OG TestDesk

OG TestDesk is a native desktop developer desk — SQL workspace, HTTP request client, JSON inspector, scratch pad, appearance editor, calculator, JWT decoder, and an AI assistant — built in Rust with iced.

Project layout

core/      og_testdesk_core — persistence (SQLite via sqlx), SQL engine,
           HTTP request runner, AI provider clients, theme model. No UI code.
desktop/   og_testdesk_desktop — the iced application (all UI).

Running from source

cargo run -p og_testdesk_desktop

The app stores its SQLite database and connection secrets in the OS app-data directory:

• Windows: %APPDATA%\OGTestDesk\og_testdesk.db
• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/OGTestDesk/og_testdesk.db
• Linux: $XDG_DATA_HOME/og-testdesk/og_testdesk.db (defaults to ~/.local/share/og-testdesk)

Override the database path directly with OGTESTDESK_DB_PATH if needed.

Building a release binary

cargo build -p og_testdesk_desktop --release

Packaging native installers

Packaging uses cargo-packager (config lives in desktop/Cargo.toml under [package.metadata.packager]).

cargo install cargo-packager --locked
cd desktop
cargo packager --release -f <format>

Available formats per platform:

• Linux: deb, appimage
• macOS: app, dmg
• Windows: nsis, wix

Output lands in dist/ at the repo root.

Note: building appimage requires a linuxdeploy binary compatible with your host's binutils/glibc. On very new/rolling-release distros the prebuilt linuxdeploy AppImage's bundled strip can fail on newer ELF section types (seen during development on an up-to-date Arch Linux host). This does not affect deb packaging or the GitHub Actions release build (which runs on standard ubuntu-latest).

Automated releases

Pushing a tag starting with v (e.g. v0.1.0) triggers .github/workflows/release.yml, which builds and packages the app on Linux, macOS, and Windows runners and attaches the artifacts to a GitHub Release. This requires the repo to have a GitHub remote configured.

Feature status

Feature	Status
SQL Workspace	Connections, ad-hoc query + results grid, saved queries. Schema browser, background jobs, run history, table editing, CSV export are follow-ups.
Requests (API client)	Method/URL/headers/body builder, send, response view, saved requests. Folders, history, variable sets, Postman import, GraphQL/multipart, OAuth are follow-ups.
JSON Inspector	Parse, pretty-print, top-level summary. Collapsible tree view, diffing, search are follow-ups.
Scratch Pad	Single persisted text pad.
Calculator	Expression evaluation.
JWT Decoder	Header/payload decode (no signature verification).
Appearance	Light/dark/custom theme editor, persisted. Does not yet live-restyle the running app.
AI Assistant	Settings + single-profile chat via OpenAI-compatible/Ollama/Gemini providers.
Scheduled Jobs	Not yet started.