way in is a message on LinkedIn.