Flame IDE brings multi-repo projects, Git worktrees and AI agents into one free workspace

Flame IDE, a new free desktop editor for macOS, Windows and Linux, aims to collapse a stack of everyday developer tooling into one window: multiple repositories, Git worktrees, AI agents, browser previews, terminals, debugging, databases and API testing. The tool was introduced in a dev.to post on 7 September 2026 by its developer, Daniel Amenou, who says he built it to reduce the time lost switching between separate applications during a normal working day.

Multiple projects as one workspace

According to the announcement, related repositories — for instance a frontend, an API and a shared package — can be grouped so that switching between them keeps their branches and pending changes visible without opening an extra IDE window per repository.

Two features target repeated setup work. A "Broadcast" terminal runs a single command across all selected projects while keeping separate output for each, and saved run configurations bundle the scripts, servers and browser previews a developer typically starts together. The stated goal is less manual preparation when moving across the whole stack.

Automated worktrees and agent management

Flame's handling of Git worktrees tackles a familiar chore: every fresh checkout normally needs its own environment files, local configuration and installed dependencies, plus another window to manage. The announcement says Flame automates worktree creation, copies local configuration over, and runs initialization steps to prepare each checkout, so a feature branch, an experiment and an agent task can run in parallel within the same window.

An "Agents Manager" sits on top of this. Per the post, it can create, monitor, schedule, stop, retry and review AI tasks across projects, with each task assigned its own permissions and landing strategy. The post does not detail how a landing strategy works in practice, so the mechanics of how agent changes are merged back remain to be seen.

Selecting an element instead of describing it

The most distinctive claim concerns visual bug fixing. Rather than taking screenshots, annotating them and describing a UI problem in chat, a developer can select an element in Flame's built-in browser and tell the agent what to fix. The agent can then inspect the DOM, screenshots, console errors and page state, interact with the page to verify its own changes, and the result can be followed in a live preview.

The same idea, branded "Fix with AI", runs through the rest of the IDE: terminal errors, failing tests, API responses, profiler results and code diagnostics can be fed into an AI workflow together with the relevant context. Git merge conflicts can be inspected visually and an AI asked to help resolve them.

Choice of models and bundled extras

Flame supports Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini through Antigravity, along with hosted and local providers including OpenRouter, Ollama and LM Studio, according to the announcement.

The IDE also bundles a visual Folder Viewer, an image editor for cropping, resizing, rotating and flipping images, database tools, REST and GraphQL clients, Docker and Compose support, debugging, testing, profiling, and dependency visualization.

Why it matters

Almost everything Flame bundles already exists as standalone tooling; the pitch is consolidation — fewer checkouts to prepare by hand, less context pasted into prompts, and fewer applications open to finish a task.

The worktree angle stands out on its own. Worktrees are one of Git's more powerful features for parallel work, but setup friction keeps many developers on a single branch at a time. Automating checkout preparation matters more as AI agents multiply, because concurrent agents each need an isolated workspace to avoid stepping on each other — a problem the Agents Manager, with per-task permissions, appears designed to address.

The announcement also signals where IDE competition is heading: toward orchestrating multiple repositories and autonomous agents rather than just improving text editing.

One caveat: all of the above comes from the developer's own launch post. The tool is free on all three platforms, but the post does not state how it is funded or licensed, and there are no independent reviews yet, so the workflow claims deserve hands-on verification before adopting it for daily use.