What is Robot Studio?
Robot Studio is a desktop IDE made for Robot Framework development.
It is not a generic code editor with a Robot plugin bolted on. The product is built around the loop you already live in: open a project, activate a Python environment, write .robot / .resource files, run tests, fix failures, and inspect reports.
Who it is for
Section titled “Who it is for”- Teams writing acceptance and automation tests in Robot Framework
- Engineers who want project + environment + runner + reports in one desktop app
- People who prefer a focused Robot workspace over wiring up a general IDE from scratch
What you get
Section titled “What you get”| Area | In practice |
|---|---|
| Projects | Open any Robot folder, or create a new project with tests/, resources/, and variables/ |
| Environments & packages | Create, import, or activate a venv; install libraries from PyPI via Packages |
| Editor | Multi-tab Robot editing with completions, diagnostics, go to definition, and outline |
| Run | Toolbar Run / Project / Stop, Tests tree, run configurations (tags, variables), live logs |
| Reports | Browse run history, open report.html / log.html, and on-demand Generate ReportLens; Failed Tests with Jump to Source |
| Insights | Triage run health and jump into failures, source, or Reports |
| Robot Doctor | Structural project health (circular imports, duplicates, unused assets) |
| Libraries | Browse BuiltIn and imported library keywords and docs |
| Search | Find in Files and Find Symbol in Project |
| Git | Status, stage, commit, branches, and diff scoped to the active project |
| Terminal | Bottom-panel shell rooted at the project folder |
| Settings | Editor, execution, search, and appearance preferences |
How the app is shaped
Section titled “How the app is shaped”Robot Studio pairs a Flutter desktop UI with a local Python backend. When you use the packaged app, the backend starts with the app. You work on your machine; nothing in the normal loop requires a cloud account.
App data (database, Settings, logs) lives under ~/.robot-studio. Project-specific Studio state lives under .robotstudio/ inside the project.
This is a beta. Expect bugs; please file them on GitHub Issues. Packaged builds are zip-only from GitHub Releases (no installer). Longer-term product direction (not shipped features) is sketched on the Roadmap.