README.md

Toolbase Desktop packages/app

The desktop application for Toolbase that provides an interface for managing tools and plugins for Claude Desktop and other AI platforms.

Toolbase Desktop is built with Electron.

Development

Prerequisites

• Node.js 22
• npm
• Claude Desktop installed

Getting Started

The desktop application requires the built runner from packages/runner. When running it locally or during the build process, the runner will be built and copied over to the ./bin directory

2. Install dependencies:

npm install

3. Start the development server:

npm start

Project Structure

app/
├── src/
│   ├── main/           # Main process code
│   ├── preload/        # Preload scripts
│   ├── renderer/       # Renderer process code
│   ├── shared/         # Shared utilities
├── package.json

Building

Before building, specific environment variables are required - check .env.example and create your own .env file

To build the application, run the following command:

npm run make

Available Scripts

# Start development server
npm start

# Build for production
npm run make

# Lint code
npm run lint

# Format code
npm run format

# Type check
npm run tc

License

Apache 2.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.