Research & Open Source

About RookDuel Avikal.
Built for research. Designed for custody.

Avikal is a privacy and archival security tool developed under research purposes. It is currently in active development as an open-source initiative, and we welcome contributions from the community.

Open Source & Research Origins

Avikal was originally conceived and developed under academic and technical research purposes, focusing on integrating post-quantum cryptography (ML-KEM), distributed randomness (drand), and novel steganographic concepts (legal chess PGN encoding) into a unified archival tool.

While it is highly functional, it is still in active development. We firmly believe that security tools should be transparent and auditable. Avikal is completely open-source, and everyone—from cryptographers to UI designers—is welcome to review the code, suggest improvements, and contribute to the repository.

Legal & Acceptable Use

Avikal is a privacy and archival security tool. It is meant for lawful file protection, legitimate private storage, research, backup, and controlled future release workflows.

It must NOT be used for:
  • unlawful concealment of stolen or illegal data
  • malware delivery or ransomware activity
  • extortion, coercion, or blackmail
  • unauthorized access, evasion, or surveillance abuse
  • any use that violates local law, national law, or international law

Users are responsible for how they use this software.

Third-party libraries and runtimes included with Avikal remain under their own licenses. If you redistribute Avikal builds, bundled runtimes, or modified versions, you are responsible for preserving the required third-party license notices and attribution.