Because other apps were too slow. Piaf was built in Rust. The immediate result is that it is much much faster than other desktop apps. Our second reason is that the founder loves to run in the mountains. Why waiting in front of a screen for Claude Code or other AI to compile code while we could be running in beautiful landscapes? We needed a mobile app to send precious time in our lives. So we created Piaf in order to solve this problem once and for all.

The idea was simple: what if you could launch your AI agents, go for a run, and come back to find your code ready? No more staring at loading bars. No more waiting for compilation. Just pure, uninterrupted flow.

We tested dozens of approaches before landing on our current architecture. Rust gave us the speed. A native UI gave us the smoothness. And a mobile-first mindset gave us the freedom we were looking for.

Because other apps were too slow. Piaf was built in Rust. The immediate result is that it is much much faster than other desktop apps. Our second reason is that the founder loves to run in the mountains. Why waiting in front of a screen for Claude Code or other AI to compile code while we could be running in beautiful landscapes? We needed a mobile app to send precious time in our lives. So we created Piaf in order to give developers their time back.

Every tool we looked at was either too heavy, too slow, or too locked into a single AI provider. We wanted something that connects to Claude, Codex, OpenCode and more — without the bloat of Electron or the friction of a terminal.

So we started from scratch. Native Rust. Zero lag. Beautiful interface. And most importantly: multiuser from day one, because coding is better together.

Piaf means sparrow in French. We chose this name because sparrows are small, fast, and everywhere — just like we want our app to be.

The bird in our logo is not just a mascot. It represents the idea of freedom: the freedom to code from anywhere, the freedom to let your agents work while you live your life, and the freedom to choose your own AI providers.

We wanted a name that felt alive, not corporate. Something you could say with a smile. Something that would make you think of Paris and lightness. Piaf felt right from the very first day.