Recommended Tools

Nushell — Required recommendation. Default interactive and scripting shell on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Structured pipelines; display owned by the shell at the end of the pipe. See Why We Recommend Nushell and setup.

Windows Terminal — Modern terminal host on Windows; add a profile that launches nu.

Warp — Optional modern terminal with strong UX (where you choose it).

sudo for Windows — Elevate when the OS requires it.

PowerShell 7 — Use only when an OS feature, installer, or legacy script demands it. Not the Dev-Centr default shell.

UniGetUI — GUI over winget and other managers (Windows).

pnpm — Preferred Node package manager in this ecosystem.

Bun — Practical OSS Node-shaped runtime + package manager when you want speed in one tool; see npm package managers.

Orogene — Catalogued as closed-aspirational (once and future king of node_modules/ installs if it re-open-sources); not a shop default while closed. Same comparison page.

uv — Preferred Python environment and package tool.

Cursor — Primary AI-assisted IDE in this workspace.

VS Code — Acceptable when Cursor is unavailable.

Composio — Hosted MCP connectors (Gmail, GitHub, Vercel, Cloudflare, …) for cross-app agent work. Prefer for CI mail triage and similar OAuth SaaS loops; still use gh / the shell for PATH-local forge ops. See setup, Cloudflare connection, stack fit, and studio install pattern. Duplicate catalog names: read the form.

Bitwarden CLI (bw) — Human vault + custom fields for API keys; pair with hosting CLIs for distribution. Pattern: Secrets distribution hub, how-to. Hosting choice (cloud vs official server vs Vaultwarden): Bitwarden and Vaultwarden.

Vercel CLI — Prefer pnpm add -g vercel when winget lacks the package; use team --scope after org moves.

Standalone agent shells — Do not treat the IDE as the only control plane. For shopping, hardware fit, and local / network-local / remote-env / three-tier topologies, see Agent control planes and DevCentr’s agent_shell_registry.sdl. Setup surface: AI Workflow Arrangement (icons + diagrams in AI Config — not a wizard). Keep DevCentr’s env-aware repo terminal as the always-on human ops shell; agent-manager PTYs are not a substitute.

AI studio tooling map — Master list of MCP/connectors/control-plane docs: AI studio tooling catalog.

Cascadia Mono — Default. No ligatures; best for tables/grids (including Nushell table output). Prefer Mono over Cascadia Code.

JetBrains Mono — Supported alternate in DevCentr Appearance settings.

Git — Required.

GitHub CLI (gh) — GitHub operations from the terminal (prefer running under Nushell).

AsciiDoc + Antora for Dev-Centr published docs (see org publishing guides).

SoloMD — Recommended local-disk Markdown editor for README / project-doc / vault workflows (live edit + split view, Tauri 2, MIT). Dev-Centr keeps AsciiDoc for org docs; many users still author Markdown. See Markdown editors on local disk. For multi-runner local AI without hard-coding Ollama-only detection, pair with Open Provider Registry / UniProvider.

MarkView — Recommended local Markdown viewer only (macOS / Windows / Linux): open .md with GitHub-style rendering — no editing, no account, no upload. For end-user machines reading shared READMEs / AI exports. Not a DevCentr in-product viewer: org docs and apps keep rendering inside Antora / in-app components. Same explanation page as SoloMD above.

Cloudflare Access for member-only static sister sites (not an app rewrite). GitHub org membership is checked at login (GET /user/orgs), not scraped. GitHub OAuth App is UI-only; Pages tokens are not Access credentials. Pattern · how-to (accounts + IdP + mocks).

Business Bootstrap · Stack map · Defaults by stage

Cal.com and Cal.diy

Penpot

Bitwarden and Vaultwarden

Mattermost self-host

Animated SVG — Default for portable brand motion (org profiles, docs, marketing without a JS player). Prefer a self-contained file that honors prefers-reduced-motion. Best agentic/git fit.

Lottie — Use when motion is complex baked timeline work (often After Effects). JSON is text but cumbersome to edit; needs a player. Acceptable in AE pipelines (including CentrMark’s Lottie support); not the automatic default for simple marks.

Rive — Option for interactive / theme-driven UI motion (state machines, inputs) when a runtime is justified. Runtimes MIT; editor proprietary; .riv is binary (weak agentic authoring). Prefer lite packages when possible; lazy-load. Do not treat as an open de facto standard.