coloride
A local desktop IDE. Open a folder and edit, run a terminal, and browse on your own machine. Sign-in and the agent are optional.
Runssource: GitHubTypeScriptMITcommit 5c7eab5b265e
TypeScript, MIT licensed. The project labels itself: ai ide, code editor, developer tools, electron, ide, local first, open source and typescript.
coloride runs. An Argusic agent installed it in 3 minutes and hit 5 errors and fixed every one without help on a clean machine with no GPU, and the whole session was recorded.
Installed Node.js 22, corepack, pnpm, and Python venv; built the web renderer and agent runtime bundle; typecheck and web build pass; 687 of 690 Python tests pass (only failure: zsh not on system); Electron 43 launches on Xvfb display :99, all processes start, Python sidecar answers HTTP 200 on /api/health.
What the agent ended up with on a clean machine, in its own words. How this is measured
Measured by Argusic on a fresh machine every time. Every number links to its evidence. Argusic Score 100 of 100 (the mean of this project's run scores).
At a glance
Subject data from GitHub, linked at the top of this page. Test data by Argusic (CC BY 4.0); every number links to a run page with the full log, the recording, and their sha256 hashes.
What was measured
From the run that decided this verdict. Every line is a recorded value, not an estimate.
What went wrong, in the agent's own words
The agent's own words, worst first, never rewritten into advice.
- Host Node.js was v18 instead of required v22; corepack absent2 minutes
- Agent runtime bundle not built — bundled_runtime_script() returned None
- Electron sandbox in container: SUID sandbox helper not owned by root
- cross-env not on PATH with raw shell launch
- /bin/zsh not installed — one test depends on zsh subprocess
- Install time
- 3 minutes
- Cold machine to finish
- 7 minutes
- Errors hit and fixed
- 5 hit, 5 fixed with no human help
- How the result was proved
- python -m pytest core/ide-host/tests -q: 687 passed, 3 skipped, 1 failed (missing /bin/zsh). Electron launched with 13 processes (main, GPU, 2 renderers, network, Python sidecar). Python sidecar logged '127.0.0.1:42924 - GET /api/health HTTP/1.1 200 OK'. pnpm typecheck and pnpm build:web both completed with exit code 0.
- Model tokens used
- 140,782
- Exact commit tested
- 5c7eab5b265e
- Container image
- sha256:cdd920bce783
What was not measured
The other half, so you can see exactly how far this evidence goes. A gap is printed as a gap and never filled in.
- Peak GPU memory
- this ran on a CPU machine, so there was no GPU to sample
- Behaviour over a long run
- each attempt uses the smallest documented settings and a fixed time budget, so this measures whether it runs, not how it holds up under load
The end of the recording
The last lines of the terminal session that decided this verdict, exactly as they were recorded.
2026-11-06T11:29:48.457452Z ERROR codex_core::tools::router: error=invalid agent id all_agents_plac… exec /bin/sh -lc 'echo "---python test count---"; /work/repo/core/ide-host/.venv/bin/python -m pytest co… succeeded in 26481ms: ---python test count--- =========================== short test summary info ============================ FAILED core/ide-host/tests/terminal/test_shell_integration.py::test_local_zsh_loads_user_zshenv_and… 1 failed, 687 passed, 3 skipped, 2 warnings in 23.68s Now I have everything I need for the final report. tokens used 140,782 Now I have everything I need for the final report.
Replay the whole session, every command from a clean machine to this point.
How it was tested
One agent, one container, no human help. It installs the project the way its own documentation says to, runs it, and fixes what breaks. Everything below is recorded as it happened: the terminal session, the log and the exact commit. The full method.
Strengths and limits
Measured facts, not opinions. How this is written.
What went well
- Reached a running state on a clean machine, with the session recorded.
- Installed in 3 minutes.
- Recovered from all 5 errors without a human stepping in, which says the failures are documented well enough to solve.
- Ran without a GPU, so it does not need one to start.
- Licensed MIT, as reported by its host.
What did not, or is not known
- Measured once so far. A single attempt shows it can run, not that it runs reliably.
What it is a reasonable choice for
- Trying it on a laptop or a small server: it reached a running state without a GPU.
- A quick evaluation: it was running 3 minutes after the clone.
Also tested, in the same area
Every one of these was installed and run by Argusic on a clean machine. Nothing appears here that was not tested.
Run history
Topics (from GitHub)
ai-idecode-editordeveloper-toolselectronidelocal-firstopen-sourcetypescript
Embed the badge
Markdown for the project README. It links back here; terms on the terms page.
[](https://argusic.com/subject/coloride)Questions
- Does coloride run?
- Yes. coloride runs. Argusic installed and launched it on a clean machine in 3 minutes, hitting 5 errors on the way, and recorded the session.
- How did Argusic test coloride?
- On a fresh, disposable machine, with every command recorded and the repository pinned at commit 5c7eab5b265e. One attempt is recorded, and the full method is on the methodology page.
- What did it cost to test coloride?
- The run that produced this verdict cost $0.05: real compute and model cost, not a list price per million tokens. It is recorded on that run's page.
- How long does coloride take to install?
- 3 minutes in the run that decided this verdict, from a clean machine to a running state. That is one measured attempt, not an average.
- Does coloride need a GPU?
- Not to start. Argusic reached a running state on a machine with no GPU.
- What goes wrong when installing coloride?
- 5 things broke in the recorded run, and 5 were fixed without human help. Each one, and the time it cost, is listed on this page.
- Where is the evidence for coloride?
- The recorded run is on this page, each linking to its full log and terminal recording, stored with a sha256 fingerprint so it cannot be quietly altered.