Studios

Studios

Somnia is a set of studios in one app. Switch with the studio pill in the header. The AI panel on the side works in every studio.

Status of each studio is Stable or Pre-release as shown in the release notes of the version you run. When in doubt, check Releases.

Studio	Works on	Technical docs
Code	HTML, CSS, JS, TS and other text files; design, split and code views; live preview	Live preview, Modes, Components
Documents	Word-style documents	Documents rail
Sheets	Spreadsheets	Schema forms, Sheets shell
Slides	Presentations	Slides packages, Slides shell
Sound	Audio	Sound, Sound shell
Video	Timeline, trim, titles, export	Video, Video shell
Design	Artboards, SVG	Design QA, Design shell
Vector	Paths, shapes, layers, pen tool	Vector studio, Vector tools
Photos	Non-destructive raster editing	Photos panels, Photos rail
Vibe Space	Autonomous agents with review and a board	Vibe Space concept, Vibe Space UI, Policy
3D	Models, scenes, materials, rigs, glTF (In development, int/beta5)	3D concept, .som3d format
Animation	Motion graphics, keyframes, masks, GIF/APNG/WebM export (In development, int/beta5)	Animation concept
Interface	Screens, components, prototypes, handoff (In development, int/beta5)	Interface concept

Concepts shared by all studios

• Smart open. Opening a file routes it to the matching studio, or asks. Smart open.
• Modes. Studios can offer Design, Split and Code views. Modes.
• Blank start. Every studio can start blank. Blank documents are in memory until saved. Blank projects.
• Shell. Menus, rails, panels and the header are described per studio as data. Studio shell.
• Commands. Every action is a command with an id. UI commands.
• Versions (git). Git contract.
• Collaboration. Live collaboration.

Boundaries

What each studio is not. Taken from the release-checked wiki baseline of 2026-10-13.

Workspace	Main workflow	Important boundary
Code	HTML/CSS and text/code files; Design, Split, Code	Visual editing is not a universal JSX/TSX renderer
Documents	DOCX pages and supported text editing	Arbitrary Word layout/formatting fidelity is not guaranteed; save a copy
Sheets	XLSX cell/formula workflow	Not a claim of complete Excel compatibility
Slides	PPTX preview and supported text-run editing	Not a general slide-layout, notes or rich-text editor
Sound	Audio waveform, selection, processing and WAV copy export	Not a multitrack recording/mixer session
Video	Clip timeline, trim/split/reorder, supported titles/transitions and export	Codec support is platform-dependent; export is a rendered video, not a saved edit list
Design	Artboard and layer workspace (.somdesign)	Separate from the SVG/Vector document model
Vector	SVG shapes, paths, nodes and supported SVG/PNG export	Import/export is bounded, not arbitrary SVG feature preservation
Photos	Raster editing and experimental JPEG/PNG development	RAW development and durable Lightroom-style sidecars are not established
Vibespace (alpha)	Consent-gated local agent work	Computer use is preparation only, unavailable in the checked alpha

Opening and blank documents

File intake validates content as well as extensions. Manual studio selection can take precedence over automatic routing. Unsupported content should report a limitation rather than silently claim a conversion.

Blank creation adds a uniquely named tab; it does not overwrite a file or replace the project. Code starts with an empty page, office studios with minimal documents, Sound with a silent buffer, and Video with an empty edit list. Export/save before closing. Native dialogs, codecs and worker/WASM behavior need target-desktop verification.

Modes

Use the View menu for Code's Design/Split/Code surfaces. Markdown uses Preview/Split/Source. The documented mode memory is per document and studio for the session. It does not change file contents, undo history or AI approval.