Product status
Contral IDE is in beta
You are using a real product, not a demo — but some platforms, curriculum coverage, and polish are still in progress. This page is the honest list.
What is shipping now
- Desktop IDE v1.0.6 for macOS Apple Silicon.
- VS Code / Cursor extension for Explain, Build Agent, and Learn Mode on the same account.
- Learn Mode curriculum for Java.
- Build Mode on any language your project uses, with teaching cards on edits.
Current limitations
macOS is Apple Silicon only. Intel Macs are not supported. There is no universal binary.
Learn Mode is Java-first. More languages come later — see the Learn Mode roadmap.
Explain and chat need a signed-in Contral account (or a BYOK model). Unsigned sessions show a sign-in prompt instead of spinning forever.
Windows and Linux desktop builds appear on the download page when a release is published for that platform.
When is the full release?
We are aiming to leave “beta” in Q4 2026 — clearer platform support, more Learn Mode coverage, and auto-update from contral.ai as the default path. Dates can slip; this page will move with them.
Feedback: contral.ai/support or contact@contral.ai.