DESKTOP ARTIFACT VIEWER · MACOS + WINDOWS

Open and edit what AI made.

Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and your technical collaborators hand you files. Artifact Desk turns them into documents, tables, trees, previews, and safe edits without making you learn an IDE.

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Free local viewer · No account · No file cap · 14-day Pro trial

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Artifact Desk brief.md Rich view

MARKDOWN · RICH VIEW

Read the plan, not the punctuation.

Headings, lists, links, and decisions become a calm document. Source stays one click away.

Opens locally from the original file

PRODUCT BRIEF · AUGUST 12

Artifact Desk launch

A focused desktop home for the files AI tools create.

Launch checklist

Explain the last-mile problem
Show real file views
Keep every file local

Decision: ship the useful view first.

# Artifact Desk launch

A focused desktop home for the files AI tools create.

## Launch checklist
- Explain the last-mile problem
- Show real file views
- Keep every file local

> Decision: ship the useful view first.

JSON · TREE VIEW

Understand nested data without learning JSON.

Objects unfold into a labeled tree. Expand only what matters, or switch to the exact source.

Structure shown without changing values

Tree view6 keys

customerobject

name“Northstar Labs”

plan“Pro”

usageobject

seats24

healthytrue

{
  "customer": {
    "name": "Northstar Labs",
    "plan": "Pro",
    "usage": { "seats": 24 }
  },
  "healthy": true
}

CSV · TABLE VIEW

Turn exports into something you can scan.

Rows and columns become a clean table with sorting, clear headers, and the raw file still available.

4 records · 4 fields

Campaign performance4 rows

ChannelSpendLeadsROAS

Search$840684.8×

Social$620413.2×

Email$190537.1×

channel,spend,leads,roas
Search,840,68,4.8
Social,620,41,3.2
Email,190,53,7.1

HTML · SAFE PREVIEW

See the page, not a wall of tags.

Open a safe visual preview, inspect its source, and make supported changes without leaving the file.

Scripts and remote requests blocked

preview.local

SUMMER RELEASE

Everything your team made, ready to use.

A clean home for project outputs and client-ready artifacts.

<section class="release">
  <small>SUMMER RELEASE</small>
  <h1>Everything your team made,
      ready to use.</h1>
  <p>A clean home for project outputs.</p>
  <button>Explore the release</button>
</section>

TSX · DESIGN VIEW

Make understandable design changes visually.

Select supported elements, then adjust text, color, spacing, or alignment with bounded controls.

Source remains authoritative

WELCOME

Build the clearer version.

Change the result without hunting through CSS.

export function Welcome() {
  return (
    <article className="welcome">
      <small>WELCOME</small>
      <h1>Build the clearer version.</h1>
    </article>
  );
}

Markdown · Rich

View free foreverNo account, watermark, or project limit

Work locallyArtifact contents are never uploaded

Keep source authoritativeEvery visual lens stays grounded in the real file

THE LAST-MILE PROBLEM

AI gives you files. It rarely gives you a good way to use them.

01
You receive an artifact.
A Markdown plan, nested JSON, CSV export, HTML prototype, log, PDF, image, or format you do not recognize.
02
The normal app is wrong.
A text editor shows punctuation. A browser shows only the result. An IDE shows an entire development environment.
03
Artifact Desk opens the useful view.
Read it, inspect it, organize it, and use Pro when the work requires edits, saving, conversion, or printing.

ONE FILE, THE RIGHT LENS

Complex files stop looking complex.

Artifact Desk chooses a useful view without hiding the source that makes the file real.

customer-health.json

PRODUCT BRIEF · READY FOR REVIEW

Ship the useful view first.

Artifact Desk turns the files your coding agents create into calm, familiar documents.

What matters now

Open the original file
Make the structure clear
Keep source one click away

# Ship the useful view first

Artifact Desk turns files into calm, familiar documents.

## What matters now
- Open the original file
- Make the structure clear
- Keep source one click away

Table view

4 records · 4 fields

CustomerPlanSeatsHealth

Northstar LabsPro24Excellent

Atelier NineTeam12Good

Harbor & Co.Pro31Watch

FieldworkFree4Good

customer-health4 records

⌄customersarray

⌄Northstar Labsobject

plan“Pro”

seats24

health“Excellent”

{
  "customers": [
    { "name": "Northstar Labs", "plan": "Pro", "seats": 24 },
    { "name": "Atelier Nine", "plan": "Team", "seats": 12 }
  ]
}

preview.local

ARTIFACT DESK

Open and edit what AI made.

Documents, data, and frontend files in one calm desktop app.

interface HeroProps {
  title: string;
  accent?: string;
  onOpen: () => void;
}

export function HeroCard({ title, accent = "#D8922B", onOpen }: HeroProps) {
  return <section style={{ borderColor: accent }}>
    <h1>{title}</h1>
    <button onClick={onOpen}>Open anything</button>
  </section>;
}

{
  "workspace": "Launch assets",
  "records": 24,
  "editable": true,
  "formats": ["md", "json", "html"],
  "owner": { "name": "Esat", "role": "Founder" },
  "lastOpened": null
}

JSON · TABLE LENS

OPEN ANYTHING

One front door for the artifacts scattered across your desktop.

Known formats get a purpose-built view. Unknown text opens safely as text. Unknown binary stays bounded to metadata and hex.

Writing

MarkdownTextRich textPDF

Structured data

JSON / JSONCCSV / TSVYAMLTOMLXMLENV

Frontend

HTMLReactNext.jsVueAngularSvelteAstroCSS

Everything else

ImagesSVGLogsJavaScriptTypeScriptUnknown textBinary metadata

Unsupported actions explain why instead of pretending a conversion or edit is safe.

VISUAL FRONTEND EDITING

Change the page without writing CSS.

Open HTML and supported React, Next.js, Vue, Angular, Svelte, or Astro components as source, preview, or a deliberately bounded design surface.

Edit visible text, image and link attributes
Adjust typography, color, spacing, and layout controls
Reorder supported sibling elements
Keep Source one click away for exact control

YOUR PROJECT

Edit the result.

Select a supported element, then make the understandable change.

<section class="project">
  <small>YOUR PROJECT</small>
  <h1>Edit the result.</h1>
  <p>Select a supported element,
     then make the understandable change.</p>
</section>

THE COMPLETE PRO WORKSPACE

Viewing is the start. Pro carries the file through the rest of the job.

Organize references without moving originals, search the folder you opened, edit supported formats, and export only to targets that preserve the content.

Launch workspace PRO

REFERENCE-ONLY COLLECTIONS

Arrange one real file around the way you work.

Original untouched

ON DISKlaunch-brief.md~/Projects/artifactdesk/docs/

COLLECTIONLaunch / Product HuntReference 01

COLLECTIONClient handoff / FinalReference 02

References only. Original files stay in place; every view opens the same canonical file.

Pro also includes rename, move, delete, print, Dark and System modes, every theme, and custom CSS. File contents remain local.

MADE FOR AGENTIC WORK

Your coding agent can hand the file straight to Artifact Desk.

Ask for the artifact.
Use Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Antigravity, or another local coding tool as usual.
Open its real path.
Paste the path into Open Anything, drag the file in, or let the agent call the operating system.
Work in the human view.
Read and inspect for free. Start the Pro trial only when you need to change or convert it.

Tell Claude Code or Codexplain language

Open /absolute/path/to/report.md in Artifact Desk.

macOS commandafter installation

open -a "Artifact Desk" "/absolute/path/to/report.md"

Windowsafter file association

start "" "C:\path\to\report.md"

LOCAL-FIRST BY DESIGN

The work stays where the file already lives.

Artifact Desk is a desktop app, not a hosted document service. It does not need your files to train a model, create a workspace, or show a preview.

Artifact contents are never uploaded.

Local reading and editing

Only files you choose are opened. The app does not index your whole computer.

Restricted previews

Document scripts and remote requests are blocked in the viewing environment.

Precise privacy language

License checks use limited product and device-license metadata. Stripe handles checkout.

VIEW FREE · OWN PRO

Useful before you pay. Simple when you do.

Both Pro plans have identical features. Pick only the number of computers you need. No subscription.

Free viewer

Unlimited local viewing for personal and business use.

Rich, table, tree, preview, source, image, PDF, and safe fallback views
Open files and folders
Recents and pinned files
Default Light appearance
No account, watermark, or file cap

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SAVE $30 · TIMER PRICE

Pro · Personal

$79

$49

one-time

The complete Artifact Desk Pro 1.x experience on one computer.

Edit and save supported files
Collections and folder-wide search
Convert, export, print, and Save As
Rename, move, delete, and Auto Save
Dark, System, themes, and custom CSS
Visual frontend editing
Every 1.x update

Get $49 launch access

SAVE $40 · TIMER PRICE

Pro · Personal Plus

$119

$79

one-time

The same complete Pro experience on up to three computers.

Everything in Pro Personal
Up to three activated computers
Release a slot by deactivating a computer
Perpetual local Pro license
Every 1.x update

Get $79 launch access

Launch offer: start the explicit 14-day Pro trial before the window above closes to unlock $49 Personal or $79 Personal Plus while that trial remains active. Future major versions such as 2.0 are not included by promise.

CLEAR BEFORE INSTALL

Questions worth answering.

What is Artifact Desk?

Artifact Desk is a local desktop viewer and editor for the files that AI coding tools and technical collaborators create. It gives each file the most understandable available view while keeping source accessible.

Is Artifact Desk free?

Yes. Artifact Desk Free is an unlimited local viewer with no account, watermark, file cap, or project cap. Editing, saving, Collections, folder-wide search, conversion, printing, appearance themes, and filesystem changes require a Pro license or the 14-day Pro trial.

Does Artifact Desk upload my files?

No. Artifact contents are never uploaded. Reading, previews, and supported edits happen locally. Trial and license operations send limited product and device-license metadata to the Cedarwood license service, and Stripe handles purchase information at checkout.

Which operating systems are supported?

Artifact Desk is built for macOS and Windows. Personal covers one activated computer; Personal Plus covers up to three.

Can Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or another agent open a file in Artifact Desk?

Yes, once Artifact Desk is installed. Coding agents that can run local shell commands can ask the operating system to open a path in Artifact Desk. You can also paste a path, use Open Anything, double-click a registered file type, or drag a file into the app.

Is it a replacement for an IDE?

No. Artifact Desk is for understanding and making safe, supported changes to artifacts. It does not install dependencies, run source projects, or replace a developer's editor and build environment.

Can it convert every file into every other file?

No app can preserve meaning across every format. Artifact Desk offers exact copies and compatible, content-aware conversions. Unavailable or lossy targets stay visible with a specific explanation, and the original is never overwritten by default.

How is Artifact Desk related to MarkText?

Artifact Desk incorporates open-source materials including MarkText and preserves the applicable licenses. MarkText remains a focused Markdown editor; Artifact Desk extends the job to structured data, frontend artifacts, images, PDFs, unknown files, local organization, conversion, and nontechnical workflows.

YOUR FILES DESERVE A FRONT DOOR

Put one calm app between AI output and your actual work.

Get launch access

macOS + Windows
Free local viewer
14-day Pro trial

Read the complete product guide →

Open and edit what AI made.

Read the plan, not the punctuation.

Artifact Desk launch

Understand nested data without learning JSON.

Turn exports into something you can scan.

See the page, not a wall of tags.

Everything your team made, ready to use.

Everything your team made.

Make understandable design changes visually.

Build the clearer version.

Build the clearer version.

Review the finished artifact in the same workspace.

AI gives you files. It rarely gives you a good way to use them.

Complex files stop looking complex.

Ship the useful view first.

Table view

Open and edit what AI made.

Open and edit what AI made.

One front door for the artifacts scattered across your desktop.

Writing

Structured data

Frontend

Everything else

Change the page without writing CSS.

Edit the result.

Edit the result.

Viewing is the start. Pro carries the file through the rest of the job.

Arrange one real file around the way you work.

Make the supported change, then save the real file.

Open and edit what AI made.

Choose from outputs that make sense for this file.

Your coding agent can hand the file straight to Artifact Desk.

The work stays where the file already lives.

Useful before you pay. Simple when you do.

Questions worth answering.

Put one calm app between AI output and your actual work.