Velo IDE (Rust + GPUI)

Velo is a starter IDE-like desktop UI written in Rust using gpui.

What is included

• VS Code source cloned to: git tmp/vscode
• Rust project: velo
• VS Code-like start screen (Open Folder)
• Explorer with file icons mapped by language extension
• Basic file open + inline editing + save (Ctrl+S)
• Cursor-based editing (arrows, Home/End, Backspace/Delete, Enter/Tab)
• Open-file tabs (VS Code style top tab strip)
• Top menu bar (File Edit Selection View Go Run Terminal Help)
• Resizable left sidebar (drag the splitter)
• Explorer custom styled scrollbar
• Tree Explorer with expandable folders (click folder to toggle contents)
• Starter syntax highlighting (keywords/comments) for common languages
• Bearded Icons assets copied to assets/icons/bearded

UI code structure

• src/main.rs — app bootstrap and window creation
• src/ui/app.rs — main UI state + rendering + interactions
• src/ui/language.rs — file-extension to language/icon mapping
• src/ui/highlight.rs — syntax highlight helpers
• src/ui/mod.rs — module exports

Run

cd velo
cargo run

If cargo is not installed, install Rust from https://rustup.rs first.

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