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A spatial desktop IDE with an infinite canvas for code, terminals, browsers, documents, AI agents, and git.
Current source version: v1.0.3
Cate is an Electron desktop app for arranging development tools in freeform space. Mix floating canvas panels with docked tabs and splits, detach panels into standalone windows, and keep multiple workspaces synced across sessions.
Getting Started
Open any folder to create a workspace — Cate restores your canvas layout, panel positions, and open terminals every time you come back. Right-click the canvas to add panels, press Cmd+K for the command palette, or drag panels onto the dock to create tabs and splits.
No configuration files, no project setup — just point Cate at a directory and start working.
Why Cate?
Alt-tab works fine — until you have 12 terminals, 6 files open, docs in another window, and notes scattered across desktops. At that point switching windows becomes the actual bottleneck.
Cate replaces that pile of windows with one persistent canvas per project. Terminals, editors, browsers, and notes sit where you put them, grouped how you think about them, and they're still there when you come back the next day.
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