CodeForge

An IDE built off of Claude Code — open a repository and see features, not files.

Features

• Feature tree — the sidebar shows what the codebase does, not its directory layout
• Timeline — append-only event log of everything agents and humans do, live-updating
• Feature-grouped diff review — review pending changes grouped by feature, not by file
• Embedded Claude Code sessions — real claude sessions streamed into the app
• MCP + hooks integration kit — installed into any repo you open, so agents consult the feature index and every edit lands on the timeline
• Cold-start feature indexing — headless claude -p decomposes an unknown repo into features

Quick start

cd crates/tauri-app/frontend && npm install && cd -
cd crates/tauri-app/agent-sidecar && npm install && cd -

npm run tauri:dev

npm run tauri:dev starts the Vite dev server (:5173) and cargo tauri dev together. Prefer two terminals? Run npm run dev inside crates/tauri-app/frontend, then cargo tauri dev from the repo root (beforeDevCommand is intentionally empty).

If port 5173 is taken, change server.port in crates/tauri-app/frontend/vite.config.ts and build.devUrl in crates/tauri-app/tauri.conf.json to match.

Build a standalone app

cd crates/tauri-app
frontend/node_modules/.bin/tauri build --bundles app
open target/release/bundle/macos/CodeForge.app

The Tauri CLI ships with the frontend dev dependencies, so no global install is needed.

Requirements

• Claude Code CLI installed and authenticated (claude on PATH)
• Node.js 18+
• Rust 1.75+
• Tauri CLI v2 — bundled as a frontend dev dependency (or cargo install tauri-cli)

Architecture

See docs/ARCHITECTURE.md.