I built Project Room to see the running app behind my Spec Kit files

[sauterbe]

Hi everyone, I’m Benedikt. Spec Kit helps me keep the spec, plan, and tasks in the repository. But after a coding agent implemented them, I kept losing track of the running software: Which services are up? Which build am I looking at? Do the tests pass? What’s in the data?

I kept building a small dashboard for each project, so I turned that idea into Project Room: a free, open-source Mac app that opens the same local repository as your coding agent.

It reads Spec Kit’s standard files in place and shows feature and task progress. You can also configure services, tests, APIs, MCP servers, CLI tools, and data sources, then inspect or run them from one window. Commands run only when you choose to start them.

Here’s a screenshot from a real local sample project:

Source and setup instructions · 90-second walkthrough

If you use Spec Kit on a real project, I’d love your honest feedback: Would this help you review what your agent built? What would you need to see before trusting the connection between a task and the running app?

[mnriem]

Cool, have you considered being listed as a Spec Kit friend at https://github.github.com/spec-kit/community/friends.html ?

[sauterbe]

Thanks for the suggestion! I opened a focused PR to add Project Room to Community Friends: #5298

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