What is Ikenga?

Ikenga is an open-source, local-first desktop workspace for coding agents. It gives Claude Code and other agent engines a home on your own machine: your projects, your agent companion, and the apps and extensions you install, in one window.

The workspace has three parts. A Project is the folder you work in. Chi is your agent companion, where you hand work to an engine and approve what it asks to do. Ngwa is the store for apps and extensions. The glossary defines every term.

Ikenga is built on Tauri 2 and licensed Apache-2.0. The source is at github.com/ikenga-hq/ikenga.

Pick your path

Use Install the app, get through the first launch, pick an engine, and plan work with Groundwork.

Build Build an app or extension: what you can build, your first one, and the manifest.

Reference Look things up: the glossary and the catalogue of published apps and extensions.

Operate (Beta) Run Ikenga as a server, for yourself or for a team.

Contribute Work on Ikenga itself: build a package, file a good issue, or open a pull request.