jpmschweitzerandClaude 370e800864 add integration tests for app boot, theme picker, extension lifecycle
Three tests under app/integration_test/, run against the real built
app via the integration_test package. The load-bearing one is
app_starts_test.dart — boots ClideApp, waits for the root shell to
settle, asserts the three-column layout + welcome tab + statusbar
indicator all render. This is the "tests pass and then app fails to
start" gate that widget tests can't see because they never pump the
real bindings.

theme_picker_test.dart invokes theme.pick, asserts the modal opens,
selects a theme, asserts the modal dismisses.

extension_lifecycle_test.dart disables ipc-status via settings,
asserts its statusbar item unmounts, re-enables, asserts it
reappears.

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-21 15:47:36 +02:00
2026-04-20 20:30:51 +02:00

clide

A Flutter desktop IDE for Claude Code. Markdown-first content, pql-powered queries, canvas and graph surfaces, a Go sidecar handling PTYs / subprocesses / git / pql. Claude drives the UI through a clide CLI.

Currently pre-v2.0, scaffolding. The north-star design lives in docs/initial-plan.md; architectural decisions are captured in docs/ADRs/. The Python Textual v1.2.0 implementation is archived under legacy/ for reference.

Three surfaces, one tool

  • app/ — Flutter desktop application (Linux / macOS; Windows is a stretch).
  • sidecar/ — Go sidecar/CLI, single binary with two modes: clide <subcommand> (one-shot for Claude) and clide --daemon (long-running sidecar for the app). Owns PTYs, subprocesses, file watchers, git, pql invocations.
  • pql — external supporter tool. clide wraps it for every query surface; never re-implements it.

Why the rebuild?

The Python Textual implementation (legacy/) proved the pane model but capped at terminal-only rendering. A short-lived experiment (claudian, April 2026) explored an Obsidian-plugin approach and was abandoned because Obsidian is Electron, and the user's history with terminal-in-Electron ruled that host out.

Flutter desktop resolves both constraints: native Skia rendering avoids Electron's failure modes, xterm.dart gives us a solid terminal surface, and the pane model can be rebuilt natively. The Obsidian ideas worth keeping (canvas, graph) fold in; everything else (vault concept, inline query tables, plugin ecosystem inheritance) doesn't.

Status

No build yet beyond the repo scaffold. Tier 0 acceptance: sidecar daemon runs, Flutter app connects, empty IDE shell appears with placeholders.

License

MIT. See LICENSE.

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