Replaces the fixed Future.delayed sleeps the consultant flagged
with stream-based waits that complete when the awaited event
arrives. Timeout callbacks call fail() with a diagnostic instead
of `onTimeout: () {}` swallowing the signal — a never-producing
pty now reports "pty did not produce X within 5s" instead of an
unhelpful "Actual: ''".
session_test.dart:
- _readUntil helper subscribes to s.output, completes when a
marker substring appears (or onDone), fails on timeout.
- _waitForBuffer polls a buffer the listener is already filling
after a write; 25ms tick, 5s ceiling, fail-loud on miss.
- Drops the 500ms settle + 50×100ms polling pattern in the write
test; uses a "first-byte" completer for prompt-readiness.
- retry: 2 restored on the four read-dependent forkpty tests
(the underlying flutter-test-runner pty-output flake hasn't
fully gone away; recovers cleanly on a fresh spawn).
watcher_test.dart:
- "emits a created event" awaits stream.firstWhere instead of two
fixed sleeps.
- "filters ignored paths" uses pre + post sentinel markers to
bracket the inotify-delivery window event-driven; the negative
assertion only runs after the post marker is observed.
event_sink.dart:
- RecordingEventSink gains a broadcast `stream` for the same
event-await pattern. PaneRegistry's output test subscribes
BEFORE spawn so first bytes aren't lost.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (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) on the host. One-time setup:
make hooks && flutter pub get
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).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.