Workbench

Prototype with GNOME technologies

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About

Workbench is for learning and prototyping with GNOME technologies, no matter if tinkering for the first time or building and testing a GTK user interface. Among other things, Workbench comes with - Live GTK/CSS preview - Library of 100+ examples - JavaScript, Rust, Python and Vala support - Declarative user interface syntax - Autosave, sessions and projects - Code diagnostics, completion and formatter - Terminal output

Changelog

Dependencies: - Use GNOME 51 - Fix scoping of CSS to the internal preview - Do not crash on NotebookPage without child - Build Gtk with DISABLE_ASSERT to prevent crashes - Update libshumate to 1.7.0 - Update vte to 0.84.1 - Update libspelling to 0.4.10

Required configuration

Requires: a screen with its shortest side at least 1024 px. Recommends: keyboard, mouse or touchpad, touch screen.

Additional information

Project

Developer: Sonny Piers
License: GPL-3.0 (free software)What this license lets you do
Homepage: workbench.sonny.re
From the project: Report a bug Source code Donate
Latest release: September 29, 2026 (20 days ago)Actively maintained · 2 releases in the last year
Release history: Last 4 releases
51.0September 29, 2026
50.0June 2, 2026
49.0October 13, 2025
47.1January 24, 2025

Install

Size: 64.9 MB
Installs: 100,620 on Flathub300 in the last 7 days
Available via: Flatpak · AppImage · Arch Linux · GitHub Releases
Flatpak sandbox: Limited access
Runs in a sandbox with no access to your personal files or devices beyond what's listed.

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Sources: 4 independent sources agree
Catalog data as of: October 12, 2026

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How each source lists it (4)

Source	Name	Version	Built by	License	Description
Flathub (Flatpak)	Workbench	51.0	Official build	GPL-3.0	Prototype with GNOME technologies
AppImage	Workbench	v0.1.5	—	—	The Openpilot Workbench is to help people fix problems with EON, Openpilot, etc.
AUR	workbench	50.0-1	—	GPL-3.0-only	Tool for learning and prototyping with GNOME technologies
GitHub Releases	Workbench	v45.0	—	GPL-3.0	Code playground for GNOME 🛠️