# Ken Kocienda launches Tug, an open-source macOS app for AI coding in beta

> Original title: For the past 9 months, I’ve been making Tug, an app to create a great user experience for AI coding. I made a video to introduce it.

- Source: X search: AI availability posts (now available, public beta)
- Published: 2026-11-10T20:40:35.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/xt9b7zsj51wmtmujhl34j9kyx
- Original: https://x.com/kocienda/status/2120255321864311215

## Summary

Ken Kocienda says he has spent nine months building Tug, a macOS app that gives Claude Code a more polished user experience. Tug uses the user's Claude Code account and is open source, and it is now in beta.

## Post

For the past 9 months, I’ve been making Tug, an app to create a great user experience for AI coding. I made a video to introduce it.

Tug is for macOS, uses your Claude Code account, and is open source.

Now in beta! Let me know what you think!

https://youtu.be/MyGyiKSv-QQ