Local-first AI coding workbench

Keep your project aligned while AI helps you build.

Fsidecar is a desktop workbench for developers using AI coding tools. It tracks project context, focuses the right files, previews safe refactors, and helps stop your workflow from drifting off course.

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Built for local-first development. No cloud dependency required for core workflows.

WORK FOCUS src/fsidecar/server/webapp.py

✓ active viewer file

✓ extraction candidates found

→ Source Preview

EXTRACTION PREVIEW

Source stays visible on the left.

Draft helper opens on the right.

Preview only. No files changed.

NEXT: Prepare apply plan

AI coding gets messy when the project loses context.

The problem is not that AI cannot write code. The problem is that it forgets the real shape of your project, misses recent changes, guesses at file relationships, and burns your time re-explaining the same work.

Context drift

Stop re-orienting every session

Fsidecar keeps project state, recent work, and focused files visible so your next prompt starts closer to reality.

Safe refactors

Preview before files change

Inspect source ranges, proposed helper drafts, and future-state previews before committing to edits.

Local-first

Your project stays on your machine

Fsidecar is designed around local project awareness, deterministic workflows, and user-controlled execution.

A workbench for AI-assisted development.

Fsidecar is not just memory. It is a project alignment layer: capture what matters, focus the right files, guide the next step, and stage safer code changes.

Project-aware Work Focus with active files, recent changes, and viewer context.

Guided refactor workflow: Candidate Review → Source Preview → Extraction Preview → Apply Plan.

Preview sandbox for proposed future files without modifying your repo.

Local memory and project context designed to reduce repeated explanation.

Built for developers using ChatGPT, Claude, Codex, Cursor, Copilot, or other AI coding tools.

Early access

Founding Builder Access

$19

one-time early supporter pricing

Early supporters get beta access, direct influence on the roadmap, future updates during development, and permanent access to Fsidecar at no additional cost. Founding builders are helping shape the platform and will never need to buy in again later.

Windows beta available first
Offline-capable workflows
No cloud dependency for core features
Designed for real AI-assisted development workflows

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Current focus

What early users should expect

This is an early product for builders who want a practical local AI workflow assistant now, not a polished enterprise suite later.

Useful today for project context, file focus, and guided preview workflows.

Execution/refactor flows are being hardened carefully and intentionally.

Feedback from early users will shape the public release.

Join the builder loop.

Fsidecar is early, so the best feedback comes from people actually building with AI tools and hitting the messy parts in real projects.

Discord

Talk with early builders

Use the Discord for beta testing, bug reports, feature ideas, and direct development discussion around Fsidecar.

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The Fragmented Interactive subreddit is a simple place for public progress notes, discussion, and early user feedback.

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Support

Support the build

Ko-fi support helps fund the early release while Fsidecar is being hardened with real builder feedback.

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Build with AI without losing the thread.

Fsidecar helps keep your project aligned, your next step visible, and your refactors staged before files change.

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