Contributor
Contributor
Papiano is shaped through piano engine work, interface design, online systems, audio tuning, copy review, and release review.
Founder
Panpan
Founder and project owner: concept, UI/UX direction, feature decisions, piano review, visual direction, and final release control.
Asset contributor
SoundFont sources
FluidR3 GM (Frank Wen, MIT) for most instruments, Salamander Grand Piano (Alexander Holm, CC BY 3.0) for Concert Grand, and Atmos Grand (Karoryfer, Versilian, Yingchun Soul, CC0) — full attribution in the repo's soundfonts manifest.
AI development tooling
Claude Code
Anthropic’s AI pair-programming assistant, used for implementation work, refactors, and interface fixes across the codebase.
AI development tooling
Kiro
AWS’s agentic AI IDE, used to support feature scaffolding and iteration.
AI development tooling
Codex / ChatGPT
OpenAI’s AI coding tools, used for code review, debugging support, and drafting.
Sponsor
Crypto Director
Provided Claude Pro subscription access, supporting the AI-assisted development tools used on this project.
Sponsor
William Wallace
Provided Claude Pro subscription access, supporting the AI-assisted development tools used on this project.
Project direction

Papiano is developed as a practical music app first. Every design decision is reviewed against playability, clarity, phone usability, online safety, and long-term maintainability.

Contribution philosophy

External tools and assistants can help with planning, writing, review, and implementation support, but final direction stays controlled by the project owner. The goal is not to collect features randomly, but to turn useful ideas into a stable product.