What to run for which UI

Every Argus demo UI runs with no GPU and no backend: each has a mock server, a recorded fixture or a static build that stands in for the live services. This page lists, per UI, what it talks to when it is live, what replaces it when it isn't, and the command for the no-GPU path. Each UI's README links its row here.

Services on this page have their own setup pages under Setup and services. Hosts are written as <GPU_HOST> or <LAN_HOST>. Put the real address in your local .env, never in a doc.

Studio

Argus Studio is the suite's web UI (argus-studio (opens in new tab)).


Live	One compose profile per tool. `lens` brings argus-lens and Ollama. `curator` brings argus-curator and NudeNet. `forge`, `proof` and `atlas` each bring their service, and atlas bakes through ComfyUI. `gallery` brings argus-quarry. `survey` brings argus-survey and Sightline. `darkroom` brings argus-darkroom, which needs your own SingGuard and ComfyUI. `full` is everything except `darkroom`, `survey` and `mask`.
Stand-in	With no profile, `/curate` serves a bundled read-only sample (`ARGUS_CURATOR_UI_MODE=demo`). The static build replays recorded output on every page, `/darkroom` included.
No-GPU command	`docker compose up`, or `cd frontend && npm ci && npm run build:static && npx serve out`

argus-lightbox (opens in new tab) browses captions and their provenance.


Live	argus-lens, in folder mode only. Lens in turn can use Ollama or another OpenAI-compatible server and models from Hugging Face.
Stand-in	A committed synthetic fixture (`web/public/data/`) or the recorded lens tape (`web/public/data-tape/`).
No-GPU command	`make install && make dev` (serves the fixture), or `make build` for a static site

Realms

The hosted viewer for argus-atlas's prebaked fantasy-map mosaic. Its source isn't public: see argus-atlas (opens in new tab).


Live	Nothing at view time. The tiles are baked ahead of time by argus-atlas, through ComfyUI with GDAL and map data. The basemap comes from OpenFreeMap.
Stand-in	Not needed: the viewer serves the baked PMTiles (opens in new tab) archive.
No-GPU command	Only the bake needs a GPU. Studio's Atlas shows a recorded bake.

Safelight

argus-safelight (opens in new tab) is the record view for guarded generation.


Live	argus-darkroom, which needs SingGuard and ComfyUI, plus NudeNet for the image scans and optionally Ollama for prompt expansion.
Stand-in	The `mock-darkroom` service (profile `mock`) serves the recorded `fixture/`. The other option is darkroom's own `make demo`: the real darkroom server against fake SingGuard, NudeNet, ComfyUI and Ollama.
No-GPU command	`make mock` and `make dev`, or `docker compose up --build` with `COMPOSE_PROFILES=mock`

Sightline

argus-sightline (opens in new tab) is the survey viewer.


Live	argus-survey, which needs PDAL and GDAL. These ship in its image, and its compose reserves no GPU.
Stand-in	No mock: a synthetic survey kit is generated locally and processed by the real engine.
No-GPU command	`cp .env.example .env && make demo-data && make up-published` (the published survey image). Studio's `survey` profile runs both too.

Assay

argus-assay (opens in new tab) is the review queue for argus-mint.


Live	argus-mint, which renders through argus-darkroom and pins and publishes through IPFS, Foundry and Base.
Stand-in	The `mock-mint` service (profile `mock`) serves a recorded fixture.
No-GPU command	`make install && make mock && make dev`, or `docker compose up` with `COMPOSE_PROFILES=mock`

Cull

argus-cull (opens in new tab) is a curation UI over argus-curator.


Live	argus-curator (GPU image), with NudeNet, EraX-NSFW, the watermark detector and SingGuard.
Stand-in	A recorded data tape (`web/public/data-tape/`).
No-GPU command	`make pages` (static export of the tape)