Show HN: I built a native app for coding agents with Rust and GPUI

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jpgvm•about 2 hours ago

I built my first "real" GUI app recently with the help of Codex, as in actually looks and feels good.

I used GPUI and the one-dark theme from Zed and it's super smooth, the code is super easy to understand and I love the way it looks.

Not quite as simple as the VB6 and forms apps of my youth but as a Rust dude I definitely grokked it easily and was surprised how much of it I was able to do myself once the agent had helped with wiring up the scaffold.

mintflow•about 3 hours ago

So this is basically a wrapper over the existing agents from differnt vendors?

Just poke it a bit and find for codex it use app server protocol too

> Not backed by Y Combinator

This is humor, isn't it?

0x142857•about 1 hour ago

yeah it's basically an alternative GUI for Codex CLI and other clis, I built this because I got frustrated with those Electron Apps performance

catlifeonmars•about 2 hours ago

The lack of commas in the title yields some ambiguity:

- is it an app for creating custom agents?

- do the agents use Rust and GPUI?

0x142857•about 1 hour ago

unfortunately cannot edit now, but it's pretty easy to find out on the website

tough•about 2 hours ago

This looks great! will try it out

vekntksijdhric•about 4 hours ago

I don't understand what is the value of this tool, can you elaborate?

0x142857•about 1 hour ago

1. better performance than those electron apps 2. a unified app for all the coding agents meaning I don't need to constantly switch between multiple apps 3. I like Codex's computer use so I want to bring it to other agents too (although this feature is not fully implemented yet)

rohannn•about 3 hours ago

Love GPUI. Will give this a try later!

deadcatfound•about 4 hours ago

Native is compelling if it stays fast with multiple agents running. The view I’d want most is one timeline of every tool call, diff, and approval.

Show HN: I built a native app for coding agents with Rust and GPUI

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