Fleet — Overview¶
The Naftiko Fleet is the product platform that delivers Spec-Driven Integration end-to-end. It is composed of six focused components — the Shipyard documentation hub, the Ikanos engine, the Polychro linter, the Crafter capability builder, the Warden governance layer, and the Skipper orchestrator — and is available in three editions: Community, Standard, and Enterprise.
Every edition has every component
The three editions do not differ by which components they include — every edition ships every component. What changes is the set of premium features layered on top of Shipyard, Crafter, Warden, and Skipper as you move from Community to Standard to Enterprise.
Ikanos and Polychro are fully open-source — they are identical in every edition, with no premium features and no commercial add-ons. Apache 2.0, forever.
Two separate licenses, side by side
- The Naftiko Fleet — Community edition is distributed under a Freeware (Closed Source) EULA — free of charge for personal or internal business use. See the EULA on GitHub.
- Ikanos and Polychro are released as fully Apache 2.0 open-source projects in their own repositories. You can use them standalone — outside of the Fleet — under Apache 2.0 terms.
- Standard and Enterprise premium features are dual-licensed under the Naftiko Commercial License.
Components¶
Each component has a focused role in the Spec-Driven Integration workflow. With the Alpha 3 release, all six components are now available — Crafter, Warden, and Skipper join Shipyard, Ikanos, and Polychro as shipping software.
| Component | Tagline | Status | Docs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shipyard | Documentation hub for the Fleet — soon a hosted Playground and AI-assisted search | Live | shipyard |
| Ikanos | The capability engine — runs a Naftiko spec as a multi-protocol server (100% OSS) | v1.0.0-alpha3 | ikanos |
| Polychro | The deterministic AI-era linter for YAML, JSON, and Markdown (100% OSS) | v1.0.0-alpha3 | polychro |
| Crafter | Capability builder — local-first today, hosted web UI in Standard | v1.0.0-alpha3 | crafter |
| Warden | Capability governance and policy enforcement | v1.0.0-alpha3 | warden |
| Skipper | Fleet-wide orchestration across teams, regions, and compliance domains | v1.0.0-alpha3 | skipper |
How the components compose:
Discover ──► Author ──► Lint ──► Run ──► Govern ──► Orchestrate
│ │ │ │ │ │
Shipyard Crafter Polychro Ikanos Warden Skipper
│ │ │ │ │ │
(docs & (UI & (CI & (engine (policy (fleet-wide
search) spec local runtime) enforcement) routing &
editor) valid.) placement)
- All six components are independently usable as of Alpha 3.
- Shipyard is where you learn about all of them — and soon, where you try them in a hosted Playground.
- Crafter generates specs that Ikanos runs and Polychro validates.
- Warden sits between Crafter and Ikanos in regulated environments, enforcing policy before specs are deployed.
- Skipper coordinates many Ikanos processes across many clusters.
Editions¶
| Edition | Audience | Hosting | License | What you get on top of every component |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community | Open-source developers, individuals, OSS projects | Self-hosted | Freeware EULA (closed source) + Apache 2.0 for Ikanos & Polychro | Every component, no premium add-ons — free for personal and internal business use |
| Standard | Teams and small organizations | Self-hosted or cloud | Freeware EULA + Apache 2.0 + Naftiko Commercial License | Team-grade features for Shipyard, Crafter, Warden, Skipper |
| Enterprise | Regulated enterprises | Self-hosted, air-gapped, or managed | Freeware EULA + Apache 2.0 + Naftiko Commercial License | Governance + scale for Shipyard, Crafter, Warden, Skipper |
See Fleet → Editions for the full comparison, the per-component premium-feature matrix, and detailed Community / Standard / Enterprise pages.
Fleet vs fleet
Capitalised Fleet always refers to the Naftiko Fleet — the product platform. Lowercase fleet refers to a group of capabilities running together at runtime (also called a ship cluster). Skipper orchestrates the latter on behalf of the former.
Premium features by component¶
Every component exists in every edition. Ikanos and Polychro are fully open-source — same Apache 2.0 binary in every edition. The four other components add capabilities as you move up the editions:
| Component | Community | Standard adds | Enterprise adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shipyard | Public docs, basic search | Versioned docs, hosted Playground, Ask Navi AI search | Private mirror, on-prem hosting, custom domain |
| Ikanos | Multi-protocol engine, CLI, all adapters — Apache 2.0 | (no premium features — fully OSS) | (no premium features — fully OSS) |
| Polychro | Linter, bundled rulesets, IDE integration — Apache 2.0 | (no premium features — fully OSS) | (no premium features — fully OSS) |
| Crafter | Local-first spec builder (CLI / VS Code) | Hosted web builder, shared catalog, OpenAPI import | SSO/RBAC, approval workflows, change attestation |
| Warden | Local policy evaluation (Rego, decision API) | Team-shared policy bundles, dry-run analytics | Fleet-wide policy distribution, audit trail, regulated-environment integrations |
| Skipper | Single-host orchestration (local fleet manifest) | Multi-host orchestration, team dashboards | Multi-region routing, fleet placement, blue/green & canary, SLA-grade observability |
The split reflects the Alpha 3 feature set for Crafter, Warden, and Skipper — it will continue to firm up as their roadmaps mature. Ikanos and Polychro are committed to staying 100% Apache 2.0 OSS.