WaymakerOS is not an IDE
We are not a code editor, and we are not trying to become one. Build with whatever you already use; this is where what you build runs.
Use these instead
- Claude Code — agentic coding in the terminal, and what a great deal of our own platform was written with.
- Cursor — an AI-native editor for people who want the full IDE experience.
- OpenAI Codex — agentic coding inside the OpenAI ecosystem.
- VS Code — still the default, and still excellent, with whichever AI extension you prefer.
Building and running are genuinely different problems, and the tools that are best at one are rarely best at the other. The AI coding tools are in a fast, well-funded race to be the best place to write software. That race is good for everyone, and joining it would make us worse at the thing we are actually for.
What happens after the code exists is the part that has not improved at the same rate. The function still needs a database, a schedule, an identity, somewhere for provider keys to live, and — the part that matters most — a connection to the business it is supposed to serve. That is the problem we work on.
So there is no editor here, no in-browser code authoring surface, and no plan for one. If you are evaluating us as a replacement for your editor, we are the wrong product and you should stop reading.
What we do instead
- —Run the code you wrote elsewhere, as Ambassadors (serverless functions) on HTTP, a schedule, or manual invocation.
- —Inject your business database, an AI client and your organisation identity into every invocation.
- —Host the front end alongside it, on your own domain.
Frequently asked questions
- Does WaymakerOS have a code editor?
- No. There is no in-browser editor and no plan to build one. You write code in Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, VS Code or anything else, and deploy it here. Building and running are different problems, and the tools that are best at one are rarely best at the other.
- Can you use Claude Code with WaymakerOS?
- Yes, and it is the common case. Write the function locally with whichever AI coding tool you prefer, then deploy it as an Ambassador. The platform provides the database, AI and identity the code needs at runtime rather than anything at authoring time.
- Is WaymakerOS a low-code or no-code platform?
- No. Ambassadors are real code in real files, versioned in your own repository. There are templates to start from, but the thing you deploy is a function you can read, review and rewrite — not a configuration a visual builder produced on your behalf.
- Why not build an IDE too?
- Because specialisation beats integration in editors, and the gap between the best AI coding tool and a bundled one is large and growing. Adding a mediocre editor would not make the platform more useful; it would divide attention away from the running problem, which is the one still unsolved.
Build with Claude Code. Run on Waymaker.