Omni Docs | Eden

Rust

❄️ Under Construction

Eden was just released to celebrate the 2026 new year.

💡 Big Idea

Streamlined development environment verification in one command

🚩 Problem Solved

Eden addresses the common challenge of inconsistent development environments by providing a fast, Rust-powered automated preflight check system that verifies all required dependencies before development begins, saving hours of troubleshooting and onboarding time.

Key Features

Dependency Verification: Check for required binaries and environment variables
Configuration-as-Code: Define preflight requirements in a simple config: TOML, YAML, JSON(C) supported
CI Integration: Run as part of CI pipelines to ensure environment consistency
Cross-Platform: Works on Linux and macOS development environments
Rust Performance: Fast checks with minimal system overhead

How It Works

Eden runs a series of checks defined in your Eden configuration file to verify that your development environment has everything needed to work on a specific project. This includes checking for:

Required binaries (Docker, Tilt, node, etc.)
Environment variables

Configuration

Eden uses a simple configuration file to define what should be checked, e.g. this TOML:

# eden.toml

[checks]
# required binaries (must be in PATH)
binaries = [
    "docker",
    "tilt",
    "node",
]

# required environment variables
environment = [
    "DATABASE_URL",
    "API_KEY",
]

Eden also supports eden.yaml, eden.json, and eden.jsonc configuration formats.

Example Usage

# run all preflight checks in the current directory
$ eden check

🌱 Binary: docker - v20.10.8 (/usr/bin/docker)
🌱 Binary: tilt - v0.30.12 (/usr/bin/tilt)
🥀 Binary: node - not found in PATH
🌱 Env: DATABASE_URL - set
🥀 Env: API_KEY - not set

🌱 3 sprouted, 🥀 2 need water

Integration with Development Workflows

Eden can be integrated into various development workflows:

New Developer Onboarding: Have new team members run Eden as their first step
CI/CD Pipelines: Verify environments before running tests
Pre-commit Hooks: Ensure environment consistency before commits
Project Bootstrap: Include in project setup scripts

Getting Started

Install Eden:

# install via cargo
cargo install eden-cli

# or download binaries from GitHub releases
# https://github.com/omnidotdev/eden-cli/releases

Create an eden.toml file in your project root (manually or with eden init):

[checks]
binaries = ["docker", "tilt"]
environment = ["DATABASE_URL"]

Run the preflight check:
```
eden check
```

Roadmap

Eden is in active development. Planned features include:

Version Constraints: Validate specific versions (node >= 18.0.0)
Environment Validation: Check environment variable formats (API_KEY = "non-empty")
Network Checks: Verify connectivity to required services
Disk Space Checks: Ensure minimum disk space
Custom Scripts: Run project-specific validation scripts
Auto-Fix: Interactive guided resolution for missing dependencies
JSON Output: Machine-readable output for CI pipelines (--json)
Custom Configuration: Allow custom configuration files and directories
Multi-Project Support: Validate multiple projects simultaneously

See the GitHub repository for progress.

🌿 Eden