React-first
Write panels as React components. The SDK provides hooks for API access, host events, backend actions, and settings.
Tango Instruments
Extend Tango with custom instruments — sidebar panels, detail views, backend actions, and more.
What are Instruments?
Section titled “What are Instruments?”Instruments are plugins for the Tango desktop app. Each instrument can render panels in up to four slots (sidebar, first, second, right), run backend logic inside the host process, persist data with built-in storage, and react to host events like session streams and stage changes.
Built-in UI kit
Ship with tango-api — themed components that match Tango’s look and feel out of the box.
Backend actions
Define typed actions that run in the host Bun process. Call them from the frontend with a single hook.
Storage
Three tiers: key-value properties, file storage, and full SQLite. No server setup required.