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The IDE for the agent era

IDEs were built for humans who type code. Overdeck is built for humans who direct it β€” not with prompts, with loops. One agent or twenty, hands-on or hands-off: spawn agents on real issues, watch every diff land live, steer mid-task, and let a built-in specialist pipeline review, test, and merge the work β€” while you decide exactly how much of the loop runs without you.

Quick Start

npx @overdeck/core

No install step required. npx @overdeck/core starts Command Deck and opens the dashboard in your browser. Use overdeck or pan after npm install -g @overdeck/core. The packaged desktop app is published separately as @overdeck/desktop.

Requires Node.js 22.16+ (or 24+) β€” the floor for the bundled node:sqlite driver. If your shell’s default Node is older, Overdeck automatically relaunches under an installed compatible Node (Homebrew node@22, nvm, fnm, volta, or asdf) β€” no manual switching needed. If none is found, it prints the exact install command for your setup.

Dashboard runs at https://overdeck.localhost (or http://localhost:3011 if you skip HTTPS setup).

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