Built with Rust & Tauri

An editor that feels like home.

Tau brings the fun back into writing code. It is a fast, calm desktop editor that puts your ideas first — so you can explore, experiment, and ship without the noise of a heavy IDE.

View on GitHub See it in action

main.rs

fn main() {
    // start exploring
    println!("Hello, Tau.");
}

Stays out of your way

Fast enough that you forget the editor is there, so you can stay lost in the code.

Keeps you in flow

Everything you need in one window — no tab hunting, no context switching, no clutter.

Yours to play with

Open source and built with familiar tech, so you can shape it to fit how you work.

Made for the joy of coding

Project explorer

Jump around your project without losing momentum. A clean sidebar keeps your files one click away.

Tabs & split panes

Keep many files in view at once and arrange your workspace the way your brain likes it.

Smart editing

Syntax highlighting, diagnostics, and language-server smarts for your favorite stack.

Integrated terminal

Run tests, servers, and one-off commands without breaking your rhythm.

Git source control

Review changes, stage, and commit from the same window — so ideas move smoothly from head to repo.

AI agent panel

Pair with Claude Code when you want a sounding board, a helper, or a fresh perspective.

See it in action

The Tau editor with a file tree, open tabs, code editing, and a terminal panel. — Browsing and editing a project.

The Tau source control panel showing staged and unstaged changes, a commit box, and an inline diff view. — Staging, committing, and reviewing diffs.

The Tau agent panel running a Claude Code session alongside the editor and terminal. — Running Claude Code in a dedicated panel.

Start exploring in minutes

Tau is ready to hack on. Clone it, build it, and open a folder — then see how it feels to code again.

Get the code on GitHub

terminal

$ git clone https://github.com/martinsk/tau.git
$ cd tau
$ npm install --prefix frontend
$ npm run dev

Open source, built to explore

Tau is a learning project made for curious developers. Ideas, issues, and experiments are welcome.

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