The Agentic Developer Environment.
A native desktop app built from the ground up for AI agent workflows,
powered by the Agent Client Protocol.
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Acepe is an Agentic Developer Environment (ADE) — a new kind of IDE where AI agents are first-class citizens, not plugins bolted onto an editor.
Connect to any ACP-compatible agent through a native desktop app that gives you full visibility and control over agent sessions, tool calls, file changes, and conversations.
- Protocol-native — Built on ACP from day one. Agents aren't a plugin bolted onto an editor.
- Multi-agent — Run Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, OpenCode, or your own agent side by side.
- Full visibility — See every tool call, file diff, and decision. Approve or deny with granular permissions.
- Native performance — Tauri + Rust backend. Not an Electron wrapper.
- Multi-agent sessions — Run multiple agents across multiple projects simultaneously
- Agent marketplace — Install agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, OpenCode) or register custom ones
- Model selection — Switch models and modes per session
- Session history — Full conversation history with search, forking, and resuming
- Diff viewer — Side-by-side and unified diffs with syntax highlighting
- Checkpoints — Snapshot file state, compare across checkpoints, revert individual files or entire checkpoints
- Modified files panel — Track all agent changes with +/- stats and file tree navigation
- Git integration — Branch management, staging, commits, push/pull — all from the UI
- Granular permissions — Approve, deny, or auto-approve tool calls per type (read, write, terminal, web)
- Permission queue — Batch-review pending tool requests
- Execution history — See every tool call with inputs, outputs, and timing
- PR workflow — Create, view, and merge pull requests
- Commit badges — SHAs and PR references render as interactive badges in conversations
- Diff stats — Inline +X -Y change counts on badges, click to open full diff viewer
- Multi-project — Work across multiple repositories in a single window
- Multi-panel layout — Resizable panels with per-panel agent sessions
- Built-in terminal — Native PTY terminal embedded per agent panel
- Built-in browser — Webview panel with navigation for previewing apps
- SQL Studio — Connect to SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL, or browse S3 buckets
- @-mentions — Reference files, code, and images in messages
- Worktree support — Isolated git worktrees for parallel agent work
- Keyboard shortcuts — Customizable keybindings and command palette
- Dark / light mode — System-aware theming
- i18n — Multi-language support via Paraglide
- Auto-updates — Built-in updater for new releases
- Notifications — Native OS notifications for agent activity
| Agent | Provider | Protocol |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | Anthropic | JSON-RPC / stdio |
| Cursor | Anysphere | JSON-RPC / stdio |
| Codex | Zed Industries | JSON-RPC / stdio |
| OpenCode | Community | HTTP / SSE |
Grab the latest release from acepe.dev/download or the releases page.
git clone https://github.com/flazouh/acepe.git
cd acepe && bun install
cd packages/desktop && bun run tauriPrerequisites: Bun 1.3+, Rust stable, Tauri prerequisites
┌──────────────────────────────────┐
│ Frontend (SvelteKit + Svelte 5) │
│ UI, state management, ACP client│
└───────────────┬──────────────────┘
│ Tauri IPC
┌───────────────▼──────────────────┐
│ Backend (Tauri + Rust) │
│ Process mgmt, DB, file indexing │
└───────────────┬──────────────────┘
│ JSON-RPC / HTTP+SSE
┌───────────────▼──────────────────┐
│ ACP Agents │
│ Claude, Cursor, Codex, OpenCode │
└──────────────────────────────────┘
We welcome contributions! See CONTRIBUTING.md to get started.
If you're looking for something to work on, check issues tagged good first issue or help wanted.
FSL-1.1-ALv2 — source-available today, Apache 2.0 after two years. See LICENSE for details.
Built with Tauri, Svelte, shadcn-svelte, and the Agent Client Protocol.