openidea
The IDE you know, rebuilt in Rust. IntelliJ IDEA, style keymap, tool windows and search-everywhere in a fast native app: editor, code insight, debugger, Git, terminal, database and HTTP clients for 60+ languages.
Runs with mockssource: GitHubTypeScriptApache-2.0commit 429e8ffc8295
TypeScript, Apache-2.0 licensed. The project labels itself: code editor, cross platform, dap, database client, debugger, desktop app, developer tools and git.
openidea runs, with stand-ins for the services it depends on. An Argusic agent installed it in 18 minutes and hit 4 errors on a clean machine with no GPU, and the whole session was recorded.
All frontend (2522 vitest + 21 e2e) and Rust core (1040 cargo) tests pass and the production web build serves HTTP 200; the Tauri desktop shell does not build because the container lacks glib/webkit2gtk system dev libraries and has no root to install them.
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 87 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.
- Default 2-worker e2e run: 16/22 tests timed out during shared goto('/') fixture while the app rendered fine11 minutes
- pnpm, cargo and rustc were missing and Node was 18 (README requires Node 22)3 minutes
- Tauri desktop shell cannot compile: glib-2.0.pc and webkit2gtk-4.1 dev files absent and no root to install them3 minutes
- Playwright browsers missing; --with-deps requires root1 minute
- Install time
- 18 minutes
- Cold machine to finish
- 31 minutes
- Errors hit and fixed
- 4 hit, 3 fixed with no human help
- How the result was proved
- pnpm test exited 0 with 2522/2522 passed; cargo test --workspace --exclude openidea exited 0 with 1040/1040 passed; pnpm exec playwright test --workers=1 exited 0 with 21 passed, 1 fixme-skipped; curl -s -o /dev/null -w %{http_code} http://localhost:1420/ returned 200 on the prod preview; pnpm build, typecheck and lint (0 errors) all exited 0
- Model tokens used
- 370,531
- Exact commit tested
- 429e8ffc8295
- 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
- Behaviour against real services
- this run was verified against stand-in services only
The end of the recording
The last lines of the terminal session that decided this verdict, exactly as they were recorded.
**Errors recorded**
- Error 1: `pnpm`/`cargo`/`rustc` not installed and Node was 18 (README wants Node 22). Fixed by in…
- Error 2: Playwright browsers missing; `--with-deps` failed (needs root). Fixed by `playwright ins…
- Error 3: Full e2e run with default parallel workers: 16/22 failed on a shared `page.goto("/")` fi…
- Error 4 (unfixed, environment): Tauri desktop crate cannot compile — `glib-2.0.pc` and `webkit2gt…
**Verified (observed)**
- `pnpm test`: 299 files, 2522 tests passed.
- `cargo test --workspace --exclude openidea`: 1040 passed, 0 failed (includes real git-workflow te…
- `pnpm build`: production bundle built in 2.2s; `pnpm preview` served it — `curl` returned HTTP 20…
- `pnpm exec playwright test --workers=1`: 21 passed, 1 skipped (pre-existing explicit `test.fixme`…
- `pnpm typecheck`: passed; `pnpm lint`: 0 errors (6 pre-existing warnings); `vitest run scripts pe…
- I did not launch the Tauri desktop binary — its host libs are absent. I did not observe e2e failu…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
- Licensed Apache-2.0, as reported by its host.
What did not, or is not known
- Only reached a running state against stand-in services, so nothing here proves it works against the real ones.
- Took 18 minutes to install, slower than the median of the 9 comparable projects Argusic has measured.
- Hit 4 errors during setup, 1 of which were not solved.
- Measured once so far. A single attempt shows it can run, not that it runs reliably.
Of the 10 code-editor projects Argusic has installed and timed, openidea was the 8th fastest to reach a running state, and 8 of 10 reached one at all.
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
| tested by | attempt | outcome | score | cost USD | when |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argusic Runner | 1/3 | Runs with mocks | 87.00 | 0.15 |
Topics (from GitHub)
code-editorcross-platformdapdatabase-clientdebuggerdesktop-appdeveloper-toolsgithttp-clientideintellijlsprusttauriterminal
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[](https://argusic.com/subject/openidea)Questions
- Does openidea run?
- openidea runs, with mocks standing in for external services. Argusic installed and launched it on a clean machine in 18 minutes, hitting 4 errors on the way, and recorded the session.
- How did Argusic test openidea?
- On a fresh, disposable machine, with every command recorded and the repository pinned at commit 429e8ffc8295. One attempt is recorded, and the full method is on the methodology page.
- What did it cost to test openidea?
- The run that produced this verdict cost $0.15: real compute and model cost, not a list price per million tokens. It is recorded on that run's page.
- How long does openidea take to install?
- 18 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 openidea need a GPU?
- Not to start. Argusic reached a running state on a machine with no GPU.
- What goes wrong when installing openidea?
- 4 things broke in the recorded run, and 3 were fixed without human help. Each one, and the time it cost, is listed on this page.
- How does openidea compare with the alternatives?
- Of the 10 code-editor projects Argusic has installed and timed, openidea was the 8th fastest to reach a running state, and 8 of 10 reached one at all.
- Where is the evidence for openidea?
- 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.