Caret · House #36,495

What it is

Calls itself “design canvas”.

• Calls itself: design canvas

“…a design canvas over your real code”

Where it puts itself

Rules out “no account”.

• Says it will not: no account

“Free forever, runs on your machine, no key and no account.”

What it costs

A free tier, free forever.

• Free plan: free forever

“Free, open source, runs on your machine.”

“Free forever, runs on your machine, no key and no account.”

Who it sells to

Sells to developers.

• Sells to: developers

“Already working with an agent in your terminal? Caret exposes your design layer over MCP, so you can hand it the sync rather than running that here.”

How it runs

A desktop app for Linux, Windows and macOS. Runs locally and works offline. Offers an API. Open source. AI is the core of the product. You can bring your own API key.

• Kind: desktop
• Runs on: Linux · Windows · macOS
• Runs where: on the device, offline
• API: yes
• Open source: yes
• AI role: core to the product
• Bring your own key: yes

“Caret-macOS-arm64.zip”

“Linux , Debian/Ubuntu”

What it works with

Integrates with ChatGPT, Claude Code, Codex and 3 more. Names VS Code on its pages.

• Integrates with: ChatGPT · Claude Code · Codex · +3
• Names: VS Code

“Caret: a design canvas over your real code.”

“ChatGPT Plus, Pro and Go, Kimi For Coding, the Z.AI and Zhipu coding plans, and GitHub Copilot all work as providers you sign into.”

What it offers as proof

Live, no waitlist. Try it without signing up. Publishes docs.

• Trial asks for: nothing

“Free forever, runs on your machine, no key and no account.”

“…docs -> https://github.com/precious112/caret-desktop/tree/main/docs”