✨ ShadRox v0.0.6 · Windows desktop beta See what's new →
Beta v0.0.6 · Windows 10 / 11 x64

Your project, your code, your AI —
one desktop workspace.

ShadRox brings a focused code editor, AI chat that runs on your own key, live project preview, Git tools and a real terminal into one native Windows app. Your files stay on your computer; only the prompt and context you choose are sent to your AI provider.

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Windows 10 / 11 · 64-bit · Google sign-in at first launch · Bring your own AI key · Auto-updates

1// src/App.tsx
2import { useWorkspace } from "./useWorkspace"
3
4export function App() {
5 const { ready } = useWorkspace()
6 // Ctrl+K on a selection → inline AI edit
7 return <Workspace ready={ready} />
8}
@App.tsx add a loading state
Reading 2 files · round 3/12
- return <Workspace ready={ready} />
+ if (!ready) return <Skeleton />
+ return <Workspace ready={ready} />
✓ Accept Reject 2 files · agent
PREVIEW
localhost:5173 · live preview
⎇ main · 1 modified 0 errors 0 warnings TypeScript Gemini · BYOK

Works great with

0 project files kept in cloud storage — the app opens the folder on your disk
0 AI provider types: Gemini, Groq, OpenAI-compatible
0 agent roles in a multi-step team run
0 built-in agent tools in the bounded loop, from reads and search to one guarded shell command, a confirmed terminal answer and a paused-debugger snapshot

Everything in one place

Stop switching windows.
Keep every tool in one app.

Four things ShadRox does end to end — and the rest of the workspace, listed.

How it works

From folder to commit,
in three steps.

Open a local folder, choose your AI provider, and review every proposed change.

1

Open a folder

Pick any local project. ShadRox builds a compact repo map and loads your rules automatically.

2

Ask, then review

Chat, press Ctrl+K or run an agent. Every proposed change shows up as a diff first — you accept or reject.

3

Run & commit

Preview it live, test in the terminal, and commit with an AI-written message right inside the app.

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The agent

An AI that shows its work.

Bounded, reviewable and honest about its limits.

Reads first.
Then proposes.

The agent reads your project — files, search, diagnostics, Git — and proposes changes as diffs you accept or reject. Requests can include a compact repo map so it understands the codebase before touching anything.

  • Read-only tools: list, read, search, diagnostics, Git, outlines
  • Five tool rounds by default, with up to six calls per round
  • Edits go through a patch → review → apply pipeline
  • Unsafe edits are held for review, never silently written
1
Read the fileslist_dir · read_file · search
2
Check diagnostics & Gitknow what is broken first
3
Propose a patchnever an arbitrary write
4
You review & acceptalways your call

Plan. Patch.
Verify. Repair.

Big goals become a task DAG of milestones. Each is verified with diagnostics, and failures get a repair brief. Still beta — review the results.

  • Verified with diagnostics and an optional approved command
  • Configurable repair attempts per milestone
  • Unrecoverable failure rolls back to the checkpoint
G
Goalwhat you asked for
P
Plan (task DAG)milestones with dependencies
V
Verifydiagnostics + approved command
R
Repair or rollbackbounded by maxAttempts

A small team,
with boundaries.

A Coordinator splits the goal and assigns specialists. Each brief carries file ownership so agents stay out of each other's way.

  • Shared bounded tool loop and guarded patch path
  • The Tests role will not weaken tests to make them pass
  • Reviewer reads and reports — changes nothing
C
Coordinatorplans and assigns, never edits
F
Frontendcomponents, styling, client state
B
BackendAPIs, data access, services
T
Tests · Reviewerfixtures and checks · read-only review

Your tools.
Your rules.

Connect Model Context Protocol servers with approval for every external tool call, and teach the agent your conventions once via rule files.

  • User-configured MCP servers, approval-gated
  • Rules and skills load automatically from your project
  • Supports .cursorrules, AGENTS.md, SHADROX.md
MD
SHADROX.mdyour project conventions
M
MCP Serversapproval-gated external tools
S
Skills.shadrox/skills/*.md
R
Rules.shadrox/rules/*.md

Why not just…

Aider and Cline are powerful.
Neither one is the whole workspace.

Same review-and-accept discipline and bring-your-own-key pricing — plus the editor, live preview, Git UI and terminal in the same window.

Aider · Cline

Aider drives from a terminal and Cline is a plugin inside another editor — strong agents, but the workspace lives somewhere else. ShadRox keeps the same bounded, review-and-accept loop and adds the explorer, preview, Git tools and terminal in one app.

Cloud AI editors

Requests go from your machine to the provider you configure — not through a ShadRox server, and your key is never sent to one. Point it at Ollama or LM Studio and the prompt stays on your PC.

Editor + plugin stacks

One native app instead of six extensions. Open a folder and the explorer, chat, preview and shell are already wired together.

Privacy

Local-first.
By design.

ShadRox edits real files on your disk. Only the prompt and context you choose go to the provider you picked. Your key never touches ShadRox servers.

Your computerfiles · key · rules
Your providerprompt + context
1

Files stay on your computer

No ShadRox cloud workspace and no project sync. The app opens the folder you pick.

2

Keys in OS-backed encrypted storage

Your provider key is sent with the request to the provider you configured — never to ShadRox.

3

Guarded commands

Approval is default-deny. Only these exact forms run without a prompt: npm test, pytest, python -m pytest, tsc --noEmit, npx tsc --noEmit, git diff, git status. One extra argument or a shell operator breaks the match, so everything else waits for a native approval dialog — and the workspace is re-checked between approval and execution.

4

Reviewable changes

Edits arrive as diffs. Unsafe patches are held for review instead of written in place.

Beta, and honest about it.

ShadRox is beta software, not a mature replacement for a general-purpose IDE. Agent output and model-generated edits can be incorrect, so review changes and keep backups for important work.

  • Review every AI diff and keep Git or backups for important work
  • Google sign-in is required to enter the app
  • Agent, autonomous run, team, plugin, and automation features are evolving
  • Preview support depends on your project and installed runtimes
  • Turns on your own key are neither metered nor capped; the plan and credit-meter screens are previews, and public payments are not enabled

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Windows shows a SmartScreen warning for unsigned builds — More → Run anyway.

FAQ

Quick answers.

Everything you need to know before you download.

Open a folder.
Start building.

Download the Windows beta, add a provider key, and bring your local project workflow into one window.

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Free during beta · Google sign-in at first launch · Unsigned build: open SmartScreen's More → Run anyway.

Built by Sourav Maurya, a solo developer from Delhi, India 🇮🇳
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