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 -

scripts/dev.sh

scripts/dev.sh starts the Vite dev server on :5183 (override with CODEFORGE_DEV_PORT; :5183 avoids anything already on :5173) plus tauri dev with hot reload. Re-running it replaces the previous instance; scripts/stop.sh stops everything.

Build a standalone app

scripts/app.sh

Builds the release bundle and opens CodeForge.app — self-contained, no dev server. (Manual equivalent: cd crates/tauri-app && frontend/node_modules/.bin/tauri build --bundles 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.