Nirmaan AI

Build what comes next.

[Om @NotOmRajguru]

Independence Day prep! 🇮🇳

[Om @NotOmRajguru]

day two of building @NirmaanAI was about giving the product a more complete visual identity.

i moved the entire interface to an edge-flush boxed layout, replaced the panel dividers across the ide with consistent dashed borders, redesigned the activity bar selections, and switched the typography from geist to relative sans for the interface and relative mono for code and labels (https://t.co/uHtf32ZQ7L)

the welcome screen is now much cleaner and keeps the rotating greetings across 12 native Indian scripts without the promotional cards, social links, decorative cultural elements or marketing copy that were there before.

I also completed another branding audit across the app, cli, installers, linux packages, server and authentication pages so the remaining code oss and visual studio code references now use nirmaan.

notifications now follow the same boxed design language, and progress bars use a subtle animated Indian tricolour shimmer.

the windows arm64 day two release is live:

https://t.co/CcZfrzekfw

[Om @NotOmRajguru]

I finally put together the first website for @NirmaanAI .

I wanted a website, but I didn't want to spend weeks designing one this early. I have much bigger plans for Nirmaan's design language, and I didn't want to rush those decisions just to launch a landing page.

So I kept it simple, built it in Framer, skipped buying a dedicated domain for now, and focused on what actually matters at this stage, building the product.

I wrote more about the thinking behind it here: https://t.co/exEPZtZO1j

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https://t.co/r1OJYVQlfs

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finally shipped the nirmaan website.

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i replaced the branding throughout the app, refreshed the documentation, and updated the build pipeline and installers.

there’s still a long way to go, but nirmaan is finally starting to feel like its own product.

day two tomorrow.

https://t.co/vT34w0RrNE

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today, i’m introducing @NirmaanAI.

nirmaan is an AI IDE i’m building as a side project. it starts with the IDE, but over time i want nirmaan to become the home for more AI projects.

day one is done, and it already feels like more than just a fork.

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for onboarding, i took inspiration from Apple’s hello screen and created cycling Indian greetings across different languages, with nirmaan as the subtitle.

i also renamed the walkthroughs and removed the Copilot and Microsoft video pitch.

[Om @NotOmRajguru]

day one ended up being a lot more than i expected.

i completely rebranded code - oss into @NirmaanAI , including the app identity, cli, deep links, installer metadata and package identifiers.

i started building the design language from scratch with its own design tokens, near-black surfaces, a new accent colour, geist sans and geist mono, and updated the workbench to feel less like vs code and more like its own product with floating panels, rounded components and cleaner chrome.

for onboarding, i took inspiration from apple’s hello screen and created cycling Indian greetings like namaste across different languages, with nirmaan as the subtitle. i also renamed the walkthroughs and removed the copilot and microsoft video pitch.

i replaced the branding throughout the app with the new logo, refreshed the documentation, and updated the build pipeline and installers.

still a long way to go, but nirmaan is finally starting to feel like its own product instead of a fork.

https://t.co/Uo8vbzR41j

[Om @NotOmRajguru]

i have always wondered how ai ide companies are able to build and ship products so quickly. after looking into it, i realised that many of them are built on top of @code

that made me curious enough to try it myself, so today i am starting a challenge to build an ai ide on top of vs code in two weeks.

today's progress was mostly about giving it an identity. i renamed it to nirmaan. निर्माण means “creation” or “building” in sanskrit and hindi, which felt like the right name for an ai ide built to help developers create software faster with ai. i also started moving it away from the default vs code experience and aligning it with its own design language.

i’ll be building it heavily with ai, primarily using @Grok 4.5 in @cursor_ai and gpt-5.6 sol in codex, and i’ll keep documenting the progress here.

https://t.co/Uo8vbzR41j