Visualize and edit your codebase on an infinite canvas
Haystack re-imagines the IDE by putting it on a 2D digital whiteboard that automatically draws connections between code as you navigate and edit files. We designed it to match our mental model of how code works together – as a graph of connected components.
Hi Product Hunt, I'm Akshay from Haystack! Haystack is an IDE that lets you visualize and edit your codebase on an infinite canvas Here’s a demo of what it looks like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XADctpWNNs
Our vision of Haystack is an AI-augmented IDE that helps you navigate your codebase at lightspeed. You should be able to type a vague description of the code you’re looking for (“Show me the code flow that triggers after we click the submit button”) and immediately see the right result. But we don’t think the traditional split-panel interface is the best fit for this type of rapid navigation. Inspired by the fluidity of design tools like Figma and Miro, we realized that the canvas layout is a perfect way to represent and operate on code flows, and a great base for all the AI tooling we want to build! This is how Haystack was born.
Who's Haystack for?
- Software engineers who work with dense, interconnected codebases
- Developers who work with many layers of abstraction (e.g. interfaces, header files, etc.)
- Folks who are exploring an unfamiliar codebase for the first time
Here's what Haystack offers:
🔎 Isolate Relevant Code: Instead of just being able to view files, Haystack enables you to look at just functions, classes, etc. This is helpful when you need to view different parts of code within the same file!
➡️ Automatic code connections: As you traverse through your code, Haystack will automatically draw connections between related logic, such as functions that call one another. This helps you understand your code at a glance, especially when multiple functions or methods are working together.
📝 Save and load workspaces: Need to switch to another task but don't want to lose your current context? You can save and load all editors on the canvas any time, allowing you to keep your current workspace in case you ever need it again.
Haystack is now source-available at https://github.com/haystackedito...! You can also download Haystack from https://haystackeditor.com/.
Akshay Subramaniam