Launching Nora
Published 3 April 2026
Today we are opening up the first public version of Nora, an IDE built around the way agentic development actually works in practice.
Why Nora exists
Most agent tools still treat the conversation as the product. That works for narrow tasks, but it breaks down as soon as multiple agents, repository state, and human review start to matter. Nora is designed around the whole operating loop instead of just the prompt box.
What ships in the first release
The initial product direction centers on local agents, isolated worktrees, explicit human approvals, and a workspace that keeps repository context visible. The goal is not to automate blindly. The goal is to make agent-driven development legible and controllable.
What comes next
The roadmap continues into richer repo tooling, better handoffs between agents, remote workspace support, and tighter integrations with the systems teams already use to ship software. This release is the start of that operating model, not the finished endpoint.