Design Atlas
Type
design workspace
Verdict
Niche
Licence
Conditional licence, open source copyleftopen-source-copyleftFree app; source is published under AGPL-3.0. The brand and icon are excluded by its trademark policy.
Agent channels
none
Pricing
free
Reviewed

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Droppy Code ​

Type
design workspace
Verdict
Niche
Licence
Conditional licence, open source copyleftopen-source-copyleftFree app; source is published under AGPL-3.0. The brand and icon are excluded by its trademark policy.
Agent channels
none
Pricing
free
Reviewed

What it is ​

Droppy Code is a free, open-source macOS workspace for coding agents. Its product site documents the native app with annotated screenshots of chats, diff review, model controls, floating panels and a 26-theme tinted-glass palette.

When to open it ​

Use it as a reference for a dense native desktop workspace, especially when multiple chats, side panels and provider-specific states need to coexist without losing the main conversation.

Most useful ​

  • The Hydra section shows parallel work as subordinate agent rows and status pills within the lead chat.
  • The “Panels that snap” examples demonstrate docked and floating panels that adapt to available screen width.
  • The feature rail documents questions, queued follow-ups, per-turn diffs and a command palette as concrete interaction states.
  • Theme examples show how the same translucent surfaces can take on distinct colour identities.

Using it with agents ​

The app is itself an agent workspace rather than an agent-accessible design catalogue. The GitLab source and AGPL-3.0 licence are linked from the download section for inspection.

Watch out for ​

  • This is a native macOS product, not a web component library; use the screenshots to study composition and interaction, not as drop-in web assets.
  • The interface depends on macOS 26 Liquid Glass and Apple silicon.
  • The product name and icon are excluded from the source licence.

Reusable ideas ​

  • Let secondary work appear in adjacent panels while keeping the active conversation visually dominant.
  • Use compact status pills to summarize asynchronous work without duplicating its full transcript.
  • Carry provider colour into a shared control such as an effort slider to explain a multi-provider setting.
  • Offer a small, structured set of tinted themes while retaining common surface geometry.

Appinspo, design-mobile-apps (Sleek), Liquid Glass