Show HN: Y – A malleable coding-agent desktop app built with Electron

6/24/2026 at 1:06:11 AM

Very cool!

Suggestion: would be helpful to include examples of what's possible, or some things to try (or things that are explicitly prevented).

by joelres

6/24/2026 at 1:40:33 AM

Good point. I’ll add this to the README. Thanks!

by HetPatel106

6/24/2026 at 1:26:37 AM

This is cool conceptually, but "y" do I have to login to your site if it is local and uses my Claude Code?

by eightysixfour

6/24/2026 at 1:34:11 AM

y uses your local Claude Code/Codex and your local files. Your chats stay local too - I never get them. Login is for account/product features like feedback, usage analytics, and updates, not for proxying your repo or chat history through us. Details: https://ytimesy.com/privacy and https://ytimesy.com/terms

by HetPatel106

6/24/2026 at 5:03:58 AM

I guess this is in tune with the yc rfs - https://www.ycombinator.com/rfs#dynamic-software-interfaces - but i do have the same question for the app updates - you will break everything as soon as the update takes place - this opens up a nice rabbit hole for discussion.

by dhruv3006

6/24/2026 at 6:26:33 AM

I used to like Electron but most recently became a fan of Tauri. Electron is great from a UI perspective but seems like it tends to get bloated very quickly. Any suggestions on how to deal with it?

by anoop_kumar

6/24/2026 at 2:15:59 PM

Tauri performance on Linux as abysmal. I'll take Electron any and everyday of the week withe all ita extra bloat instead of having Tauri apps ramp my Nvidia GPU to 100% in order to show me a basic screen.

by KetoManx64

6/24/2026 at 7:22:58 AM

> Any suggestions on how to deal with it?

Yes, pick up a book on swift or MFC

by dmitrygr

6/24/2026 at 1:15:59 AM

Cool!

Your readme mentions Modify. What’s that?

Does this use some generative UI?

by warpech

6/24/2026 at 1:39:35 AM

Thanks! Modify is the part where you can ask your coding agent to update the app live - including UI changes.

by HetPatel106

6/24/2026 at 4:08:46 AM

does the userland persist across app updates? curious what happens to my modify changes when you ship a new version of y

by tuo-lei

6/24/2026 at 12:42:07 PM

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by jimmypk

6/24/2026 at 2:47:29 AM

I like it. I see this concept of allowing users to modify things to cater to their preferences being the future tbh.

by lellow

6/24/2026 at 3:15:59 AM

An app ui that can be modified by end users is a really cool idea. I hope to see that in more apps!

by seabass

6/24/2026 at 1:23:25 AM

Reminds of smalltalk.

by joeyguerra

6/24/2026 at 1:48:58 AM

It would be even cooler if it was made with a Lisp and took advantage of it being homoiconic.

by giovannibonetti

6/24/2026 at 1:37:08 AM

Whoa! I did not know about smalltalk. Thanks for letting me know!

by HetPatel106

6/24/2026 at 8:17:24 AM

smalltalk is basically the textbook ancestor of OO

by linzhangrun

6/24/2026 at 4:10:46 AM

Also, a bit like emacs.

by dr_kiszonka

6/24/2026 at 12:30:02 AM

Hey this is pretty cool

by ermantrout

6/24/2026 at 12:50:40 AM

Thanks!

by HetPatel106

6/24/2026 at 3:05:47 AM

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by randomuser558

6/24/2026 at 1:55:31 AM

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by GenseeAI

6/24/2026 at 3:21:41 AM

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by thoangai