I built Ghostpipe because:

1. I like to keep data about my software in the codebase and under version control.

2. I don’t like always working in raw text files with domain specific languages (eg Terraform, Openapi, er diagrams).

Ghostpipe is an open source tool that creates a bridge between files in your codebase and applications using webrtc. This lets developers work with user interfaces where appropriate, while still having access to the underlying raw text files.

A few side-benefits to this setup are:

1. AI agents are good at working with local text files, so we can keep using those.

2. Generally speaking, no signup or installation is needed to use Ghostpipe apps, because all relevant data is in the codebase.

I built a few demo apps with Ghostpipe support (Excalidraw & Swagger UI), and I hope this proof of concept spurs some interest in taking this idea further.

Thanks!