Shipped those two today.

Correct. And, it's a native desktop app, not a web app.

Thanks, let me know how it feels.

Thanks James - I'd welcome that - You have my email (in the app or in the HN profile) - let's connect and iron out what's needed.

Quick poll — Are you macOS or GNOME?

It is exactly that. The macOS and GNOME versions share the same vision, but they are entirely different codebases.

I'm a long time user of JetBrains myself. The reason I made Tusk was:

* JetBrains does bloated Java instead of bloated Electron. Tusk is truly native to the OS.

* JetBrains does upsell higher tiers. Tusk does not. Especially won't offer an AI service in the tool that connects to your databases.

* DevTools should not distract the user. VS Code was an OG offender, but JetBrains too has too many notifications.

* Tusk is offline, doesn't connect back to a server for telemetry, updates, Ai, or anything else.

I'm not against using Tusk by any means, native apps can be a lot nicer. I love using Rapid API’s Paw over Postman every day.

But…

> * JetBrains does bloated Java instead of bloated Electron. Tusk is truly native to the OS.

The bloat in JetBrains is negligible comparedy to what it can do and its predecessor eclipse.h

> * JetBrains does upsell higher tiers. Tusk does not. Especially won't offer an AI service in the tool that connects to your databases.

I have never really seen this as an issue except when opening a new project and even then it’s small notifications.

> * Tusk is offline, doesn't connect back to a server for telemetry, updates, Ai, or anything else.

This is probably true but JetBrains is not totally unusable offline.

I wouldn’t completely dismiss JetBrains but everyone has their preferences for whatever suits them better.

> "The bloat in JetBrains is negligible comparedy to what it can do and its predecessor eclipse.h"

Yes. It depends what you compare it with.

> "I have never really seen this as an issue except when opening a new project and even then it’s small notifications."

Tend to agree with you — but I still find it unacceptable to receive notification "ads" for upsells or plugins in a devtool.

I prefer zero-distractions in devtools, and this was the case mostly for a very long time.

> "This is probably true but JetBrains is not totally unusable offline."

Good point.

Not dismissing JetBrains — I was a happy paying customer for over a decade. :)

They're struggling to keep up with a rapidly evolving devtools market.

Thankfully, I / Tusk has no commercial obligations — so I can make it exactly to my liking and taste.

Try it please. This feels alright on GNOME in terms of visual density.

The rest is subjective. But Adwaita / Gnome is what's on my machine, so I follow their design principles.

You are welcome. Would love to hear your feedback.

Yes, I can do that. Personally, I'm not a fan of Apple (or Google) tax. But I understand why notarization helps the end user.

>helps the end user

I can't recall thinking much of it just a couple of short years ago...

Oh thank you! Yes, spinning up incredibly convincing projects is too cheap, and I'm uh changing my security posture or something like that. Mulling it over at least. (And of course: these comments are NOT at all specific to this project in particular! Speaking very generally here.)

Thanks :)

Yes. Definitely, those two will be ported soon, among some others.