Palm-Tools

<p align="center"> <img src="kode/apps/gui/src-tauri/icons/icon.png" alt="kode app icon" width="112" /> </p> <h1 align="center">kode</h1> <p align="center"> <em>Named after <strong>Kill la Code</strong> — a nod to <strong>Kill la Kill</strong>.</em> </p> <p align="center"> A multi-backend terminal workspace for AI coding agents.<br /> Run CodeBuddy, Claude, Codex, Gemini, and more in one native app; share memory across sessions; keep local and remote agents in sync over SSH. </p> <p align="center"> <a href="./LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache--2.0-blue.svg" alt="License: Apache-2.0" /></a> <a href="#install"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Platform-macOS-lightgrey.svg" alt="Platform: macOS" /></a> <a href="https://v2.tauri.app"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Built%20with-Tauri%202-red.svg" alt="Built with Tauri 2" /></a> </p> <p align="center"><strong>Status:</strong> early access. Expect rough edges.</p> <p align="center"> <img src="kode/docs/images/screenshot-main.png" alt="kode — a multi-backend terminal workspace for AI coding agents" width="880" /> </p> --- ## One app, every agent. `codebuddy`, `claude`, `codex`, `gemini`, `opencode`, `amp`, `cursor`, `copilot`, `grok`, `antigravity`, `kimi`, `kiro`, `droid`, `pi` — fifteen built-in backends, data-driven from `~/.config/kode/config.toml`. Pick one per tab, or add your own. Each tab is a real PTY running the real CLI, not a wrapper. The backend chooser is a cold snapshot at startup; manage backends from `Settings → Backends` and restart to pick up new ones. The `codebuddy` / `claude` / `codex` defaults ship with no positional args — positional first tokens get treated as initial prompts by the CLI, so this is regression-tested. No accounts, no telemetry, no cloud sync. Your code, tokens, and conversations stay on your machine. <p align="center"> <img src="kode/docs/videos/new-session-demo.gif" alt="New session demo — pick a backend, choose a working directory" width="880" /> </p> <p align="center">_{Pick a backend, choose a working directory, and a live session spins up in a new tab.}</p> Every backend gets an icon in the chooser and sidebar. Drop in any PNG in `Settings → Backends` to create a custom backend avatar, or build a small animated avatar gallery from your own generated image sequence: ```text # macOS ~/Library/Application Support/kode/avatars/gallery/<avatar-id>/frame-01.png ... frame-04.png ``` For state-aware avatars, split the frames by session state. Each state can contain one 4-frame set directly, or multiple variants (`01`, `02`, ...) that kode will cycle through: ```text avatars/gallery/<avatar-id>/idle/frame-01.png ... frame-04.png avatars/gallery/<avatar-id>/running/01/frame-01.png ... frame-04.png avatars/gallery/<avatar-id>/running/02/frame-01.png ... frame-04.png avatars/gallery/<avatar-id>/awaiting/frame-01.png ... frame-04.png avatars/gallery/<avatar-id>/error/frame-01.png ... frame-04.png ``` Set `KODE_AVATAR_DIR=/path/to/avatars` while developing to load a different avatar root without touching your app config directory. <p align="center"> <img src="kode/docs/videos/custom-avatar-demo.gif" alt="Custom avatar demo — drop a PNG and name your preset" width="720" /> </p> ## Memory that survives the session. Agents forget. `kode` doesn't. A shared memory pool (`~/.kode-memory/`) is exposed to every agent through an MCP server (`kode-memory-mcp`). Agents `memory_propose`; you review in the GUI (`⌘⇧M`); approved facts land in a retrieval pool that every subsequent agent — across tabs, sessions, and backend types — can `memory_search` from. <p align="center"> <img src="kode/docs/videos/memory-demo.gif" alt="Memory demo — agent proposes, you approve, next session recalls" width="880" /> </p> <p align="center">_{An agent proposes a fact, you approve it in the review queue, and the next session recalls it.}</p> - **Propose + review model.** Agents never write facts directly. No pool poisoning. - **Energy budget.** Each agent gets a daily propose quota; rejects cost extra. Tunable in `budget.json`. - **SQLite FTS5 + trigram tokenizer.** Chinese search works out of the box. - **Obsidian-compatible vault.** Facts live as `<ULID>--<slug>.md` with frontmatter; open the same folder in Obsidian for graph view, backlinks, and Dataview. - **Git sync.** Decentralized cross-machine sync via plain `git` — no central server, union merge on `facts/*.md`, energy/metrics stay local. `⌘⇧B` opens the browse panel for the approved pool; the status bar shows pending count and 7-day accept rate. <p align="center"> <img src="kode/docs/images/screenshot-browse.png" alt="Memory browse panel — search and inspect approved facts" width="880" /> </p> <p align="center">_{The browse panel (⌘⇧B) — search and inspect the approved fact pool.}</p> ## SpecOps: specs that run themselves. Specs aren't just docs — they're runnable. `kode/.specops/specs/*.md` files become isolated git worktrees bound to an immutable base commit, executed in the platform cache directory without polluting your main workspace. Each spec declares `verifies:` and `paths:` so a change to `kode/crates/kode-core` automatically runs the specs that depend on it. This README's own roadmap, memory design, and remote protocol are all SpecOps-managed. <p align="center"> <img src="kode/docs/images/screenshot-specops.png" alt="SpecOps console — spec-driven task execution in an isolated worktree" width="720" /> </p> <p align="center">_{The SpecOps console (⌘S) runs specs in an isolated worktree, never on your main branch.}</p> Open the SpecOps console with `⌘S` and pick a Git workspace. The TypeScript/Bun sidecar runs in the GUI's process; specs land in an isolated worktree, never on your main branch. ## Remote and mobile, first-class. `kode/crates/kode-bridge` is a standalone axum HTTP/WS server — run it headless on a dev box, pair from the desktop GUI, or connect the Flutter companion app (`kode/apps/mobile`) by scanning a QR code. The protocol is documented and verified by 173 cross-implementation tests (115 Rust + 58 Go). SSH-tunneled remote tabs come built-in: `ssh -N -L` brings a no-public-IP devcloud server into your local tab list without Tailscale. Run agents on a beefy remote box; read the output on your laptop. <p align="center"> <img src="kode/docs/videos/remote-ssh-demo.gif" alt="Remote SSH demo — tunnel a remote box into a local tab" width="720" /> </p> <p align="center">_{An SSH tunnel brings a remote box into a local tab — PTY bytes stream back over the bridge.}</p> ## Built different. - **Tauri 2 + xterm.js + Svelte 5.** A native Rust backend drives the PTY and session kernel. xterm.js is the same engine VSCode, Cursor, and GitHub Codespaces use. - **PTY byte path is coalesced in Rust (~8ms) and pushed through a Tauri v2 Channel — not `emit`.** Each tab is one xterm.js instance; background tabs keep feeding, switching back is zero-latency. - **Backend definitions are data-driven.** Defaults live in `kode/crates/kode-core/src/config.rs`; override per-backend in `~/.config/kode/config.toml`. No `if key == "codebuddy"` branches in business logic. - **Status bar reads from CLI jsonl files, not PTY scraping.** `codebuddy` / `claude` / `codex` each write their own metadata; kode tails them. - **Cross-platform core.** `kode-core`, `kode-bridge`, `kode-memory` are pure Rust. The desktop GUI is Tauri 2 on macOS; mobile is Flutter (iOS + Android). ## Install ### Download Pre-built binaries are coming with the first public release. For now, build from source — it's fast (~30 s incremental Rust, ~13 s release). ### Build from source ```bash git clone <repo-url> palm-tools cd palm-tools/kode ./run.sh dev # Vite + Tauri dev, opens GUI ``` `./run.sh` handles Node version pinning, pnpm deps, SpecOps sidecar build, Tauri resource bundling, and macOS signing fallback. Run `./run.sh help` for the full list of entrypoints. Common commands: ```bash ./run.sh dev # GUI dev (Vite + Tauri) ./run.sh app # Build release .app (ad-hoc signed without Developer ID) ./run.sh open # Open the current bundle (kills old instance first) ./run.sh test # Rust tests (PTY tests run single-threaded) ./run.sh check # cargo check + svelte-check + cargo test ./run.sh build-release # Optimized release build ./run.sh clippy # Lint ./run.sh fmt # Format ``` ### macOS Gatekeeper Without a Developer ID certificate, `./run.sh app` produces an ad-hoc signed `.app`. First launch: 1. Right-click → **Open** → **Open anyway**. Or 2. `xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /path/to/kode.app`. Or 3. System Settings → Privacy & Security → scroll down → **Open Anyway**. On Sequoia the button sometimes doesn't appear until you've tried to launch once and waited ~30 s. ## Workspace layout ``` palm-tools/ ├── .github/ CI + release workflows ├── README.md this file ├── LICENSE Apache-2.0 ├── NOTICE.md third-party notices └── kode/ project root ├── crates/ │ ├── kode-core/ PTY, Session, Config, CoreEvent — the pure Rust kernel │ ├── kode-bridge/ axum HTTP/WS bridge, semantic events, headless bin │ └── kode-memory/ SQLite + markdown store, MCP server, CLI, git sync ├── apps/ │ ├── gui/ Tauri 2 + Svelte 5 + xterm.js — the desktop main line │ ├── mobile/ Flutter companion (iOS + Android) │ └── specops/ TypeScript/Bun SpecOps sidecar + Web console ├── .specops/specs/ specs (roadmap, protocol, memory, SpecOps) ├── deploy/ remote memory bridge build/deploy scripts └── docs/ smoke scripts, screenshots, demo videos ``` ## Configuration Default at `~/.config/kode/config.toml`. Backend definitions are data-driven — defaults live in [`kode/crates/kode-core/src/config.rs`](./kode/crates/kode-core/src/config.rs), override per-backend in the config file. Memory root is `~/.kode-memory/` (override with `KODE_MEMORY_ROOT`). Bridge token and GUI state persist to `~/.kode/state.json`. ## Documentation - [`kode/CODEBUDDY.md`](./kode/CODEBUDDY.md) — project rules, constraints, known gotchas (start here) - [`kode/.specops/specs/roadmap.md`](./kode/.specops/specs/roadmap.md) — phases and decision log - [`kode/.specops/specs/memory-design.md`](./kode/.specops/specs/memory-design.md) — memory architecture - [`kode/.specops/specs/remote-protocol.md`](./kode/.specops/specs/remote-protocol.md) — REST/WS protocol ## Acknowledgements - [Tauri 2](https://v2.tauri.app) — the app shell - [xterm.js](https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js) — terminal rendering - [Svelte 5](https://svelte.dev) — frontend - [lobe-icons](https://github.com/lobehub/lobe-icons) — backend brand icons (MIT) - Every AI CLI that kode runs — this project wouldn't exist without them ## License [Apache-2.0](./LICENSE). Third-party notices in [`NOTICE.md`](./NOTICE.md).