ix.dev

Index

index is a shared, open-source monorepo of developer tools that anyone can modify. The bet: one repo everyone can edit is the fastest way for all of us to move. Add something useful, and everyone gets it.

A few things already here:

• Semantic code search (search) that finds code by meaning, not just exact strings.
• A PTY driver that lets code drive any interactive terminal program (gdb, vim, REPLs) like a human typing into it.
• Agent loops and a Python mcp server that hands these primitives to an LLM, no install step.
• Ready-to-run OCI images and reusable NixOS modules, the layer ix publishes on top of its closed-source VM primitives.

To explore, you could point Claude at this repo and ask whether anything here is useful for you.

The clip above is not a screen recording. It is generated by reel, which drives a real shell through the repo's own PTY driver, rasterizes the styled grid with a flat palette, and encodes a 60fps animated AVIF (with a WebP fallback). AV1's inter-frame compression keeps it around 140 KB. Regenerate it any time:

nix run .#reel          # writes docs/demo-{dark,light}.{avif,webp}

Quick Check

nix flake show          # list every package, module, and check
nix run .#lint          # nixfmt, statix, deadnix, ast-grep
nix build .#minecraft   # realize one image closure

Layout

• packages/ repo-owned tools (search, PTY driver, agent loops, MCP server, the reel demo recorder).
• images/ runnable NixOS systems packaged as OCI archives.
• modules/ opt-in NixOS service modules, auto-discovered.
• lib/ shared helper and builder API.
• examples/ standalone consumer fleets.
• skills/ Claude Code skills, auto-discovered and shipped to agents.

Feedback

Bug reports and enhancement requests go to GitHub Issues. Security reports follow SECURITY.md. Code changes land through pull requests against the main branch; see CONTRIBUTING.md for local setup, coding standards, and commit conventions.

Contributor Notes

See AGENTS.md and CONTRIBUTING.md when you're ready to dig in.