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BlueBerry2001
574karma·83submissions·May 18, 2026
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Interested in AI, dev tools, open source, product design, and small software products.
I like exploring how software workflows change with AI agents, terminals, browsers, notes, and project context becoming more connected.
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Do you mean the demo on website?
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Yeah, that’s pretty much how I see it too. Cate is not trying to compete with tiling/scolling WMs. Those are better if the main problem is arranging normal OS windows. The goal here is more proje…
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Thanks for the pointer, I actually didn’t know Haystack before. Looks like it belongs in the prior-art / inspiration section, so I’ll add it to the README. From a quick look, I agree there is ove…
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That would be a really interesting direction, and I agree it fits the idea well. Right now Cate is a local desktop app because we wanted the first version to work closely with local projects, shells, …
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Nice, I just checked terminaldraw. Very similar core idea, but interesting that you used tldraw more directly as the canvas engine. Cate is a bit broader in scope: Electron desktop app, persistent pro…
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Yeah, that was one of the main challenges and still is. We chose Electron because the goal for v1 was to make Cate easy to try across macOS, Windows, and Linux without asking people to change their OS…
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That’s fair. Infinite canvas is not for everyone.
I think the important part is that it does not have to mean “everything everywhere forever”. Cate also has docking, tabs, splits, project-based layout…
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Yeah, I understand that direction. A more native/headless or Rust-based version could be interesting long term, especially for performance and battery life.
For v1 I kept it as a cross-platform d…
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I get that. A native WM version would be interesting, especially for performance and deeper OS integration.
For now Cate is intentionally an app because it is easier to try, cross-platform, and focuse…
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Yeah, that’s basically the mental model I’m aiming for.
Not “replace the desktop”, but one pane of glass for a specific project/workflow. Some people prefer strict OS-level windows, others seem t…
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Exactly. I agree that the OS/window manager is the “proper” layer in theory.
In practice, building it as an app makes experimentation much easier: cross-platform, lower friction to try, no need t…
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Because native virtual desktops still mostly preserve app windows, not project context.
Cate is more scoped: one workspace per project/folder with terminals, browser previews, editors, notes, age…
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That’s a valid concern and probably one of the biggest risks with an infinite canvas.
The goal is not “infinite mess”, but persistent context with enough structure: docking, tabs, splits, search via C…
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Yeah, I agree. I think we are in an interesting phase where people are rethinking the “IDE as one fixed rectangle” model.
Cate is one attempt at that from the spatial side: persistent canvases, termin…
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That’s fair. I probably need to explain that distinction better.
Cate is not trying to replace the OS window manager globally. It’s more a project workspace where terminals, browser previews, notes, a…
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Been sharing progress on Cate here for a while. v1 is finally in a pretty solid state now:
https://github.com/0-AI-UG/cate , https://cate.cero-ai.com Cate is an open s…