Hone IDE

AI-native code editor for all platforms — macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, iPadOS, Android, Web.

Built with Perry: TypeScript compiled to native UI. Powered by @honeide/core for all headless services.

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What it is

Hone is an IDE designed from the ground up for AI-assisted development:

• Native on every platform — one TypeScript codebase, compiled to native UI via Perry
• Mobile-first — full IDE experience on iPad and Android tablet; focused editing on iPhone/Android phone
• AI-native — inline completions, chat sidebar, autonomous agent mode, AI PR review
• Fully customizable — sidebar left or right, activity bar position, keybindings, themes

Status

Architecture

hone-ide/
├── src/
│   ├── app.ts                    # Perry entry point
│   ├── platform.ts               # Platform detection (macOS/iOS/Android/Web)
│   ├── commands.ts               # Built-in command registrations
│   ├── keybindings.ts            # Default keybindings per platform
│   ├── menu.ts                   # Application menu (desktop) / action sheet (mobile)
│   ├── window.ts                 # Window management
│   └── workbench/
│       ├── render.ts             # Main workbench renderer
│       ├── settings.ts           # Runtime workbench settings
│       ├── layout/
│       │   ├── grid.ts           # Resizable split panel engine
│       │   ├── tab-manager.ts    # Editor tab management
│       │   ├── panel-registry.ts # Panel registration
│       │   └── activity-bar.ts   # Activity bar / bottom nav
│       ├── theme/
│       │   ├── theme-loader.ts   # Load & resolve theme colors
│       │   ├── builtin-themes.ts # Bundled themes (Hone Dark, ...)
│       │   └── token-theme.ts    # TextMate token color resolution
│       └── views/                # (coming: explorer, git, search, AI chat, ...)

Building

Perry compiler required. Install from perry-lang.dev.

macOS

perry compile src/app.ts --output hone-ide
./hone-ide

Windows

PowerShell:

perry compile src/app.ts --target windows --output hone-ide
# Perry auto-appends .exe on Windows targets, producing hone-ide.exe
.\hone-ide.exe

cmd.exe:

perry compile src/app.ts --target windows --output hone-ide
hone-ide.exe

iOS Simulator

perry compile src/app.ts --target ios-simulator --output Hone
xcrun simctl install booted Hone.app
xcrun simctl launch booted com.hone.ide

iOS Device (no Xcode project needed)

Requires: Apple Developer account, codesign identity, and a provisioning profile.

One-time setup — generate a provisioning profile:

# Create a stub Xcode project to trigger automatic provisioning
mkdir -p /tmp/HoneSigner/Sources
cat > /tmp/HoneSigner/Sources/main.swift <<< 'import UIKit'
cat > /tmp/HoneSigner/project.yml << 'EOF'
name: HoneSigner
targets:
  Hone:
    type: application
    platform: iOS
    deploymentTarget: "17.0"
    sources: [{ path: Sources }]
    settings:
      base:
        PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER: com.hone.ide
        DEVELOPMENT_TEAM: YOUR_TEAM_ID
        CODE_SIGN_STYLE: Automatic
        GENERATE_INFOPLIST_FILE: YES
EOF
cd /tmp/HoneSigner && xcodegen generate
xcodebuild build -project HoneSigner.xcodeproj -scheme Hone \
  -destination "generic/platform=iOS" -allowProvisioningUpdates

This builds a throwaway app but downloads the provisioning profile you need. Find it in the built .app:

BUILT_APP=$(find ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/HoneSigner-*/Build/Products -name "Hone.app" -type d | head -1)

Build, sign, and deploy:

# 1. Build for device (run from the Perry repo root so it finds libraries)
cd /path/to/perry
perry compile /path/to/hone-ide/src/app.ts --target ios --output /path/to/hone-ide/Hone

# 2. Embed provisioning profile
cp "$BUILT_APP/embedded.mobileprovision" Hone.app/embedded.mobileprovision

# 3. Sign
codesign --force --sign "Apple Development: Your Name (XXXXXXXXXX)" \
  --entitlements <(cat << 'EOF'
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>application-identifier</key>
    <string>YOUR_TEAM_ID.com.hone.ide</string>
    <key>com.apple.developer.team-identifier</key>
    <string>YOUR_TEAM_ID</string>
    <key>get-task-allow</key>
    <true/>
</dict>
</plist>
EOF
) --timestamp=none Hone.app

# 4. Install and launch
DEVICE_ID=$(xcrun devicectl list devices 2>&1 | grep "iPhone" | grep "available" | awk '{print $5}')
xcrun devicectl device install app --device "$DEVICE_ID" Hone.app
xcrun devicectl device process launch --device "$DEVICE_ID" com.hone.ide

Replace YOUR_TEAM_ID with your Apple Developer Team ID and the signing identity with your certificate name (find with security find-identity -v -p codesigning).

Platform layout modes

Customization

Settings are respected at runtime:

import { updateSettings } from './workbench/settings';

// Move explorer to the right
updateSettings({ sidebarLocation: 'right' });

// Change theme
updateSettings({ colorTheme: 'Hone Light' });

Full settings UI in Slice 2.

License

MIT