paxter-gui 1.0.41

paxter-gui — Paxter Studio (GUI)

A self-hosting ASP.NET Core .NET global tool that is Paxter Studio: it serves the Paxter Studio web UI and runs the browser-workflow recorder and runner entirely in C# (Playwright + YamlDotNet). No Node, Python, or license key required.

Start in four steps

# 1. Install the tool globally (.NET 10 SDK required)
dotnet tool install --global paxter-gui

# 2. Make a workspace and enter it
mkdir my-paxter-workflow && cd my-paxter-workflow

# 3. Scaffold a starter config + example workflow (does not overwrite)
paxter-gui init

# 4. Install the Chromium browser used to record and run (first run only)
paxter-gui setup

Then launch Studio in your browser:

paxter-gui

It opens automatically on http://localhost:6070 (use --port N for another port, --no-open to skip opening a browser).

Where things live

• Workflows & recordings — ./Outputs (*.yaml / *.yml). Record a journey in the Studio recorder and save it here, or edit workflows directly in the Builder.
• Run evidence — ./.paxter-output — one folder per run containing output.json, step screenshots, an optional video.webm, and a standalone index.html report.

Commands

The recorder captures clicks/typing/selection into a resilient locator schema. Runs go through PaxterCore — the same engine that powers the paxter CLI — so a workflow recorded here replays identically from the command line, with the same target resolution, per-step screenshots, optional video.webm, failure diagnostics, and index.html report. There is no separate Studio engine to keep in sync; the tool serves the built React UI unchanged over that one shared engine.