Rovik IDE
In active developmentJavaScript, TypeScript and RustJS, TS and Rust

The lightweight IDE with an AI agent that checks its own work

Rovik is a native code editor with an agent built in. It plans, edits and runs your code, then runs your type check, lint and tests before a change lands. Use any OpenAI-compatible model, or one running on your own machine.

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For Linux, macOS and Windows

The agent

Hand off the task, keep the control

The agent works in your project the way you would: it reads the code, makes the change, runs the checks and tells you what it did.

  • Autopilot

    One message, a whole task. Autopilot writes the criteria and a plan, has the plan reviewed, writes the tests first, then implements, reviews and checks the change and hands it over with a report. Nothing waits for you: what it can’t decide, it writes down. Pick Balanced or Thorough effort.

    1. Plan
    2. Plan review
    3. Tests
    4. Implement
    5. Change review
    6. Checks
    7. Acceptance
    8. Deliver

  • Checked before it lands

    When the agent is done, Rovik runs your type check, lint and tests. Failures go back to the agent, a fix that breaks what passed is rolled back, and weakened tests are flagged instead of counted.

  • Parallel chats, no collisions

    Each chat works on its own copy of your changes. When it’s done, its work is merged into the project; conflicts come to you, and a landing can be undone.

  • You stay in control

    Choose the commands the agent may run and what needs your approval. Edits show as diffs you accept or reject change by change, and a second model can approve the routine ones.

  • Any model, your key

    OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, OpenRouter, Fireworks or any other OpenAI-compatible API, with your own key. Or a local model in Ollama or LM Studio.

  • Subagents

    Optional helpers with a fresh context: scouts that explore a question, a change reviewer, a test writer that never reads the new code, and step workers for long plans.

  • Cloud hosts

    Move a chat to your own Linux server over SSH and it keeps running while your laptop sleeps. A terminal on the host is one click away, and a team can share a server, each person in their own account.

The editor

A fast editor underneath

Everything you need to read, write and ship code, in a native app that stays quick.

  • Native and light

    Built with Tauri and Rust on your system’s own web view, not a bundled Chromium: far less memory than Electron-based editors.

  • Monaco and IntelliSense

    VS Code’s editor, with IntelliSense that understands your whole project and jumps to definitions across files.

  • Terminal, search and Git

    Your own shell, search across the project on ripgrep’s engine, and a Git panel with a side-by-side conflict resolver.

  • Fast on big projects

    The file tree draws only the rows you see, so 50,000 files cost about what 50 do, and it follows changes on disk.

Status

In active development

Rovik is young and moving fast. It supports JavaScript, TypeScript and Rust today, and more languages will follow. Expect rough edges and frequent changes; bug reports and ideas are welcome.

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  • TypeScript

    IntelliSense across the whole project, definitions a Ctrl+click away, and tsc after every change the agent makes.

  • JavaScript

    The same project-wide IntelliSense, with your lint and tests run after every change.

  • Rust

    rust-analyzer in the editor, and cargo check, clippy and tests after every change.

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Get Rovik IDE

The latest release for Linux, macOS and Windows.

All releasesBuild from source

Opening Rovik for the first time
macOS
The app isn’t notarized yet. If macOS says it’s damaged or can’t be opened, move it to Applications and run:xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/Rovik IDE.app"
Windows
SmartScreen may warn that the publisher is unknown: choose More info, then Run anyway.
Linux
Make the AppImage executable, then run it:chmod +x Rovik.IDE_*.AppImage
Virtual files
On its first start Rovik may offer to install a virtual-files driver (FUSE, macFUSE or WinFsp). It’s optional: it makes isolated chats faster and lets the agent manage its own context.