Codify: Build Your Perfect Development Environment

Hey everyone! About a year back I posted about Codify CLI, a declarative CLI tool for managing installations on MacOS. I’m happy to announce after a year of work, we’ve built web and desktop apps around the CLI, massively increased the number of supported tools and settings, created an AI assistant and added windows and linux support as well. Links: Website: https://codifycli.com/ My Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinwang5658/ New dedicated subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/codifycli/ Github repo: https://github.com/codifycli/codify Problem: Codify's mission is to make it easier for everyone to set up and manage their system, whether it's a new company computer, trying out new tools, or someone whose getting started with coding. We’re targeting these 3 types of users: Engineering teams - keep your team setup within Codify so that anybody can get setup quickly. From my experience (and other people I know) working at various companies, there’s always a first day at X company doc that takes a day or two to complete and things don’t always go smoothly. With Codify this process can be automated and completed in under 30 minutes. Freelancers - people who work on multiple projects with different tech stacks and have to manage them all. Also people who work from multiple computers and need to keep their setups in sync across systems. Beginners - especially with AI tools becoming more popular, a lot of people are interested in learning to code or building a website. Codify can get beginners set up quickly so that they can focus on coding. Getting all the right tools installed and working is a major barrier to entry for many people. Codify is an ecosystem consisting of: A plugin library of 50+ open source resources, ranging from package managers like homebrew, misc things like MacOS system settings, to AI tools like Claude and Openclaw. A desktop + web app that comes with a purpose built editor for Codify configs, auto-completion, real time collaboration and file storage An AI agent that utilizes the Codify plugin library. Instead of asking Claude or Codex to install something using untested bash commands, ask Codify which will use pre-tested installation methods from the plugin library. A config language and CLI tool that functions similar to terraform, allowing users to to plan / apply Codify configs onto their systems Tons of pre-made templates for environment setups ranging from mobile development, to python data science, to backend / infra to get started quickly. Automated testing that covers all resources running daily to catch updates and breaking changes. A way for the community to request new resources (tools or programs). Create an issue on Github and it will be built by our Claude bot automatically and then reviewed tested and merged by real humans. Comparisons: There isn’t an exact app like Codify on the market but there are existing solutions that solve similar problems. Nix - The closest comparison would be Nix, a declarative system and package manager. The key distinction is Codify doesn’t try to a comprehensive all or nothing solution like Nix. Nix replaces how your system is managed, while Codify automates and documents the setup of the system you already use. While designing Codify, we focused on making it easier to learn and more approachable compared to Nix. With the dedicated editor, AI assistant, and pre-made templates, it’s even easier now. Dev containers - Some teams use dev containers with pre-built docker images so that dev systems have the same tooling as production. However even with a dev containers workflow there is still host machine setup involved: getting setup with github, ssh keys and cloning your repos, dev container tooling, etc. Codify complements this workflow by automating the setup of the developer's machine first. Pricing: The CLI and plugin library are open-source and will remain free forever! The web and desktop apps (editor, AI assistant, cloud features) are paid but include a generous free tier. The plans are designed so that most individual users won’t need to upgrade. The higher tiers are intended for power users and engineering teams and include additional team members, documents, and AI credits. Pricing: Free - 3 documents, 3 users, all templates, 20 AI messages per week Freelancer ($5/month) - 15 documents, 3 team members, 100mb in file storage, $5 in AI credits per month, everything in free Team ($20/month) - 50 documents, 25 team members, 5gb in file storage, $20 in AI credits per month, everything in freelancer Enterprise (custom pricing) - guided onboarding, additional team members and documents, and custom solutions for larger organizations. Thank you for reading and I’d love to hear everyone’s thoughts! As a thank-you, the first 20 people can use the code: 2026REDDITJULY to get any plan free for the first 3 months! Apply it at checkout.