Zide: code, Git, AI assistance and pull requests in a desktop workspace

Zide brings an editor, terminals, Git tools and AI assistance into a native desktop workspace. The official product page describes following an issue through implementation, diff review, a pull request and CI without moving the task between disconnected applications. It lists GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket as supported development services.

Keep repository work visible

Zide's Git tools include staging individual hunks, interactive rebase, bisect and worktrees. Those tools address different stages of development: choosing which changes enter a commit, revising history, locating a regression and isolating concurrent work. They remain useful even when an agent wrote the proposed patch.

The illustrated workflow opens an issue, adds files or diffs to context, asks Zide Assist to investigate or make changes, and then reviews the result before committing. The publisher says the assistant can work across files and repositories and run commands. Review the resulting diff and project tests before accepting a change as finished.

Choose model access for the task

The homepage describes supported provider models, subscriptions, included credits, bring-your-own API keys and compatible local models. Bring-your-own keys and local models require Zide Standard or above. A free download therefore does not establish access to every model route or an unlimited AI allowance.

Check the selected provider's costs and data handling alongside Zide's own plan. Using a local model is one access option; it does not establish that every component of a mixed development session runs locally.

Isolate a task and inspect a second review

QuickTree creates a worktree from a prompt and opens the prompt in a new Zide Assist session. This gives an experiment its own Git working area while keeping the task attached to an agent session. Crosscheck sends Zide Assist commits to a chosen reviewer model and returns feedback to the conversation.

A second model's response can help direct attention to a patch, but the developer still needs to judge the feedback against actual code and tests. Franklin has not measured Zide's review accuracy, performance or compatibility with a particular repository.

Start with the available workspace

The site says core Zide use is free. Paid plans add workspace capacity and expanded assistant access, with AI credits and perpetual-license eligibility on qualifying plans. Inspect the chosen plan's terms before treating those additions as a universal entitlement. Zide is most relevant to a developer who wants the Git and review work around coding to remain visible while an agent works.