Build A Nimi App
Use these guides to build a third-party app for the Nimi ecosystem. Start with a local project, connect the capabilities it needs, and check the separate requirements before distributing it.
Your First Development Steps
- Check the development setup. Project creation and static checks need Node.js and pnpm; supervised execution also needs a compatible Nimi Home development instance and Runtime.
- Create your App. Install dependencies, initialize the generated project, and run its checks before starting the development host.
- Make your first AI call. Understand the App identity, capability intent, access requirements, and typed result. In a generated App, keep the provided SDK/Kit host binding.
- Troubleshoot integration when a step fails. Check the actual error before changing configuration or retrying.
For shared UI and host integration, read Use Kit in an App. For concrete capability examples, see Nimi Lab.
Local Development And Distribution
Nimi Apps have three distinct paths: Registry-approved packages, explicitly selected immutable local-package imports, and non-package Developer Mode projects. This guide starts with Developer Mode; creating a project or opening its window does not grant Nimi Access or publish it.
The current pre-release supports protected-tag GitHub Actions and immutable GitHub Release publication for explicitly configured pilot App repositories, protected static Registry onboarding with human-approved descriptors, and verified Catalog discovery, installation, launch/focus/stop, protected-session Access, and uninstall on Windows x86_64. The local-package import entry, other-platform package lifecycle, ordinary update, and repair remain unavailable. Bundled/platform Apps follow their own rules.
Read the App Tools release guidance before preparing distribution. Keep local execution, published assets, Registry admission, installed state, and access as separate results.
Reference When You Need It
- SDK and SDK boundaries: public integration interfaces.
- Runtime: execution, configuration, and failure behavior.
- Platform and Glossary: product concepts and terminology.
- Nimi Coding: using the authority tooling directly. Generated App initialization already handles its required toolchain integration.
For the personal AI product and ordinary-user download status, visit nimi.ai and Download.