Recto
A tool that lets you visually edit what coding agents create
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HN · launched Nov 8, 2026 · 8 upvotes (top 50%) · 0 views
Niche: ai code editors · 86 launches, 6 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- AI-native
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Could you build this?
Yes A local desktop app that embeds existing coding-agent CLIs and a webview for visual editing of agent output. The 3D and motion features add scope, but a usable first version is standard desktop and webview work.
Discussion
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Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 3679 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #1766 of 3680 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 375 days after the earliest competitor.
- agent-scaffold · github · 2026-10-20 · 11 upvotes · similarity 0.71
- jouet · github · 2026-10-30 · 17 upvotes · similarity 0.71
- AgentBrush · hn · 2026-06-26 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.71
- ryugi · github · 2026-10-19 · 71 upvotes · similarity 0.70
- ctx, a hackable desktop workbench for coding agents · hn · 2026-06-17 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.70
- Design guidance and UI checks for coding agents · hn · 2026-11-06 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.70
- rexpad · github · 2026-11-04 · 47 upvotes · similarity 0.70
- Zenbu - The extensible IDE for managing coding agents · yc · 2026-06-03 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.69
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