RapidKit Labs is the public GitHub organization behind the RapidKit workspace platform (getrapidkit.com) and Workspai (workspai.com) — the AI workspace for backend teams in VS Code.

Why workspace-first? Your backend is rarely one repo — it's a system. RapidKit makes the workspace your team's operating boundary: policy, projects, modules, health checks, and AI context stay in one place, so every service ships with the same rules, evidence, and understanding — not isolated silos that drift apart.

Supported project families:

FastAPI · NestJS · Spring Boot · Go/Fiber · Go/Gin · ASP.NET Core

Pick one entry point. You do not need all three.

After install, either create a workspace/project (workspace-first architecture) or import / clone an existing workspace.

flowchart TB
    START([Start here])

    START --> ENTRY{Pick one entry point}
    ENTRY --> EXT["Path A · Workspai extension"]
    ENTRY --> NPM["Path B · rapidkit npm CLI"]
    ENTRY --> CORE["Path C · rapidkit-core engine only"]

    EXT --> NEXT{Next step}
    NPM --> NEXT

    NEXT --> CREATE["Create workspace / project"]
    NEXT --> IMPORT["Import or clone workspace"]

    CREATE --> WORK["Operate inside the workspace"]
    IMPORT --> WORK

    CORE --> ENGINE["Use rapidkit CLI from Python install"]
    ENGINE --> WORK

Full dashboard, sidebar, AI, and module browser in VS Code.

Install

• Marketplace: rapidkit.rapidkit-vscode
• Or from a terminal:

code --install-extension rapidkit.rapidkit-vscode

First steps

1. Command Palette → Workspai: Open Dashboard
2. Then either:
   • Create — workspace or project (manual, template, or Create with AI)
   • Import / clone — open or clone an existing workspace

AI features use GitHub Copilot language models available in your VS Code environment.

Workspace-first CLI. Requires Node.js 20+ (details).

npx rapidkit --help

Create — workspace → project → run:

npx rapidkit create workspace my-platform --profile python-only
cd my-platform
npx rapidkit bootstrap
npx rapidkit setup python
npx rapidkit create project fastapi.standard api
cd api
npx rapidkit init
npx rapidkit dev

Check workspace health:

npx rapidkit doctor workspace

Shortcut for interactive workspace creation: npx rapidkit my-platform

Import / clone

Bring an existing project or repo into a workspace:

npx rapidkit import ../orders-api
npx rapidkit import https://github.com/acme/orders-api.git --git

Or clone a starter workspace, then bootstrap:

git clone https://github.com/rapidkitlabs/rapidkit-examples.git
cd rapidkit-examples/quickstart-workspace
npx rapidkit bootstrap
npx rapidkit doctor workspace

Essential commands (full list in rapidkit-npm README):

Use RapidKit Core directly — no VS Code extension and no npm CLI required.

Requires Python 3.10+. Package: pypi.org/project/rapidkit-core

Install (recommended: isolated CLI)

pipx install rapidkit-core
rapidkit --version
rapidkit --help

Alternative (current interpreter / venv)

python -m pip install -U rapidkit-core
rapidkit --version

First steps

# Interactive
rapidkit create

# Or non-interactive project scaffold
rapidkit create project fastapi.standard my-api
cd my-api
rapidkit init
rapidkit dev

Docs and engine issues: rapidkit-core

Optional — use when you prefer import / clone over creating from scratch.

Clone from rapidkit-examples:

• quickstart-workspace
• saas-starter-workspace
• my-ai-workspace

More templates: workspai.com/examples

When reporting an issue, include OS, the path you use (extension / npm / pipx), and version output:

• npm CLI: npx rapidkit --version
• Python engine: rapidkit --version

Pull requests and issues are welcome on the repositories above. Open them in the repo that owns the layer you are changing:

• UI / dashboard / AI surfaces → rapidkit-vscode
• npm wrapper / CLI bridge → rapidkit-npm
• modules / doctor / runtime → rapidkit-core
• public starters → rapidkit-examples

Open-source repositories in this organization are released under the MIT License unless otherwise noted in the repository.