The Albany Gazette - Zide Opens Public Beta of Its Native AI Development Workspace - Code, Git, Issues, and CI in One App

SCOTTSDALE, AZ / ACCESS Newswire / August 24, 2026 / Zide today announced its public beta at zide.dev, a native desktop workspace that brings code, git, issues, pull requests, CI, terminals, and agentic AI into a single application. Instead of stitching together an editor, a git client, an issue tracker, and separate AI chat windows, developers get one workflow-aware environment built for the way AI-assisted development actually happens.

As AI agents take on more of the day-to-day work of writing and refactoring code, the surrounding tools have not kept pace. Most AI coding products are still built around a single surface, typically an editor, and understand only that one part of the workflow. The issue tracker, the git history, the pull request, and the CI run all live somewhere else, each with their own AI system with its own context.

Zide takes a different approach: a native desktop application where projects, issues, git, pull requests, CI, terminals, and our Zide Assist AI agent share the same workspace and context. Zide works with GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket, and is AI platform-agnostic by design, so teams are not locked into one repository host or one model provider.

"Developers shouldn't have to re-explain themselves to a new AI agent every time they switch apps," said Jim Bourke, Founder of Zide. "We built Zide because the real work of AI-assisted development isn't writing code, it's managing the entire workflow around it: reviewing, guiding, testing, deciding what ships."

What Zide offers

Agentic AI in context. Zide Assist works directly with projects, files, git, and terminals, reading files, proposing changes as reviewable diffs, and running commands with awareness of the active repository.

AI platform-agnostic by design. Zide Assist works across supported model providers, including Claude, Codex, and Gemini. Developers can select the model that best fits the task without being limited to a single AI provider.

One workspace, the whole workflow. Issues, git, diffs, pull requests, CI runs, and terminals are brought together in a tabbed, splittable interface, so developers can move from issue to implementation to pull request without leaving the app. Zide supports agentic, worktree-based development within the same workspace.

Works with major repository hosts. Zide supports GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket, so teams aren't forced onto a single provider to get an integrated workflow.

A native desktop application. Built with Tauri and Rust rather than as a browser-based wrapper, Zide is designed to be fast and responsive for developers working across large, multi-repository codebases.

Pricing and availability

Zide enters public beta on Monday, August 24, 2026, and is available to download for macOS, Windows, and Linux from Zide.

Plans and availability. Zide offers a free plan with access to public repositories. Paid plans add unlimited private repositories, DevOps capabilities across GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket, monthly Zide Assist credits, broader model access, bring-your-own-key support, and compatible local models. Eligible users can also earn a perpetual license after 12 continuous months on a paid plan. Plan details and perpetual license eligibility are available on the Zide website.

As a public beta, Zide will continue to evolve, and early users will directly help shape what comes next. Downloads, documentation, plan details, and information about submitting feedback are available at zide.dev.

About Zide

Zide is a developer-tooling company building a native workflow environment for AI-assisted software development. Founded by veteran software architect and flight-simulation developer Jim Bourke, the company builds tools that support developer autonomy, workflow-aware development, and the evolving relationship between human engineers and AI agents.

Media Contact
Laura Bal
Zide
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https://zide.dev

SOURCE: Zide

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