Show HN: Seren Desktop – AI IDE with Publisher Store and X402 Micropayments
What makes Seren different:
We're trying to build an AI IDE for non-devs, but that great devs will appreciate.
Open marketplace – 90+ publishers for databases (SerenDB, MongoDB), web scraping (Firecrawl), AI search (Perplexity), email (Google), calendars, CRM, even eSignatures Micropayments that work – x402 USDC on Base network.
No subscription tiers, no credits expiring. Pay per API call.
Databases: Query SerenDB (serverless Postgres), MongoDB, Neon with natural language. Web tools: Scrape websites with Firecrawl, AI-powered search with Perplexity Integrations: Email, calendar, CRM actions. Coming soon: GitHub, Linear, Notion Compute: Run code sandboxes, agent templates, custom workflows Each publisher sets their own pricing. You pay per API call with USDC on Base (x402 standard). No subscriptions, no expiring credits.
What's inside Semantic Indexing Monaco editor with Cmd+K inline AI editing Agent Client Protocol for running Claude Code and compatible agents Model Context Protocol for local MCP servers Multi-model support with free tier (Gemini 2.0 Flash)
The Tech stack Frontend: SolidJS + TypeScript + Vite Backend: Rust + Tauri 2.0 Vector store: sqlite-vec (all local, no cloud) MIT licensed, ~10MB binary Architecture The client is fully open source. It connects to Seren Gateway for:
AI model routing & authentication SerenEmbed API (embedding generation) Publisher marketplace Think VS Code (open source) + Extension Marketplace (proprietary).
Try it GitHub: https://github.com/serenorg/seren-desktop Website: https://serendb.com Current: v0.1.0-alpha.9 (macOS, Windows, Linux)
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