What is Acepe?

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.

Why Acepe?

• 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.

Features

Agent Management

• 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

Code Review & Changes

• 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

Tool Call Control

• 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

GitHub Integration

• 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

Workspace

• 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

More

• 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

Supported Agents

Quick Start

Download

Grab the latest release from acepe.dev/download or the releases page.

Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/flazouh/acepe.git
cd acepe && bun install
cd packages/desktop && bun run tauri

Prerequisites: Bun 1.3+, Rust stable, Tauri prerequisites

Architecture

┌──────────────────────────────────┐
│  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 │
└──────────────────────────────────┘

Contributing

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.

License

FSL-1.1-ALv2 — source-available today, Apache 2.0 after two years. See LICENSE for details.

Acknowledgments

Built with Tauri, Svelte, shadcn-svelte, and the Agent Client Protocol.