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type: software
title: "Nika"
abstract: "Say it once. Keep it as a file. Nika turns the AI work you repeat into a readable workflow that stays yours: checked before it runs (schema, permits, cost floor), run with the model you choose, proven afterwards by a tamper-evident trace. Single Rust binary."
authors:
  - name: "SuperNovae Studio"
    city: "Paris"
    country: "FR"
    website: "https://nika.sh"
repository-code: "https://github.com/supernovae-st/nika"
url: "https://nika.sh"
license: AGPL-3.0-or-later
keywords:
  - workflow-engine
  - ai-agents
  - llm-orchestration
  - static-analysis
  - mcp
  - rust
references:
  - type: software
    title: "Nika language specification (nika-spec)"
    repository-code: "https://github.com/supernovae-st/nika-spec"
    license: Apache-2.0
    authors:
      - name: "SuperNovae Studio"