Developing Azure Logic Apps Standard locally usually means juggling the CLI, VS Code extensions, the Azure portal, DevOps pipelines, and a handful of terminals to inspect Service Bus queues or compare environment settings. AIS Runner brings all of that into a single Dioxus-based desktop app — a visual GUI to manage, run, debug, and compare workflows without leaving your dev environment.

It runs natively on macOS, Windows, and Linux via Dioxus desktop (WebView).

🔧 Local Development Environment

Auto-detection of prerequisites — checks for Node.js, Azure Functions Core Tools, .NET, and Java runtimes, and guides setup
Project workspace management — link local Logic Apps projects to their Azure counterparts (subscription, resource group, app name, Service Bus namespace)
local.settings.json editor — visual key/value editor with secret masking, grouped by category (Service Bus, connection strings, etc.)
System theme support — auto-detects dark/light OS preference with manual toggle

▶️ Workflow Execution

Run workflows locally with trigger-aware execution (HTTP, Service Bus, Blob triggers)
Payload editor — compose and send JSON payloads to trigger workflows
Service Bus message injection — send messages to queues via AMQP, auto-detecting local emulator vs cloud namespace
Blob trigger support — pre-flight checks for Azurite container existence
Run history viewer — inspect individual run details, inputs/outputs per action

📊 Workflow Visualization

Workflow list with trigger type indicators and status
Visual graph panel — DAG rendering of workflow action dependencies
Workflow analysis — detects all referenced queues, connections, and actions per workflow
Connection diagnostics — validates connections.json references and flags broken @appsetting bindings

☁️ Azure Cloud Integration

Azure panel — list remote workflows, diff local vs deployed definitions
Sync & deploy — compare local workflow JSON with Azure-deployed versions
Download remote configs — pull parameters.json and connections.json from Azure
Run history from Azure — fetch execution history for deployed workflows
az login integration — detects expired tokens and prompts re-authentication

🔄 Azure DevOps Integration

Pipeline viewer — list and browse DevOps pipelines for the linked project
Auto-detect DevOps URL from the git remote
Variable group browser — list all DevOps variable groups and inspect their contents

⊞ Compare Environments

Multi-column environment comparison — compare local.settings.json against Azure cloud app settings and multiple DevOps variable groups side-by-side
Diff filtering — toggle "Differences only" with per-column checkboxes to compare any subset of environments
Secret masking — hides sensitive keys with a reveal toggle
Click-to-copy cells with clipboard integration and detail popup

⚡ Event Grid

Topic browser — lists all custom and system Event Grid topics subscription-wide, with resource group badges
Subscription inspector — expand any topic to see event subscriptions with endpoint type, filters, and event types
Topic comparison — two-dropdown side-by-side compare of Event Grid topics between environments, highlighting differences in subscriptions and filters

🚌 Service Bus

Queue detection — scans all workflow triggers and actions to discover referenced Service Bus queues
Emulator management — Docker-based Service Bus emulator with auto-config generation
Queue browser (DB panel) — inspect queue message counts, dead-letter queues, send test messages
Cross-environment queue comparison — compare queues between DEV/STG/PROD namespaces with property diff (session, max delivery, lock duration, TTL, auto-delete)
DLQ and active message badges in the comparison view

💾 Data Connectors (DB Panel)

SQL — connection management for SQL Server databases referenced by workflows
Cosmos DB — browse and manage Cosmos DB connections
Blob Storage / Azurite — local Azurite emulator integration, container management, WebJobs storage config
SFTP — SFTP connection viewer for file-based integrations
Maps — Logic Apps maps (XSLT/Liquid transforms) management

🖥️ UX

Resizable split pane — draggable divider between workflow list and detail panel
Persistent configuration — workspace links, graph preferences, and settings saved across sessions
Keyboard shortcuts — Escape to close overlays
Cross-platform — runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux via Dioxus desktop (WebView)

Why a Native Desktop App?

Building AIS Runner with Dioxus in Rust gives it the responsiveness of a native app with a modern UI layer. No Electron-sized memory footprint, no browser tab to lose. It sits next to your editor and your terminal, talks to your local emulators directly, and authenticates to Azure with the same az CLI session you already use.

If you work with Logic Apps Standard daily, AIS Runner is built to remove the friction between writing a workflow, running it locally, comparing it across environments, and shipping it.

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AIS Runner: A Desktop GUI for Local Azure Logic Apps Standard Development