mIDE 0.4.0

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A quiet desktop editor for learning web programming by writing code manually. No autocomplete, no AI, no language servers.

Version 0.4.0Linux AppImageMIT license

mIDE means minimal IDE. It edits HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, React and Astro, and it is built for people who want to practise writing their own code instead of accepting suggestions.

The editor gives you an Explorer, file tabs, a text editor, a status bar and an optional terminal. Everything else is left to you and your browser.

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The mIDE window with the Explorer on the left, open file tabs, a syntax-highlighted Astro file in the editor and the status bar along the bottom.
The whole workspace: Explorer, tabs, editor and status bar. The terminal stays hidden until you ask for it.

What mIDE is

mIDE is a Tauri 2 desktop application written in Rust, React and TypeScript, with CodeMirror 6 as the editor. One window holds one project. There is no global state framework, no telemetry and no account.

Version0.4.0
PlatformLinux x86_64 AppImage. Tested only on Arch Linux and Omarchy.
LanguagesHTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, JSX, TSX, Astro, JSON, Markdown and MDX
LicenseMIT

The point is comfortable manual editing with keyboard access. Syntax highlighting and explicit formatting help you read and tidy code; they do not write it for you.

What it leaves out

These omissions are deliberate product decisions, not missing features on a roadmap. Alternative editors cover them better.

No completion or auto-closing
No code suggestions, no automatic brackets or tags. You type the closing tag, the quote and the brace yourself.
No language servers or AI
No LSP, diagnostics, error squiggles, AI assistants or chat. Browsers and developer tools reveal runtime problems.
No Git interface
Git runs in the integrated terminal, using your own configuration.
No debugger, extensions or accounts
No extension system, debugger, embedded documentation viewer, telemetry or cloud features.

The workspace

The interface follows the same shape in both themes. The Explorer sits on the left with a resizable divider, tabs are 38px high, the status bar is 25px, and the editor uses a monospace font at 14px by default.

  • Explorer — open a folder, then click a file to edit it. Create, rename, move and delete items in place.
  • Tabs and editor — one tab per file, a dot for unsaved changes and one undoable formatting action.
  • Status bar — Go Live for a local static server, plus the current file and cursor position.
  • Terminal — hidden by default, starts in the project root and keeps running while hidden.

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