DevSpace

Centralize every developer project. Tools, credentials, git, terminals — one dashboard.

🌐 Website · ⬇️ Download · 🔒 Privacy · 🐛 Report a bug

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🤔 The problem

Every developer morning looks the same:

🔄 Switch project	Mentally re-establish context
🛠️ Open the right IDE	For this stack
📋 Find the credentials	Notion? Sticky note? .env?
💻 Spawn 3 terminals	Build, git, tail
🌐 Open the right tabs	Docs, dashboard, ticket tracker
🗄️ Launch the DB client	Connect with the right credentials

~30 minutes lost. Every. Single. Day.

✅ The solution

DevSpace gives you one card per project on a dashboard. Click it and your IDE, terminals, browser tabs, and DB client launch — exactly the way you set them up.

Auto-discovers 100+ tools in <3 seconds Dynamic Windows enumeration finds every IDE, CLI, browser, and DB client on your machine.	Full git workflow built in Commit graph, blame, conflict resolver, branch compare, stash. No more terminal context-switching.
Multiple encrypted credentials per project DPAPI-encrypted vault, drag-to-reorder, custom labels, one-click copy. Tools, credentials, quick actions — all in one card.	Tool Templates — reusable collections Save your most-used tool sets (".NET API", "React Frontend") and apply them to any project in one click. Bulk-import into existing projects.

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⬇️ Download

Download DevSpace v2.2.0-preview for Windows

Format	File	Size	Best for
NSIS Installer	DevSpace.Setup.*.exe	~80 MB	Most users — start menu, auto-update
Portable Zip	DevSpace-*-portable.zip	~75 MB	USB-portable, no install

System requirements: Windows 10 (64-bit) or Windows 11 · 4 GB RAM · 500 MB free disk

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✨ Features

🔍 Auto-discover your dev tools

• Dynamic Windows enumeration in parallel: Registry ARP (HKLM, HKLM\WOW6432Node, HKCU) + Start Menu shortcuts + PATH scanning
• Finds 100+ apps in under 3 seconds on a typical dev machine
• Zero hardcoded patterns — new tools appear automatically as you install them
• Smart classification across 16 categories: IDEs, runtimes, SCM, containers, databases, terminals, browsers, build tools, cloud CLIs, and more

🔄 Manual rescan with live progress

• One-click Scan Tools rescans your machine after you install something new
• Live SignalR progress: each source (Registry / Start Menu / PATH) reports in real time
• Diff against last scan — see what's new, what changed
• Skip or undo individual results before saving

📑 Tool Templates — reusable tool collections

• Save your most-used tool sets (e.g. ".NET API", "React Frontend", "Data Pipeline")
• Apply to a project in one click — all configured tools added at once
• Edit and reuse across projects · top-level navigation at /templates
• Bulk-import tools from a template into existing projects too — no need to re-add one by one

🔐 Multiple encrypted credentials per project

• Per-project credentials encrypted with Microsoft DataProtection (DPAPI), tied to your Windows user account — never plain text on disk
• Multiple credentials per project: dev DB password, staging DB, API tokens, SSH keys — all in one card
• Drag-and-drop to reorder · one-click copy with success feedback
• Custom labels per credential (Username, DB Password, API Token, anything you want)

🛠️ Add or edit projects in 3 steps

• 3-step wizard: Basic Info → Directories → Credentials
• Auto-detects git on directory selection — no manual repo URL needed
• Apply a Tool Template during creation to bulk-add tools
• Same wizard, Edit mode — every field stays editable

📊 Full git workflow, built in

• Visual commit graph: zoom 20-300%, filter by branch / author / date
• 4-panel layout: graph + commit details + staging area + diff viewer
• 6-tab sidebar: Commit · Branch Explorer · Commit History · Remotes · Tags · Stashes
• Stash management, cherry-pick, rebase, merge, conflict resolver, branch comparison
• 27-language syntax highlighting · word-level diff · whitespace toggle · Ctrl+F search

✏️ Commit panel with hunk-level staging

• Stage individual hunks or whole files using real git add / git restore --staged (not faked)
• Live diff preview as you stage
• Inline commit message + commit button — no separate dialog
• 13 input dialogs · 4 context menus · 10+ keyboard shortcuts · Ctrl+K command palette

📜 Commit history with smart filters

• Filter by branch, author, or date
• Click any commit for full details + diff
• Per-file history view · blame view · branch comparison
• Manual refresh button — no disk-thrashing auto-poll

🔗 Personalized quick links

• Pin your most-used URLs, terminal commands, or apps to the dashboard
• Three types: 🌐 Web link · 💻 Terminal command · ▶️ Application launch
• Always one click away — no project context needed
• Stored locally, synced via cloud sync (when that ships)

🏠 One dashboard, every project

• Pin frequently-used projects · search by tag, organization, or path
• Bulk-import git repos by scanning directory trees (auto-finds every .git repo, deduplicates, imports in one click)
• Per-project: tools, credentials, quick commands, git status
• Up to 6 quick-action buttons per project, drag-and-drop reorderable

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🏗️ How it works

graph TB
    User([👤 You])

    subgraph Desktop["💻 Your Windows machine"]
        Electron["🖼️ Electron + React UI"]
        API["⚙️ .NET 9 WebAPI<br/>(local, port 7003)"]
        DB[("🗄️ SQLite<br/>(encrypted credentials)")]
        Git[".git CLI"]
        WinAPIs["🪟 Registry / Start Menu / PATH"]
    end

    User -->|clicks| Electron
    Electron <-->|HTTP + SignalR| API
    API --> DB
    API --> Git
    API --> WinAPIs

    style Electron fill:#28B0F7,color:#fff,stroke:#0277bd
    style API fill:#4CAF50,color:#fff,stroke:#2e7d32
    style DB fill:#FF9800,color:#fff,stroke:#e65100
    style WinAPIs fill:#7E57C2,color:#fff,stroke:#4527a0

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A two-process desktop app: an Electron renderer for the UI, a local .NET 9 WebAPI for everything else (running on localhost:7003).

Local-first. Your data never leaves your machine. No cloud account required, no telemetry in this release.

Stack: Electron · React 18 · TypeScript · Tailwind CSS · Redux Toolkit · .NET 9 · Entity Framework Core · SignalR · SQLite · Clean Architecture · CQRS · DDD

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🔒 Privacy & security

DevSpace is built privacy-first.

• ✅ Local-first: project data, credentials, and git history never leave your machine
• ✅ No telemetry: this release collects nothing — no app launch pings, no analytics. Future versions will be opt-in only.
• ✅ Encryption at rest: credentials encrypted with Windows DPAPI, scoped to your user account
• ✅ Shell command whitelist: 21 vetted commands with argument sanitization — no arbitrary code execution
• ✅ No analytics, no ads, no third-party SDKs in the binary

📄 Read the full privacy policy

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🗺️ Roadmap

Status	Phase	What
✅ Shipped	v2.2.0-preview (Apr 2026)	Public preview · tool templates · typography overhaul · market readiness
🚧 In progress	Cloud sync (Phase 1)	Supabase-backed, opt-in: settings, theme, recent projects
📋 Planned	macOS support	Once Windows is rock-solid

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🐛 Found a bug?

Open an issue: github.com/biswajitpanday/Devspace-Releases/issues

Bug reports with the following are gold:

• Windows version (run winver)
• DevSpace version (Help → About DevSpace)
• Steps to reproduce
• Screenshot if it's visual

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💖 Support the project

DevSpace is free during the public preview. If it saves you time:

• ⭐ Star this repo — costs nothing, helps a lot
• 💼 Hire me: linkedin.com/in/biswajitpanday — open to opportunities in Germany
• 📰 Share with developers who'd find it useful
• 🐛 Report bugs — every report makes the next release better

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📄 License

DevSpace is free during the public preview for personal and commercial use on Windows machines you own or control.

This repository contains release binaries only. Source code is proprietary and not distributed.

See LICENSE.md for the full End User License Agreement (no redistribution, no reverse engineering, build expires 2027-04-26, etc.).

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👤 Authors

Biswajit Panday — Senior .NET Architect & AI Solutions Engineer (Lead)

Abdullah Saleh Robin — Co-author

Built with ❤️ on nights and weekends — concept to public preview, 18 months.