Workbench

Workbench is a folder-first AI workbench for real tasks and real files.

It's built for knowledge workers, technical-adjacent builders, and developers who want a calmer interface for agent-driven work. The goal is to feel like "AI that can actually work in my folder", not just a chat window or a developer IDE.

Quick start

Requires Bun and Node 20+.

bun install
bun run dev

This starts the desktop app in development mode, the local backend server, and the web app in parallel via Turbo.

For other commands:

bun fmt        # format
bun lint       # lint
bun typecheck  # type-check
bun run test   # vitest

Repo layout

Path	What it is
apps/desktop/	Electron shell — packages the web app + local backend into a desktop binary
apps/web/	React + Vite frontend (the actual UI)
apps/server/	Bun + Effect WS server — runs as the local backend or as a headless server
apps/marketing/	Astro marketing site
packages/contracts/	Shared schema + RPC contracts between web and server
packages/	Other shared libraries
scripts/	Build, release, and tooling scripts
assets/	App icons + branding assets

Connecting from another device

See REMOTE.md for pairing the desktop app with a Workbench server running on another machine.

Acknowledgements

Workbench is a fork of pingdotgg/t3code, substantially rebranded and reshaped for non-developer workflows. Many of the underlying primitives (provider adapters, orchestration, the diff viewer) come straight from that work.