The Neural Transfer Layer for Modern Compute

NTL is an open source data transfer layer that replaces the request-response paradigm of traditional APIs with neural signal propagation. Built for the age of AI, Web3, and quantum computing.

Every major data transfer protocol in use today — HTTP, REST, GraphQL, gRPC — was designed for a world of clients and servers, requests and responses. That world is ending.

NTL introduces:

• Signals instead of requests — typed, weighted, cryptographically signed payloads
• Synapses instead of connections — persistent channels that strengthen with use
• Activation thresholds instead of rate limiting — intelligent, adaptive flow control
• Emergent routing instead of endpoint registries — the network self-organizes
• Pluggable cryptography — post-quantum ready, no hardcoded schemes

┌─────────────────────────────────┐
│         Applications            │
│      (Mukoko, dApps, AI)        │
├─────────────────────────────────┤
│     Nyuchi Transfer Layer       │  ← This project
│    (Neural Signal Transport)    │
├─────────────────────────────────┤
│          SiafuDB                │
│   (Swarm-based Graph Storage)   │
├─────────────────────────────────┤
│     Network / Hardware          │
│   (TCP/UDP/QUIC substrate)      │
└─────────────────────────────────┘

# Install
cargo install ntl-cli

# Initialize a node
ntl init

# Start (development mode)
ntl start --dev

# Emit a signal
ntl emit --type data --payload '{"hello": "world"}'

# Listen for signals
ntl listen

Full documentation is available at ntl.nyuchi.com.

• Introduction
• Why NTL
• Architecture
• Core Concepts
• Specification
• Quickstart Guide

ntl/
├── spec/               # Protocol specification documents
├── runtime/            # Rust reference implementation
│   ├── ntl-core/       # Core library
│   ├── ntl-cli/        # CLI tooling
│   ├── ntl-node/       # Full node binary
│   └── ntl-edge/       # Edge node (lightweight)
├── adapters/           # Protocol adapters
│   ├── web2/           # HTTP, WebSocket, gRPC, GraphQL
│   ├── web3/           # EVM chains, DID, tokens
│   └── legacy/         # REST/SOAP wrapper
├── docs/               # Mintlify documentation source
├── rfcs/               # Request for Comments
├── examples/           # Example applications
└── benchmarks/         # Performance benchmarks

NTL is in Phase 0: Foundation — specification development and documentation. See the roadmap for details.

We welcome contributions from anyone, anywhere. See CONTRIBUTING.md and our contribution guide.

NTL is built on the Ubuntu philosophy — "I am because we are."

NTL is built by Nyuchi Africa, a technology company in Zimbabwe building open source platforms and infrastructure for African markets and beyond.

Apache 2.0 — see LICENSE.