cybercore / dwcode · desktop prototype

Code after dark.

A keyboard-first desktop editor. A native Qt Quick shell wraps the Monaco editing surface, with real file saving, language servers, a workspace terminal and every Cybercore palette.

▶ try it in the browser $ build on linux

zsh — dwcode

❯ ./build/dwcode --workspace ~/signal-relay
✓ workspace   signal-relay · 5 files
✓ editor      monaco 0.52 · local bundle
✓ lsp         typescript · connected
✓ theme       cyberpunk chrome · 1 of 84
! relay.ts:17  Type 'string' is not assignable to type 'number'.
❯

DWCode editing relay.ts: a language-server hover shows the route() signature, a type error is underlined, and the problems panel lists it. — // real capture of the desktop app: language-server hover, error underline, problems panel

// 01 · what works today

An editor, not a mock-up.

Each feature runs in the desktop prototype and is covered by tests that click and type through the real window. Open a card for the details.

// still to come file watching, crash recovery, a New File command, a real PTY terminal, extension packs loaded at runtime. DWCode uses Monaco, not VS Code, so VS Code extensions do not run in it.

// 02 · tour

Straight from the app.

Window captures of the desktop build working on a small TypeScript project, not renders.

// 03 · palettes

Tune it to your signal.

DWCode reads the canonical Cybercore theme files: 84 palettes in 8 families. Browse them like a project tree; the preview is rendered in each theme's real colours.

// 04 · live panel

Take the editing surface for a spin.

The same Monaco bundle the desktop app loads, running in your browser on sample files.

Theme

// browser preview edits stay in this tab. Opening folders, saving, the terminal and language servers need the desktop app, because a web page can't touch your files or start processes.

// 05 · from source

Build it on Linux.

Needs Qt 6 with Quick Controls and WebEngine Quick, qmake6, a C++17 compiler, Node.js and npm. On Arch / Omarchy: qt6-declarative qt6-webengine qt6-webchannel nodejs npm.

build.sh

1git clone https://github.com/cybercoretech/dwcode.git
2cd dwcode
3npm ci
4./bin/build
5./build/dwcode --workspace ~/your/project

// note DWCode is a prototype: no packaged releases yet, tested on Linux only.