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Coalesce Desktop
This feature is currently available in a private preview and may not be accessible to all customers.
Coalesce Desktop is a native app that gives you the Coalesce build interface over a local workspace folder. Point it at the directory that holds your workspace repository and it renders your pipeline live. Every change appears in the app instantly, whether you edit a file by hand or your AI agent creates a node.
It is the recommended review surface for local AI development: your agent works in the terminal or your editor, and Desktop is where you watch and inspect the result.
What It Is and Isn't
- It is a visual window onto the files on disk. One workspace at a time; you can switch between workspace folders.
- It isn't a bundled AI. Desktop has no built-in copilot. You bring your own agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or any other) and your own LLM, and Desktop reflects what they do.
- It isn't the deploy surface. Plans and deploys run through the
coaCLI, which means your agent can run, inspect, and debug them for you.
Install
- macOS
- Windows
Download Coalesce Desktop for macOS, open the disk image, and drag Coalesce Desktop to Applications.
Download Coalesce Desktop for Windows and run the installer.
Desktop bundles Node.js and the coa CLI, so installing the app is all you need to build from the command line as well.
Usage
- Complete the Local Development Setup Guide so a workspace exists on disk.
- Launch Coalesce Desktop and open your workspace folder.
- Build, by hand or with your agent. The app updates as files change.