Importing a public repo with the Open Source Explorer

Software → Open Source Explorer lets you browse public open-source projects and pull any of them into the project you're working in.

Finding repositories

The Explorer searches public repositories through GitHub Search. You can start from curated category presets — such as Trending, AI / LLM, Web frameworks, React / Next, Dev tools, Databases, Starters, and Self-hosted — or type your own free-text query to search directly. Each result shows the repo's owner, description, star count, language, topics, and license so you can judge it before importing.

Importing

Click to import a repo and it's brought into your current project through the import pipeline. The repository is cloned into a folder inside this project's Documents and decomposed into components and flows — the details of that step are covered in a separate article.

Where it lands

Imports always go into the project you're already in, added as a folder in that project's Documents — not a brand-new project. Because the Explorer always lives inside a project, this keeps everything scoped to where you're working. After import, the cloned files show up in the IDE file tree like any other project files, ready to read, edit, preview, or hand to Camelia.

Tip

If you want a repo in a fresh project instead, create or switch to that project first, then run the import from within it.