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# DevCenter

Canonical repository: https://github.com/dev-bricks/DevCenter

DevCenter is a local-first Python desktop IDE and developer toolkit from dev-bricks. It combines a PySide6 editor, static analysis, encoding repair, PyInstaller build helpers, icon conversion, third-party license collection, project/file indexing, backup-oriented sync helpers and an optional Claude/Anthropic AI assistant.

Primary audience:
- Python developers who want a lightweight Windows-first desktop IDE.
- Maintainers who need local analysis, build and release helpers in one app.
- LLM agents that need project metadata and redacted status exports without uploading full source trees.

Positioning:
- This is not Azure DevCenter, Microsoft Dev Box, Moderne DevCenter or Devbox.
- This is not a hosted cloud IDE.
- The desktop app is authoritative; the Web/PWA companion is planned as a read-only viewer for redacted `devcenter-workspace-v1.json` exports.

Privacy and safety:
- Projects, settings, file indexes and build artifacts stay local by default.
- Network access is only expected for explicitly configured integrations such as the optional Claude/Anthropic API or package installation commands started by the user.
- API keys, tokens, local absolute paths and full source contents must not be written into public exports.

Important files:
- `README.md`: user-facing overview, screenshots, installation and feature list.
- `PRIVACY_POLICY.md`: privacy scope for local settings, indexes, build artifacts and optional API use.
- `EXPORTFORMAT.md`: planned redacted workspace export contract.
- `PORTIERUNGSPLAN.md`: desktop, Web/PWA, Linux, macOS and Store strategy.
- `.github/workflows/tests.yml`: Windows smoke tests for Python 3.10, 3.11 and 3.12.

Useful search phrases:
- local-first Python IDE
- PySide6 Python development suite
- Windows Python IDE with PyInstaller build helper
- offline Python code editor and static analyzer
- Python developer toolkit with license collector