Getting started
Ingot is an open-source AI IDE. It pairs a compact, keyboard-first IDE layout with agents that read your project, propose edits you review hunk by hunk, and work with any model: Ingot's hosted models, your own keys, or local models.
Five-minute tour
- Install Ingot. Desktop installers are on the way; today you build from source.
- Sign in from Account at the bottom left. Your browser finishes the sign-in and hands it back to the IDE (details).
- Open a folder. Ingot reads
AGENTS.md,.ingot/rulesand your existing rules folders automatically. - Open the Agents tool window and ask something about your code. Paste lines from the editor to attach them as chips.
- Review the edit. Changes arrive as a code-change block; accept or reject each hunk in the chat or right in the editor.
What makes Ingot different
- Review every edit. Nothing an agent writes lands silently; the code-change bar walks you through each hunk.
- Bring any model. Hosted aliases (Ingot Fast, Smart, Reasoning), your own keys or Ollama, side by side in one picker.
- IDE-grade Git. Commit and Push windows, annotate / blame, line history and a three-pane merge.
- Your keymap. Double Shift for Search Everywhere, ⌘⇧A for Find Action, or the platform's standard shortcuts.
Next steps
- Agent chat & modes
- Rules and MCP to give agents project context
- Models & limits