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Nimbalyst

Nimbalyst is an open-source visual workspace for managing coding-agent sessions alongside project files, tasks, Git worktrees and code changes.

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Understand the project

Practical overview

When it fits

Use Nimbalyst when coding-agent work needs to be coordinated with project tasks, files and Git changes, particularly when several sessions run in parallel and their edits need visual review.

Who it is for

  • Developers coordinating multiple coding-agent sessions.
  • Teams or individuals who want to review agent edits and track related tasks, files and Git changes in a visual workspace.
  • Developers who want to edit Markdown, diagrams, mockups, data files or code alongside agent work.

Documented uses

  • Run and organize parallel coding-agent sessions in separate Git worktrees.
  • Search, resume and track sessions, including the files they touched.
  • Review proposed edits as rendered diffs and accept or reject changes.
  • Manage plans, bugs, features and todos with trackers that agents can also read and update.
  • Edit project documents, diagrams, mockups, data and code in built-in visual editors.
Before you choose

Requirements & limits

The repository describes Nimbalyst as a free, MIT-licensed desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux, with an iOS companion. Its download section specifies macOS 12 or later for Apple Silicon and Intel, Windows 10 or later, and Debian/Ubuntu or derivative packages, with an AppImage for other Linux distributions. OpenCode and GitHub Copilot are identified as alpha in the feature list.

  • Nimbalyst is an application workspace, not a coding-agent model; its documented purpose is to coordinate and edit work from coding agents.
  • Its built-in editors cover Markdown, mockups, Mermaid, Excalidraw, CSV, data models and code in Monaco.
  • The project describes an EditorHost contract for custom editors and an MCP client for connecting MCP servers.
  • The repository identifies Codex, Claude Code and OpenCode as supported environments; the feature list labels OpenCode and GitHub Copilot alpha and also mentions a Gemini provider.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Build the desktop app from source

Install the repository dependencies and start Nimbalyst in Electron development mode.

Before you start

  • Node 24
  • Corepack, included with Node 24
  • The Nimbalyst source repository

Steps

  1. Enable Corepack with corepack enable.

  2. Install dependencies from the repository root with pnpm install.

  3. Change to packages/electron and run pnpm run dev.

Expected outcome

The Electron app starts in development mode.

Guide limitations

  • The documented steps cover development mode, not packaging or installing a release.
  • The README's local binary build example is specifically for Mac.
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