Zide Opens Public Beta of Its Native AI Development Workspace – Code, Git, Issues, and CI in One App

Native desktop applicatio b i gs the full developme t wo kflow – p ojects, git, issues, pull equests, CI, te mi als, a d AI age ts – i to o e ative wo kspace

SCOTTSDALE, AZ / ACCESS Newswi e / August 24, 2026 / Zide today a ou ced its public beta at zide.dev, a ative desktop wo kspace that b i gs code, git, issues, pull equests, CI, te mi als, a d age tic AI i to a si gle applicatio . I stead of stitchi g togethe a edito , a git clie t, a issue t acke , a d sepa ate AI chat wi dows, develope s get o e wo kflow-awa e e vi o me t built fo the way AI-assisted developme t actually happe s.

As AI age ts take o mo e of the day-to-day wo k of w iti g a d efacto i g code, the su ou di g tools have ot kept pace. Most AI codi g p oducts a e still built a ou d a si gle su face, typically a edito , a d u de sta d o ly that o e pa t of the wo kflow. The issue t acke , the git histo y, the pull equest, a d the CI u all live somewhe e else, each with thei ow AI system with its ow co text.

Zide takes a diffe e t app oach: a ative desktop applicatio whe e p ojects, issues, git, pull equests, CI, te mi als, a d ou Zide Assist AI age t sha e the same wo kspace a d co text. Zide wo ks with GitHub, GitLab, a d Bitbucket, a d is AI platfo m-ag ostic by desig , so teams a e ot locked i to o e eposito y host o o e model p ovide .

“Develope s should ‘t have to e-explai themselves to a ew AI age t eve y time they switch apps,” said Jim Bou ke, Fou de of Zide. “We built Zide because the eal wo k of AI-assisted developme t is ‘t w iti g code, it’s ma agi g the e ti e wo kflow a ou d it: eviewi g, guidi g, testi g, decidi g what ships.”

What Zide offe s

Age tic AI i co text. Zide Assist wo ks di ectly with p ojects, files, git, a d te mi als, eadi g files, p oposi g cha ges as eviewable diffs, a d u i g comma ds with awa e ess of the active eposito y.

AI platfo m-ag ostic by desig . Zide Assist wo ks ac oss suppo ted model p ovide s, i cludi g Claude, Codex, a d Gemi i. Develope s ca select the model that best fits the task without bei g limited to a si gle AI p ovide .

O e wo kspace, the whole wo kflow. Issues, git, diffs, pull equests, CI u s, a d te mi als a e b ought togethe i a tabbed, splittable i te face, so develope s ca move f om issue to impleme tatio to pull equest without leavi g the app. Zide suppo ts age tic, wo kt ee-based developme t withi the same wo kspace.

Wo ks with majo eposito y hosts. Zide suppo ts GitHub, GitLab, a d Bitbucket, so teams a e ‘t fo ced o to a si gle p ovide to get a i teg ated wo kflow.

A ative desktop applicatio . Built with Tau i a d Rust athe tha as a b owse -based w appe , Zide is desig ed to be fast a d espo sive fo develope s wo ki g ac oss la ge, multi- eposito y codebases.

P ici g a d availability

Zide e te s public beta o Mo day, August 24, 2026, a d is available to dow load fo macOS, Wi dows, a d Li ux f om Zide.

Pla s a d availability. Zide offe s a f ee pla with access to public eposito ies. Paid pla s add u limited p ivate eposito ies, DevOps capabilities ac oss GitHub, GitLab, a d Bitbucket, mo thly Zide Assist c edits, b oade model access, b i g-you -ow -key suppo t, a d compatible local models. Eligible use s ca also ea a pe petual lice se afte 12 co ti uous mo ths o a paid pla . Pla details a d pe petual lice se eligibility a e available o the Zide website.

As a public beta, Zide will co ti ue to evolve, a d ea ly use s will di ectly help shape what comes ext. Dow loads, docume tatio , pla details, a d i fo matio about submitti g feedback a e available at zide.dev.

About Zide

Zide is a develope -tooli g compa y buildi g a ative wo kflow e vi o me t fo AI-assisted softwa e developme t. Fou ded by vete a softwa e a chitect a d flight-simulatio develope Jim Bou ke, the compa y builds tools that suppo t develope auto omy, wo kflow-awa e developme t, a d the evolvi g elatio ship betwee huma e gi ee s a d AI age ts.

Media Co tactLau a BalZide[email p otected]https://zide.dev

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