CodePad 🚀

CodePad is a premium, native macOS IDE designed to unify your interaction with AI agents. Initially focused on providing a first-class experience for Claude Code, it combines a modern macOS interface with the power of a smart terminal.

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✨ Features

• Native macOS Performance: Built with SwiftUI and SwiftData for a smooth, responsive experience.
• Claude Code Integration: Full support for claude-code CLI, including streaming, tool calls, and persistence.
• Project Management: Organize your work by folders. CodePad automatically detects your Git branch and environment.
• Session Persistence: Continue your conversations exactly where you left off using Claude's --resume functionality.
• Tool Call Visualization: Beautiful, interactive views for bash, read, write, grep, and glob tools.
• Plan & Full Access Modes: Toggle between safety and speed with integrated permission controls.
• Smart Onboarding: Automatically detects your Claude CLI installation and guides you through the setup.

🛠️ Requirements

• macOS 15.0+ (Optimized for macOS 26.4+)
• Claude Code CLI: npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
• Node.js: Required by Claude Code.

🚀 Quick Start

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Juan-Severiano/CodePad.git
   cd CodePad

2. Open in Xcode: Open CodePad.xcodeproj.
3. Build & Run: Press Cmd + R.
4. Connect Claude: Ensure you are logged in via claude auth login in your terminal.

🏗️ Architecture

• UI: SwiftUI (Modern @Observable patterns)
• Data: SwiftData for local persistence of projects and messages.
• Process Management: Foundation.Process with shell-aware environment inheritance (supports Fish, Zsh, Bash).
• Communication: MCP-style JSON streaming via CLI pipes.

📜 License

This project is licensed under the Creative Non-Commercial MIT License. See the LICENSE file for the full text.