Does my code leave my machine?

No. The editor, terminals, git and every process run locally. The one component that talks to a server is the engine, and the engine is a slot: a local model in that slot means nothing leaves the machine at all.

Does QuantIDE ship a Python?

No, and it never has. It uses the Python 3 already on your machine, so your environment, your packages and your versions are the ones that run. The backtest engine installs its dependencies into that environment the first time you need them.

Which platforms are supported?

macOS on Apple Silicon and Intel, Windows x64, and Linux as an AppImage or .deb. Installers are code-signed and the app updates itself.

KernelShipping

Workstation

The part that is actually an operating system. A code editor, real terminals, git, a file tree and a process supervisor, all running locally on macOS, Windows or Linux. Nothing is uploaded to run. When you close the window, the things you started keep going.

LiveResearch ledgerSample

Strategy · UniverseTrades · Verdict

Momentum · 20/50 crossSPY · 2015–2025 · daily84Survived
RSI(14) mean reversionSPY · 2015–2025 · daily311Overfit
Bollinger squeezeEURUSD · 2018–202519Too few trades
MACD histogram flipQQQ · 2015–2025 · daily204No edge
ATR breakoutCL=F · 2018–2025 · daily26Too few trades

Σ Survived1/ 5

quant@quantide:~$ backtest --grid --honest

Sample ledger. Four of five ideas failed — that is the normal result, and the reason the agent argues with you when the evidence is thin.

What it does

A real editor, not a text box

Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Rust, C++, HTML, CSS, JSON and Markdown. Split panes, search across the tree, and file watching that notices when something outside the app changes a file.

Terminals that behave like terminals

Tabs, splits and pop-out windows, rendered on the GPU. It is your shell, your PATH and whatever runtimes you have installed — the app never intercepts your commands, and it has never shipped an interpreter of its own.

Processes that outlive the window

Start a long-running session and it is supervised, not tied to the UI. The Processes panel lists what is running and on which ports, reads back the logs, and signals anything that needs stopping. Close the app; it is still running.

Git, in the same place you write

Status, diff, log, branches, stage and unstage, commit, discard, checkout, create branch, init, push, pull and fetch. Your work is version-controlled from the first line, because research you cannot reproduce is not research.

Questions

Does my code leave my machine?: No. The editor, terminals, git and every process run locally. The one component that talks to a server is the engine, and the engine is a slot: a local model in that slot means nothing leaves the machine at all.
Does QuantIDE ship a Python?: No, and it never has. It uses the Python 3 already on your machine, so your environment, your packages and your versions are the ones that run. The backtest engine installs its dependencies into that environment the first time you need them.
Which platforms are supported?: macOS on Apple Silicon and Intel, Windows x64, and Linux as an AppImage or .deb. Installers are code-signed and the app updates itself.

quantide://workstationKernelIncluded

Workstation is part of QuantIDE. There is no separate purchase and no add-on — the download is free on macOS, Windows and Linux.

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