Sculptor
Dev tools
ai coding agent ui
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How HN took it
23 positive, 34 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 10 critical, out of 69 comments about the project. Thread score +0.18.
Idea: 6 for, 1 againstExecution: 3 for, 1 againstDesign: 2 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 4 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Containerized isolation lets agents run without permission prompts or risk to the filesystem
From 2 comments
This is awesome, I love how it lets claude code "go rogue" safely inside a container. I don't like how agents can screw with my filesystem so this isolation is good
millanjp on HNReally proud to be a part of this team! And really excited for the future of Sculptor -- it has quickly become my favorite agentic coding tool because of the way it lets you…
thadd3us on HN
Clean, transparent UI that is easy to follow
From 2 comments
got to try this a bit and really liked the UI! It felt very transparent and understandable even for someone without a coding background
mangonomnom on HNBeen fortunate to get to try out Sculptor in pre-release - it's great. Like claude code with task parallelism and history built in, all with a clean UI.
lrobinovitch on HN
Pairing mode syncs agent code to local IDE
From 2 comments
Congrats on the launch Imbue team! I used Sculptor to build most of https://lingolog.app/ (featured in this post). It was a blast - I was cooking dinner and blasting out…
dalejh on HNhaha honestly a little bit ya. One key thing we've learned from working on this is that lowering the barrier to working in parallel is key. Making it easy to merge, context…
bfogelman on HN
Objections
Unclear what happens after free beta and whether it will be paid
From 2 comments
> Sculptor is free while we're in beta. Ok, and then what? Honest question.
rsyring on HNIts not free though. You pay for it by supplying your email address.
BatteryMountain on HN
Page crashes in some browsers and on iPhone
From 2 comments
Unfortunately the page repeatedly crashed and reloads on my iPhone 13 mini until it gives up.
ajanuary on HNI'm also unable to load it in chrome on linux (wayland backend). Seems like some sort of GPU issue.
HellsMaddy on HN
Looks very similar to Terragon
From 2 comments
Even design wise this looks virtually identical to https://terragonlabs.com/
kveykva on HNWow this looks just like https://terragonlabs.com
sawyerjhood on HN
Idle backend uses a lot of CPU and memory
From 1 comment
sculptor_backend seems to consume a lot of CPU and memory when just idling. Would you consider switching from Electron to Tauri so it uses the native WebView of the OS?
bni on HN
Requests
Support for other coding agents such as OpenCode, Codex and Gemini CLI
From 3 comments
This looks awesome! I really hope there is planned support for other coding agents too, in particular OpenCode which seems to have relatively close feature parity coupled with…
redhale on HNCool, now do it for Codex and gemini-cli
pmarreck on HNThis looks really good! Would immediately use it if it worked with Opencode. Qwen, GLM and Kimi are so fast and good nowadays that for many tasks they're the quicker option,…
deaux on HN
Mobile integration to check agent status
From 1 comment
It's not clear to me what a "container" and "pairing" is in this context. What if my application is not dockerized? Can Claude Code execute tests by itself in the context of the…
_1tem on HN
Configurable Anthropic base URL and env variables
From 1 comment
Congrats, looks good! Lacks an option to configure anthropic base url though, hope you will add something to configure env variables
kuroko on HN
Intel Mac build
From 1 comment
How soon is Sculptor for Mac (Intel) coming? Excited to try it, but still hanging on to my last x86 MBP.
kspacewalk2 on HN
Questions
How does it compare to Conductor, Terragon, Vibe Kanban or Sketch
From 4 comments
How does it compare with https://conductor.build/?
handfuloflight on HNEven design wise this looks virtually identical to https://terragonlabs.com/
kveykva on HNHow does this compare to Vibe Kanban?
kelsolaar on HNvs https://sketch.dev?
vdm on HN
Does it work with OrbStack or non-dockerized apps
From 2 comments
Does it work with orbstack? It doesn't seem to be detecting correctly
jwong_ on HNIt's not clear to me what a "container" and "pairing" is in this context. What if my application is not dockerized? Can Claude Code execute tests by itself in the context of the…
_1tem on HN
Alternatives named
Terragon
From 1 comment
Even design wise this looks virtually identical to https://terragonlabs.com/
kveykva on HN
Conductor
From 1 comment
How does it compare with https://conductor.build/?
handfuloflight on HN
VibeKit
From 1 comment
Based on vibekit (open source) ? "VibeKit is a safety layer for your coding agent. Run Claude Code, Gemini, Codex — or any coding agent — in a clean, isolated sandbox with…
mentalgear on HN
Vibe Kanban
From 1 comment
How does this compare to Vibe Kanban?
kelsolaar on HN
Sketch
From 1 comment
vs https://sketch.dev?
vdm on HN