devenjarvis/lathe

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1653 stars · 46 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Lathe is a Go CLI plus local web UI that generates hands-on, multi-part technical tutorials on demand using LLM skills run inside coding agents like Claude Code or Cursor. It stores, manages, and serves the tutorials in a purpose-built reading interface, encouraging you to work through them yourself by hand.

Use cases

• generate a hands-on tutorial on any technical topic on demand
• create a multi-part tutorial series with an LLM coding agent
• read and work through tutorials in a local learning UI
• ask questions about a tutorial or have the LLM verify it
• extend an existing tutorial with an additional part
• search and manage a personal library of generated tutorials

When to choose

• you want LLM-generated, approachable technical tutorials you complete yourself rather than having AI write code for you
• you already use a coding agent like Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex and want a tutorial workflow on top of it
• you prefer a self-contained local binary with a pleasant reading UI and no cloud service

When to avoid

• you need fully automated course generation without an interactive coding agent session
• you want a hosted, multi-user learning platform with accounts and progress tracking
• you need offline tutorial generation - the LLM work runs in your agent, not the binary

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

llm-inference prompt-engineering documentation cli http-server education developer-tools large-language-models documentation cli cross-platform windows llm-skills coding-agents tutorial-generator learning-tool local-web-ui go education command-line macos linux web-server

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