# Show HN: evepad – The missing IDE for building eve agents

> Source: <https://github.com/andrewckor/evepad>
> Published: 2026-08-20 13:23:34+00:00

**The missing IDE to build and ship eve agents.**

A local dashboard and build harness for eve agents. One place for the whole loop: create an agent → generate and edit its tools by chat (OpenCode via AI Gateway) → watch local and production runs → add channels and integrations with the eve CLI → deploy to Vercel.

**Node 24+****macOS**

**No API keys.** evepad signs in with your Vercel account and uses each
project's own credentials.

Nothing else to install — evepad drives these for you, falling back to `npx`

when they aren't on your PATH:

**Vercel CLI**— sign-in, project linking, env pulls** eve CLI**— scaffolding, the dev server, channels and tools** OpenCode**— the engine behind the Build chat, downloaded once on first run and version-locked to the app

Sign in from the app's first-run screen.

```
npx evepad
```

Opens [http://localhost:4680](http://localhost:4680). The package ships prebuilt — the first run
downloads the Build editor once (~44MB), and every run after that starts in
under a second.

`npm i -g evepad`

to keep it installed`evepad --port 4681`

to run it on a different port- Install it as a PWA (Chrome:
**Install evepad**, Safari:** Add to Dock**) for its own window and Dock icon

```
npm install
npm run dev     # http://localhost:5173
npm run pack    # build the publishable package into dist/
```

Contributions welcome — see [CONTRIBUTING.md](/andrewckor/evepad/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).

- Finds local agents already running on your machine.
- Connects a local folder to its production agent, so you see both sides in one place.
- Creates new agents and links them to Vercel in one step.

**Agents**(`/`

) — every agent as a card, with live status.**Agent Runs**(`/runs`

) — runs, tokens and cost at a glance, then the full run table and streaming run detail.**Build**(`/build`

) — chat with a coding agent scoped to your checkout, beside a live graph of tools, schedules, channels and connections. Type`/`

for commands; bash calls ask for approval in-chat.**Chat / CLI**— dockable panels: talk to the running agent, or drop into its`eve dev`

terminal.

- Build runs on
[OpenCode](https://opencode.ai), authenticated with your project's own Vercel credentials through the AI Gateway.

evepad is a community project — not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Vercel. "eve" and "Vercel" are trademarks of Vercel, Inc.

The pixel-grid loader (and the app icon derived from it) follows the Loading
State component from [beautifului.dev](https://www.beautifului.dev/).