tty7
A terminal workbench in pure Rust: shells, persistent sessions, SSH, coding agents. GPU-rendered on Zed's gpui, VT core from Alacritty.
tty7 is a GPU-accelerated terminal workbench built in pure Rust that provides persistent sessions, remote development capabilities, and native integration with coding agents like Claude Code. It features a background server architecture that keeps shells and agent sessions running even when the GUI is closed, enabling agents to spawn panes, execute commands, and collaborate across multiple repositories. Developers gain editor-grade input, automatic agent detection for twenty CLI tools, and scriptable terminal operations through a bundled CLI and agent skill. The terminal leverages Zed's gpui for rendering and Alacritty's VT core, delivering benchmark performance roughly twice that of competing terminals.
Key Features
Use Cases
- 01Running Claude Code or other coding agents across multiple repositories with automatic branch and diff context
- 02Maintaining long-running agent sessions that persist through system reboots and can be resumed from any client
- 03Building multi-agent workflows where one agent spawns terminal panes, delegates tasks, and captures output programmatically
- 04Remote development with persistent shells, file access, and Git operations staying on the remote machine over SSH
- 05Monitoring coding agent status across concurrent sessions via the tab sidebar grouped by repository
- 06Enabling agents to script terminal operations through the tty7 CLI for split panes, command streaming, and wait-for-completion workflows
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tty7 — FAQ
What is tty7 and how does it integrate with coding agents?+
tty7 is a Rust-based terminal workbench with a background server that maintains persistent shell and agent sessions. It automatically detects 20+ coding agents like Claude Code and provides status tracking, notifications, Git context, and a CLI/skill for agents to programmatically control panes and execute commands. Agents can spawn terminals, delegate tasks, and read results even without the GUI running.
How do I install tty7?+
Download the native build for your platform from the GitHub releases page: .dmg for macOS (drag to Applications), .exe or .zip for Windows, or .AppImage for Linux (chmod +x and run). To enable agent status tracking for Claude Code or other supported agents, install the hook under Settings → Agents with one click.
How do I install the tty7 agent skill?+
Run 'npx skills add l0ng-ai/tty7' to install the skill that enables agents to use the tty7 CLI. Update later with 'npx skills update tty7'. The skill documentation lives in skills/tty7/SKILL.md in the repository.
Which coding agents work with tty7?+
tty7 detects and integrates with Claude Code, Codex, TraeCode, Grok, OpenCode, Goose, Copilot, Gemini, Aider, Cursor, and fifteen other agents. Detection is automatic; full status tracking and forking require a one-click hook install per agent under Settings.
Is tty7 free and open source?+
Yes, tty7 is released under the Apache-2.0 license and available as open source on GitHub. Native builds for macOS, Windows, and Linux are provided free on the releases page.
What are the prerequisites for using tty7?+
No special prerequisites beyond downloading the native build for your operating system. Shell integration is automatically injected for zsh, bash, fish, PowerShell, and WSL. Remote SSH work requires only a one-time, unprivileged tty7-server install on the remote machine.
How do I install tty7?+
Open the source repository on GitHub and follow its README. tty7 is a plugin — MCP Agents Market links you directly to the official repo.
Is tty7 free?+
tty7 is an open-source project hosted on GitHub. Check the repository for its license and any usage requirements.