Paeton - A Local-Only Silicon Portrait

Paeton is a single-page, browser-native instrument that renders a generative “silicon portrait” derived from your device’s local characteristics.

The system samples coarse, non-identifying hardware signals (such as timing variance, screen geometry, and available execution paths) and maps them deterministically into a visual field. The result is a portrait that is stable for a given machine, yet distinct across devices.

This is not a benchmark, diagnostic tool, or fingerprinting service.
It is an exploratory instrument—a way to reflect on how machines differ, and how those differences can be made perceptible.

Design principles

• Local-only execution (no network calls)

• No data collection or storage

• No user controls — the portrait is chosen, not tuned

• Graceful degradation across WebGPU and Canvas environments

The generated image can be downloaded directly from the browser.

What this is

• A computational portrait

• A visualization of hardware variation

• An exploratory instrument

What this is not

• A performance benchmark

• A tracking or fingerprinting tool

• A configurable graphics toy

Privacy

All computation happens locally in your browser.
No data is transmitted, stored, or logged.

Technical Notes (Optional Section)

• Runs entirely in a modern web browser

• Uses WebGPU when available, with a Canvas fallback

• Single-file HTML artifact