Edit, compile, and flash code to an ESP32 or Arduino without leaving the app
Ask an AI agent to explain or rewrite a sketch with full workspace context
Calibrate a sensor by graphing live serial values in the built in plotter
Switch between multiple board projects with per workspace AI chat history
| razz19/exort | kanakkholwal/orbit | robimez/loadcell | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 79 | 76 | 70 |
| Language | Svelte | Svelte | Svelte |
| Setup difficulty | moderate | easy | moderate |
| Complexity | 3/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| Audience | vibe coder | general | developer |
Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.
Prebuilt downloads work in minutes, but running from source needs Node.js 20, npm 10, and platform native build tools for Electron.
Exort is a free, open source desktop application for people who write code that runs on small hardware boards like Arduino, ESP32, ESP8266, RP2040, STM32, and Teensy. The README describes it as an AI coding workspace for microcontrollers. The point is to keep editing, compiling, uploading to a board, and watching what the board prints all in one app, with an AI coding agent built in. The AI side is powered by something called OpenCode. Exort ships with included free OpenCode models, but the user can also plug in their own provider setup such as ChatGPT or other OpenCode compatible providers. The agent can inspect the workspace, explain code, edit files, and generally help with the back and forth of embedded development. The core feature list in the README covers a project manager for switching between local workspaces with persisted state, a board manager that installs and manages Arduino CLI board platforms and cores, automatic and manual compile and upload, a serial monitor for reading live device output, and a serial plotter that graphs numeric data streams for things like sensor calibration. Chat history and workspace sessions are stored locally, per workspace. Under the hood Exort is an Electron desktop app with a Svelte and Monaco based UI. The README shows a diagram explaining that the renderer UI does not touch files, serial ports, or Arduino tools directly. Instead it talks to the Electron main process through a preload IPC layer called window.electronAPI, and the main process owns the OpenCode agent runtime, the custom Arduino tools, the serial handler, and the local app state. The Arduino CLI is the tool used to talk to physical boards. The app can be downloaded as a build from exort.dev or from GitHub releases. To run it from source the README asks for Node.js 20 or newer, npm 10 or newer, git, and the platform build tools needed by Electron and any native Node modules. The standard flow is git clone, npm install, npm run dev. The recommended workflow walks through opening a folder, asking the agent to inspect or change code, picking the board and serial port, compiling, uploading, and watching output. The license is AGPL-3.0-only.
Electron desktop IDE for Arduino, ESP32, RP2040, STM32, and Teensy boards with an OpenCode AI agent, board manager, serial monitor, and built in plotter.
Mainly Svelte. The stack also includes Electron, Svelte, Monaco.
AGPL-3.0-only, you can use and modify the code but any modified or network served version must also be released as open source under the same license.
Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.
Mainly vibe coder.
This repo across BitVibe Labs
double-check against the repo, no cap.