cmux

tmux is an open-source terminal multiplexer that creates, accesses, and controls multiple terminals from a single screen. A session can be detached while its terminals continue running in the background, then reattached later, allowing terminal-based processes such as coding agents to survive disconnection. It runs on OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux, macOS, and Solaris, and is built from source with dependencies including libevent and ncurses.

Coucou is an open-source desktop companion for Claude Code and other coding-agent sessions, appearing in the macOS notch or as a top-of-screen island on Windows. It displays session events such as files read, edits, and commands run; surfaces Claude Code permission requests for Allow/Deny approval; opens the relevant terminal on macOS; provides built-in Claude chat; and accepts dropped files as context. It can also attach a macOS window as Claude context and display optional integration pills for services including GitHub, Vercel, Notion, and others. On macOS, a hook script forwards Claude Code events over a Unix socket and waits for approval responses, while a borderless NSPanel and a SwiftUI Canvas render the animated Mochi character. The native Swift 6, SwiftUI, and AppKit application has no third-party dependencies. On Windows, a Tauri 2 application uses Rust, TypeScript, a transparent always-on-top window, Canvas 2D rendering, and a named pipe for hook events. The project states that it collects no telemetry, requires no account, and stores credentials in the macOS Keychain or Windows Credential Manager. Coucou is distributed from the project's releases and can also be built from source. The code is licensed under MIT; the Mochi name, character, icon, sounds, and media are separately reserved by the author. The Windows installer is temporarily unavailable according to the README because its unsigned build was flagged by Microsoft Defender.

MonoCode is a desktop GUI for running coding-agent command-line interfaces in tabbed sessions. Each tab represents a session, and a shared composer provides the prompt input while the selected CLI uses the user's own logged-in subscription; MonoCode does not sell tokens or act as a model provider. It supports Claude Code, Codex, Cursor CLI, OpenCode, Pi, omp, and fx when they are installed and authenticated. The application supports macOS and Linux, with an Apple Silicon macOS disk-image distribution and source builds requiring Node.js 20 or later and a current stable Rust toolchain. It is licensed under the MIT License and is described by its repository as an early project that may contain bugs.

Munder Difflin is a free, open-source desktop multi-agent harness that runs multiple terminal-based AI coding agents as coordinated local agents. It wraps agents including Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Gemini CLI, Qwen, OpenCode, GitHub Copilot CLI, and custom commands, working with users' existing subscriptions and hourly usage limits. Each agent runs as a real node-pty process and is rendered through xterm.js, while an Electron and React interface displays sessions as avatars on a Pixi.js office floor. A GOD orchestrator called Michael assigns and routes work, adjudicates agent messages, and escalates spending, destructive operations, scope changes, and other configured approvals. Agents coordinate through a local Git-backed hive of plain-file memory, atomic mailboxes, a shared blackboard, and an append-only event log; a markdown-first semantic memory layer supports recall across sessions. Optional Git worktrees isolate parallel agents.

Codeman is a self-hosted web dashboard for running and monitoring AI coding agents. It launches Claude Code, OpenCode, Codex, Antigravity, Gemini, Pi, or Grok in persistent tmux sessions, with an optional plain shell, and streams their terminals to a browser. Sessions persist across restarts and network drops; idle detection can re-prompt agents, resume them after usage limits reset, and run scheduled jobs, while live floating windows show background agents and subagents. The dashboard is designed for touch devices and includes local echo, QR login, swipe navigation, and push notifications. It can run locally, in Docker, or over SSH, is MIT licensed, runs on the user's machine by default, and states that it has no telemetry.