New Native App Waku Aims to Give AI Coding Agents a Proper Home
A developer has launched Waku, a native desktop application designed specifically around AI coding agents. Built using Rust and GPUI—the GPU-accelerated UI framework created for the Zed code editor—the app aims to sidestep the sluggishness and resource overhead often associated with Electron-based tools.
Rather than treating AI coding assistants as an add-on feature bolted onto an existing editor, Waku is structured from the ground up to make agent interactions feel like a core part of the workflow. The choice of GPUI suggests a focus on snappy rendering and responsiveness, which matters a lot when developers are rapidly iterating with an AI pair programmer.
The project appeared on Hacker News as a Show HN post and has drawn modest early attention, with a handful of comments from curious developers checking out the approach.