jpmschweitzerandClaude Opus 4.8
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The structural T-403 child: make vim normal mode mean navigation in panes that were mouse-only. The passive global key path can't run multi-chord sequences (D-82), so each pane hosts its own SequenceMatcher — factored into a reusable PaneKeyNav that resolves the live keymap and dispatches nav.* intents while a pane holds focus under the vim preset. - nav.* intents (down/up/pageDown/pageUp/top/bottom/expandOrRight/ collapseOrLeft/activate) — preset-neutral; vim.yaml binds j/k/ctrl+d/ctrl+u/ gg/G/l/h/[o,enter] under `vim.normal && !editor.focused`. - The editor publishes an `editor.focused` scope flag from its focus node, so the same keys stay buffer motions while the editor is focused and become nav when a pane is — resolved by file order + the guard (no change to the editor motion bindings). - File tree: a flattened visible-index selection cursor in FileTreeController (j/k move, h collapse-or-out, l expand-or-into, o/enter open), with a focus ring + scroll-into-view. - Conversation: j/k line-scroll, ctrl+d/u half-page, gg top, G bottom — G re-arms follow-tail. Foundation for T-404/T-405/T-407, which build on the per-pane matcher and the editor.focused guard. Git panel + ticket board list nav deferred to a follow-up (the ticket says lists can trail). Tests: keymap resolution under both scopes, PaneKeyNav dispatch, the controller selection model, and end-to-end key-driven nav in both panes. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
clide
An IDE for Claude Code CLI. Native rendering, terminal-first interaction, pql-powered queries, canvas and graph surfaces. Linux and macOS.
Architecture
Single Flutter package at the repo root. The app hosts everything in-process: IPC server, subsystem handlers (pane, files, editor, git, pql), and the extension framework. tmux owns Claude session persistence (D-41).
lib/— all Dart code. Core subsystems (lib/src/), kernel services (lib/kernel/), UI widgets (lib/widgets/), built-in extensions (lib/builtin/), the extension framework (lib/extension/).- PTY —
lib/src/pty/spawns child processes via Dart FFIposix_openpt()+posix_spawn()directly; no external helper binary. native/— vendored native libraries (libtree-sitter.sowith wasmtime embedded). Linux only today.- pql — external supporter tool. Clide wraps it for every query surface; never re-implements it.
Claude drives the UI through a clide CLI surface (Bash, not MCP). Every CLI subcommand has a UI affordance and every UI action has a CLI equivalent (D-6).
Built-in extensions
canvas, claude, claude_control, decisions, diff, editor, extensions_ui, files, git, graph, grammars_core, ipc_status, keybindings_ui, markdown, pql, problems, settings_ui, terminal, theme_picker, tickets, todos, welcome.
Building
Requires Flutter (stable channel) and pql
on the host. pql is a hard dependency — the pre-push gate runs pql decisions validate and the governance + ticket workflow is built on it (see its repo for
install). One-time setup:
make hooks && flutter pub get
pql init # once, in the repo root — wires up the pql skill + perms
Then:
make run # launch the desktop app
make test # fast suite: analyze + format + unit + widget + golden
make test-core # core subsystem tests (IPC, PTY, git, pane registry)
make test-a11y # accessibility contract tests
make test-integration # real app boot integration tests
make build-linux # flutter build linux
make build-macos # flutter build macos
make push-check # pre-push gate: decisions + core + fast + a11y + coverage + changelog
Status
Pre-v2.0 (2.0.0-dev). Interaction model and panel system landed. The Python Textual v1.2.0 predecessor is archived under legacy/.
Documentation
docs/architecture.md— current architecture (read this first).CONTRIBUTING.md— how to clone, build, test, file tickets, and write D-records.docs/initial-plan.md— historical design doc; preserved as a snapshot of the 2026-04 plan, much of it now superseded.governance/decisions/— confirmed decisions (D-NNN), open questions (Q-NNN), rejected alternatives (R-NNN).CLAUDE.md— Claude-addressed working notes (guardrails, repo layout).
License
MIT. See LICENSE.