Ghostpipe – Connect files in your codebase to user interfaces
Hey HN! 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…
Ghostpipe – Connect files in your codebase to user interfaces launched on September 16, 2025 with 6 votes, #3,421 of 8,160 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
What it does
Connect files in your codebase to user interfaces. Contribute to inputlogic/ghostpipe development by creating an account on GitHub.
npm install -g ghostpipe ghostpipe https://excalidraw.ghostpipe.dev Open the link and draw something. Ghostpipe uses yjs and webrtc to connect codebase files with applications. Chokidar is used to watch for file changes locally. Connected applications use pipe and signaling query params to connect to yjs over webrtc and read the file contents. ghostpipe https://excalidraw.ghostpipe.dev # Will prompt for file or create one ghostpipe https://swagger.ghostpipe.dev api.yml # Connect api.yml to Swagger interface Configuration-based Usage Use interfaces defined in configuration file: ghostpipe # Uses ghostpipe.config.json or ~/.config/ghostpipe/config.json ghostpipe --verbose # Enable verbose…from github.com
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hey HN! 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…
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