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Show HN: Rowboat – Open-source IDE for multi-agent systems (github.com)
flynumber 2 hours ago [-]
Now this is what I'm talking about — this checks all the boxes for me.

I was looking at "Agent builders" for a while now and nothing really stood out. They all seemed to use a "node" type structure, while I was looking to tell something what I need using natural language.

The only thing that came close was Vessium, but I never heard back after adding myself to the waiting list weeks ago. I also wasn’t so hot about their questions either — "Are you cool with paying for a product just to try it," or something to that effect. I’ll admit though, I said yes. =)

Either way, congrats on the launch and wishing you much success.

segmenta 42 minutes ago [-]
Thanks! We wanted to have the copilot planning and building out agents be a core part of Rowboat (like how Cursor works with code).
esafak 1 hours ago [-]
1. Are you going to support Google's A2A protocol?

2. Are you going to support stateless chat?

akhisud 52 minutes ago [-]
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asnyder 3 hours ago [-]
This sounds really really nice. Potentially exactly what I've been hoping would exist. Thank you for putting it out there!

Will try it out over the weekend. Exciting stuff.

segmenta 3 hours ago [-]
Thanks, that's great to hear! We'd love to learn what worked and what didn't for you.
sirjaz 2 hours ago [-]
It would be awesome if this could be wrapped around a native app rather than another webapp. Otherwise, great job!
gavinray 15 minutes ago [-]
Why do you want to shove a web app into a native window?
segmenta 2 hours ago [-]
TBH we weren't sure if people preferred a native app or a web app for this kind of tool. This is useful feedback! We are trying to figure out how to bundle the micro-services together into maybe an electron app.
ramnique 2 hours ago [-]
Just to add more details here - currently the dashboard is a Next.js app, but the agents runtime (and Copilot) are Python apps since they're using the OpenAI agents sdk. We're trying to figure out the best way to bundle these into a single native app.
sirjaz 2 hours ago [-]
You could use tauri and use the native webview of the particular os
ramnique 2 hours ago [-]
We'll check this out, thanks!
jstummbillig 2 hours ago [-]
Web is native
justanotheratom 3 hours ago [-]
Congratulations on the launch. Suggest adding the demo video right in the landing page. That is the first thing I would be looking for. IMO.
segmenta 3 hours ago [-]
Thanks! We will put it out on our website.
owebmaster 36 minutes ago [-]
I'm happy it is not another VSCode fork. But isn't this missing a text editor to be called a proper IDE?
segmenta 9 minutes ago [-]
Fair point. Increasingly the workflow for multi-agent systems involves structured agent instructions (almost resembling code), testing, connecting tools and improving agents. Given this we decided to call it an IDE.
85392_school 28 minutes ago [-]
IDE just stands for Integrated Development Environment, so something that doesn't edit text could still be an IDE
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