The early versions of Inks improved through real use, feedback, reproducible reports, and careful iteration. This page records the people and projects that have helped the product grow.
Inspiration origin, Early tester
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From the developer: The first inspiration for this app came from the time we edited Apple Notes together. That is where the story of Inks began (2025.9.15). She also helps run the official account, works as a tester, witnessed the early demo versions, and is my dear one ❤️
Early co-builder
Meeting through letters, every moment is worth it.
From the developer: He is one of our most important early contributors. We spent a lot of time discussing the product direction and refining the experience together. I really appreciate his help.
We also use and respect open-source software, fonts, audio, and visual-effect references. See the full license notice for details.
MIT License. Provides stable and clear Swift database access for local SQLite storage.
Apache License 2.0. Supports playback and rendering for Lottie animation resources.
MIT License. Helps us understand product usage outside letter content when the user allows analytics.
MIT License. Provides Liquid Glass-style compatibility references for systems before iOS 26.
MIT License. One reference for Metal shader-based sticker highlights and materials, with original copyright notices retained.
Recipe source acknowledged in app shader files. Sticker visual work used recipes such as animation-foil, animation-glitter, animation-intense-bling, and animation-chromatic-glass.