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Rune is now open source

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Re: Rune is now open source

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Post by ernestrc »

anigbrowl wrote: post #11

The open ledger and profit-sharing for contributors might be an even more interesting innovation than the IDE itself. I like my existing IDE but Rune looks very nice so I'll certainly give it a whirl.

Thanks! We're still working on the legal details, but should have something finalized in the coming weeks.

Re: Rune is now open source

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Post by pmontra »

Claude in a terminal is becoming more and more my IDE. I use emacs to do some edits or to look at some files, but orders of magnitude less than when I wrote all the code.

Syntax highlighting? Yes, for readability. Completion? I noticed today that maybe I broke the language server for Ruby but I didn't bother to investigate. Maybe next week, or next month.

Git log, blame, diff, yes, as usual.

I don't see a bright future for IDEs. Vi or emacs from the 90s could be all we need.

Non developers using AIs to vibe code their projects maybe won't need any editor at all, nor an IDE.

Re: Rune is now open source

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Post by natnatenathan »

pmontra wrote: post #22

Claude in a terminal is becoming more and more my IDE. I use emacs to do some edits or to look at some files, but orders of magnitude less than when I wrote all the code. Syntax highlighting? Yes, for readability. Completion? I noticed today that maybe I broke the language server for Ruby but I didn't bother to investigate. Maybe next week, or next month. Git log, blame, diff, yes, as usual. I don't see a bright futu…

I have found that I need more than this. A document viewer is critical so I can see HTML prototypes, review docs and other output and give feedback contextually inline (through a commenting system). I also need a task lists for my project/ agents so I can see where things are. I created an app like this for myself that is built around an integrated terminal, after I had the epiphany that VS Code (and VIM) were becoming the wrong tool because I am not actually spending time _writing_ the code.

Re: Rune is now open source

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Post by ernestrc »

pmontra wrote: post #22

Claude in a terminal is becoming more and more my IDE. I use emacs to do some edits or to look at some files, but orders of magnitude less than when I wrote all the code. Syntax highlighting? Yes, for readability. Completion? I noticed today that maybe I broke the language server for Ruby but I didn't bother to investigate. Maybe next week, or next month. Git log, blame, diff, yes, as usual. I don't see a bright futu…

That’s exactly why Rune is also a terminal multiplexer. Rune acts as a bridge between automated and manual programming. You can fuzzy-search for symbols and files and reference them right from the chat UI, without having to copy and paste. When the agent is working, it uses Rune’s symbol index and IDE-grade toolset instead of greping the codebase. It also gets compilation errors right after applying patches.

And this is just the beginning. I think there’s so much more to explore in this space.

Re: Rune is now open source

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Post by jmmv »

ernestrc wrote: post #7
purpleidea wrote: post #6

(I will try this as soon as there is a package in Fedora... That's my personal subjective bar to choosing a new EDITOR. But I definitely hope this succeeds, I'm a fan so far.)

It’s a long process to get into Fedora, but we’re gonna give it a shot for sure.

It is, but you can start with a COPR repo instead.

Re: Rune is now open source

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Post by ernestrc »

Conan_Kudo wrote: post #16
ernestrc wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s a long process to get into Fedora, but we’re gonna give it a shot for sure.

Since it's written in Go, you might want to reach out to the Fedora Go SIG and see if they can help you. :)

:) https://forge.fedoraproject.org/go/sig/issues/1#issuecomment...

Re: Rune is now open source

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Post by lantry »

pmontra wrote: post #22

Claude in a terminal is becoming more and more my IDE. I use emacs to do some edits or to look at some files, but orders of magnitude less than when I wrote all the code. Syntax highlighting? Yes, for readability. Completion? I noticed today that maybe I broke the language server for Ruby but I didn't bother to investigate. Maybe next week, or next month. Git log, blame, diff, yes, as usual. I don't see a bright futu…

What about search, and "find usages", and other affordances for navigating the codebase? I know vi can search within a file, but I think with larger codebases you need something more powerful.

Re: Rune is now open source

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Post by ernestrc »

microflash wrote: post #28

Do I have to use Rune Network? Can it can run offline?

Yes, you can disable it but if you don't login with your Rune account, it won't ever connect. You can also disable auto-joining, even if logged in, with the following config: https://github.com/unstablebuild/rune/blob/main/cmd/rune/run...

Re: Rune is now open source

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Post by robert-zaremba »

Go is my the most favourite language, so I'm happy to see a Go based editor. However this days I'm writing code mainly in typescript (for Cloudflare workers). TS is the most popular language and you guys will definitely need to prioritize TS.
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