Getting Started

Installation

Anide runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux. While pre-1.0, the recommended way to use it is to clone the repo and build from source.

Pre-1.0 — early access

Anide is in active development. No stable binaries are published yet. Clone the repo and run the dev build — the steps below take about 5 minutes. Join the waitlist to be notified when releases ship.

Requirements

macOS

12 Monterey or later

Windows

10 or later (64-bit)

Linux

Ubuntu 20.04+ / Debian 11+

Build dependencies

Rust (stable) — install via rustup.rs
Bun — install via bun.sh
Tauri CLI prerequisites for your OS — see tauri.app/start/prerequisites

Build from source

Clone the repo and run the dev server. This is the only way to run Anide right now — no binary releases yet.

terminal

# clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/anide-app/anide
cd anide

# install frontend dependencies
bun install

# run in dev mode — opens the desktop app with hot reload
bun run tauri dev

The Tauri CLI compiles the Rust backend and opens the app with hot-reload on the frontend. First compile takes a few minutes while Rust downloads crates — subsequent starts are fast.

Build a release binary

To build an installable binary for your platform, run the release build.

terminal

# build a release binary for your platform
bun run tauri build

The output binary (`.app`, `.exe`, `.deb`, `.AppImage`) is written to src-tauri/target/release/bundle/. Install it like any other desktop app.

Opening a project

Anide works on any folder. Point it at a Git repository — it creates an .anide/ folder at the repo root to store config.

Launch Anide

Open the app. You'll land on the project picker.

Select your repo

Click "Open folder" and navigate to any Git repository on your machine.

Start working

The .anide/ folder is created automatically. Your .env files are detected on first load.

Binary releases

Pre-built binaries will be published to GitHub Releases once the project reaches a stable enough state for general use. For now, build from source using the steps above.

GitHub Releases (pre-1.0)

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