Concept
LabRat
The submitted offline chat app's name from 2026-10-25; it was called BoarLite before.
From the record
- In technical terms
- Renamed at the app maintainer's request in commit 7788924a; same package id and bundled knowledge as BoarLite; the grounding prompt's identity line names the assistant Rat (added after the RULER-FINAL run on b4ef94f3). Measured on the phone by DEVICE-FINAL.
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- BoarLite renamed LabRat at the app maintainer's request (commit 7788924a): the name changes in the UI, docs and assets; the assistant is called Rat (answer byline, notification, and the grounding prompt's identity line);…BoarLite renamed LabRat at the app maintainer's request (commit 7788924a): the name changes in the UI, docs and assets; the assistant is called Rat (answer byline, notification, and the grounding prompt's identity line); a new rat mark in the app, launcher and splash. Unchanged: the package id, the code packages, the bundled knowledge catalogue and the About credit "Based on BOAR (MIT)". Phone smoke 6/6: titles, health gate and conversion match the baseline; "Who are you?" answers "I am Rat…"BoarLite → LabRat; assistant Rat; smoke 6/6Setdevice smoke (dev)StatusdevJudgenone (smoke checks)n6 smoke questionsSeedsnot recordedDate2026-10-25 02:20CaveatA rename plus one prompt line; a smoke test, not a quality measurement. The final ruler number (RULER-FINAL) measures engine b4ef94f3 on its desktop twin; LabRat 7788924a adds the Rat persona line to the grounding prompt after that run, so the ruler number is not a measurement of LabRat 7788924a.Sourcenot in the public repositories yetOpen the data file
- Engine change after the ruler run: in LabRat 7788924a the grounding prompt's identity line changed from "You are BOAR, an offline AI research app running on this phone…" to "You are Rat, the assistant in LabRat, an offli…Engine change after the ruler run: in LabRat 7788924a the grounding prompt's identity line changed from "You are BOAR, an offline AI research app running on this phone…" to "You are Rat, the assistant in LabRat, an offline AI research app running on this phone…". The final ruler run (RULER-FINAL, 2026-10-24 20:34) was on b4ef94f3, before this change: its number is for b4ef94f3 (desktop twin), and DEVICE-FINAL measures LabRat 7788924a on the phonepersona line changed after RULER-FINALDate2026-10-25 02:20Kinda record, not a measurement (set, status, judge, n, seeds: not recorded)CaveatThe final ruler number (RULER-FINAL) measures engine b4ef94f3 on its desktop twin; LabRat 7788924a adds the Rat persona line to the grounding prompt after that run, so the ruler number is not a measurement of LabRat 7788924a.Sourcenot in the public repositories yetOpen the data file
- Latest LabRat APK (0ad476ca, bundled, same signing identity, no INTERNET permission) installed on the Pixel 8a after the rename and logo: smoke 6/6 matching the baseline (retrieved titles, health gate and conversion); th…Latest LabRat APK (0ad476ca, bundled, same signing identity, no INTERNET permission) installed on the Pixel 8a after the rename and logo: smoke 6/6 matching the baseline (retrieved titles, health gate and conversion); the earlier cleanup build ff50c5ff is 3.04 GB. The APK built from b4ef94f3, the ruler engine, is keptsmoke 6/6Setdevice smoke (dev)StatusdevJudgenone (smoke checks)n6 smoke questionsSeedsnot recordedDate2026-10-25 11:24CaveatA smoke test, not a quality measurement. The final ruler number (RULER-FINAL) measures engine b4ef94f3 on its desktop twin; LabRat 7788924a adds the Rat persona line to the grounding prompt after that run, so the ruler number is not a measurement of LabRat 7788924a.Sourcenot in the public repositories yetOpen the data file