Meet WidePane — the wide pane for AI‑assisted engineering.
One workspace for every model — on your device, your network, or a cloud provider. Local‑first, provider‑neutral, and built so your code never leaves without you saying so.
Windows desktop app · VS Code extension · Ollama, OpenAI, Anthropic & any OpenAI‑compatible endpoint
A complete workspace, not a chat box.
Every capability a serious AI coding tool needs — with the safety architecture wired through all of it.
Local & cloud models
Pick per role: agent, edit, chat, completion, embeddings. Local, LAN, or cloud — your choice, made explicit.
Ollama, first‑class
Your GPU is a first‑class citizen, not a fallback. Point WidePane at any Ollama instance on device or your network.
VS Code extension
An activity‑bar workspace, inline edit, native ghost‑text completion, and status — free, no account required.
Native desktop app
A Tauri workbench with Monaco, a real terminal, file explorer, and diff review — Windows executable, MSI & NSIS.
Secure provider transport
All model traffic runs through a trusted Rust host. API keys live in the OS keychain and never touch the webview.
Agent mode
Structured tools with universal permission review, approval scopes, audit trail, and a hard never‑auto ceiling.
Indexing & retrieval
Lexical by default, hybrid when you add an embedder. A transparent context manifest for every request.
Inline edit
Structured diffs, hunk‑level acceptance, safe atomic apply, and operation‑level undo. Nothing applies without review.
Privacy / local‑only
Local means local. A policy gate blocks cloud and unapproved LAN requests — enforced in code, not a promise.
Sovereignty over your code and your models.
WidePane
- ✓ Any model — local, LAN, or cloud, chosen per role
- ✓ Local‑only mode enforced at the provider gate
- ✓ Keys in the OS keychain, never in the webview
- ✓ Every agent action reviewed, scoped, and audited
- ✓ Open source, no lock‑in to one vendor's models
Single‑vendor tools
- • One provider's models, one subscription
- • Cloud‑anchored; local is an afterthought
- • Trust‑us privacy, not verifiable in code
- • Limited control over what the agent may do
- • Closed, with your workflow tied to the vendor
Privacy you can check, not just read about.
The webview can't make a network call, read a file, or run a process except through a fixed set of typed, permission‑mediated commands. Secrets never cross that boundary.
No silent uploads
There is no code path that falls back from a local model to the cloud. Local‑only blocks it at the gate.
OS‑keychain secrets
API keys and headers live in Windows Credential Manager / macOS Keychain / Secret Service — referenced, never exposed.
Audited actions
Every tool call is validated, risk‑classified host‑side, approved, and recorded as redacted metadata.
Bring your own models. Keep your own code.
Free during the public beta. Create an account to manage downloads and your workspace, or grab the VS Code extension with no account at all.