wayfinder

Name: wayfinder
Author: StayCurious-Xuan

Pending

Local-first desktop app that turns AI collaboration into a visual history of goals, attempts, branches, evidence, and outcomes.

51stars

0forks

JavaScript

Installation

# Add to your Claude Code skills
git clone https://github.com/StayCurious-Xuan/wayfinder

Getting Started

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README.md

Frequently Asked Questions

What is wayfinder?

wayfinder is an open-source ide extensions skill for AI coding assistants such as Claude Code, Codex CLI, and ChatGPT, built by StayCurious-Xuan. Local-first desktop app that turns AI collaboration into a visual history of goals, attempts, branches, evidence, and outcomes. It has 51 GitHub stars.

Is wayfinder safe to use?

wayfinder's catalog security scan is still queued. You can run an instant dependency and prompt-injection check now with the "Scan for vulnerabilities" button above.

How do I install wayfinder?

Clone the repository with "git clone https://github.com/StayCurious-Xuan/wayfinder" and add it to your Claude Code skills directory (see the Installation section above).

What programming language is wayfinder written in?

wayfinder is primarily written in JavaScript. It is open-source under StayCurious-Xuan on GitHub, so you can review or fork the full source.

Are there alternatives to wayfinder?

Yes. SkillsLLM lists many other IDE Extensions skills you can browse and compare side by side. Open the IDE Extensions category from the badge at the top of this page, or use the Related Skills and comparison links further down to weigh wayfinder against similar tools.

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Wayfinder

See how your work with AI actually evolved.

Wayfinder is a local-first desktop app that turns work with AI into a visual history of how a project reached its result. Goals, alternative attempts, failures, decisions, validation, and artifacts stay connected instead of disappearing into separate chats.

Wayfinder is designed for AI collaboration across coding, research, writing, design, and other project work. The current early-access collectors support Codex and Claude Code.

Download Wayfinder · Website · Get started · AI collaboration history · Integrations · Updates · Security · Privacy · Report an issue

No account. No telemetry. No cloud sync.

Wayfinder showing a simulated AI collaboration voyage with failed and successful branches

Why Wayfinder

AI tools are good at producing the next answer. They are less useful at showing why one approach worked, why another failed, or which evidence changed the direction of a project.

Wayfinder keeps that path reviewable:

One project map across AI tools.
Separate voyages for unrelated goals in the same workspace.
Visible branches and failures instead of a cleaned-up success story.
Real file-change replay when the source session contains an edit.
Source-linked details for conversations, tool activity, files, and validation.

How It Works

Install and open the desktop app.
Keep working normally with your AI tools.
Return to Wayfinder to review how the project evolved.

Related sessions are grouped locally. Every recorded turn retains its original source, and Wayfinder does not invent missing history or historical diffs.

Current collector details:

Downloads

Wayfinder early access is available for:

Platform	Build	Download
macOS	Apple Silicon	DMG
macOS	Intel	DMG
Windows	x64	EXE

Download the latest installers and checksums from GitHub Releases. The current early-access builds are not store-signed; read the install guide before first launch.

Local By Default

Wayfinder stores normalized history, collection cursors, and project maps under ~/.wayfinder. There is no Wayfinder account, analytics service, advertising, cloud sync, or cloud analysis in the current build.

Read PRIVACY.md before using confidential projects.

Current Scope

Standalone desktop application for macOS and Windows.
AI collaboration model spanning conversations, research, writing, design, coding, and other project work.
Current public early-access collection from Codex and Claude Code.
Project-level voyage grouping, branches, source details, and file-change replay.
Early access: data formats and grouping behavior may continue to evolve.

Historical plugins, MCP bundles, IDE extensions, package-manager taps, and standalone CLI artifacts are not current product surfaces.

Development

npm ci
npm run check
npm run companion:prepare
npm run companion:build

The test suite covers collection, voyage grouping, the desktop renderer, trackpad pan and zoom, detail inspection, and narrow-screen behavior.

Read CONTRIBUTING.md before opening a pull request. Public copy and screenshot rules live in docs/PUBLIC-PRESENTATION.md.