A premium AI terminal workspace for developers and coding agents.
Retro-futurist interface, persistent sessions, multi-pane layouts, and terminal themes built for long-running agent work.
OpenMultiTerm turns the original multi-terminal manager into an AI-first command center:
- Editorial retro-futurist UI — technical grids, orbital details, fine borders, and a restrained teal/amber/purple palette.
- Custom icon system — native SVG icons designed for agents, shells, sessions, layouts, view modes, and utilities.
- OpenMultiTerm logo — transparent brand mark integrated into the title bar.
- Dark and light terminal art — curated background sets for both modes, with overlays tuned for prompt readability.
- Premium terminal panel — transparent xterm rendering, cinematic backgrounds, and compact controls.
- Multi-pane grid — Arrange terminals in 1x1 up to 3x3 grids. The layout adjusts automatically as you open new sessions.
- AI agent profiles — Launch tools such as Claude Code, OpenCode, Copilot CLI, Gemini CLI, Codex CLI, Antigravity, Warp, and more.
- Platform-aware shells — Windows-only profiles such as PowerShell, Command Prompt, WSL, and Git Bash are hidden on Linux to avoid invalid launches.
- Persistent terminal sessions — Closing the window does not kill your shells. A background daemon keeps every PTY alive.
- Agent-safe restoration — Reopen the app and return to running processes, scrollback, current layout, and session state.
- Broadcast mode — Type once, send to all running terminals.
- Saved layouts — Store a terminal arrangement by name and restore it later.
- Command palette — Search command history across sessions and re-execute commands quickly with
Ctrl+Shift+P. - Terminal themes — Includes the OpenMultiTerm Terminal theme plus familiar themes such as One Dark, Dracula, Tokyo Night, and Nord.
- Dark and light app themes — Full UI theme switching with matching terminal artwork.
- In-terminal search — Find text inside any terminal panel.
- Export and copy — Export full terminal buffers to
.logfiles or copy them to the clipboard. - Drag and drop — Reorder terminal panels within the grid.
- Session rename — Double-click a terminal title to rename it.
- Working directory in header — Each terminal tab shows an abbreviated current working directory.
Get the latest beta from the Releases page.
| Platform | File |
|---|---|
| Windows | OpenMultiTerm-Setup-x.x.x.exe |
| macOS | OpenMultiTerm-x.x.x.dmg |
| Linux | OpenMultiTerm-x.x.x.AppImage |
Requirements: Node.js 18+, npm
git clone https://github.com/matiasA/OpenMultiTerm.git
cd OpenMultiTerm
npm install# Development
npm run dev
# Production build
npm run build
# Package installer
npm run package:win # Windows (.exe)
npm run package:mac # macOS (.dmg)
npm run package:linux # Linux (.AppImage)Note for Windows:
node-ptyrequires native compilation. If you run into build errors, install the Visual C++ Build Tools first.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
Ctrl+Shift+P |
Open command palette |
Ctrl+Shift+N |
New terminal from the default profile |
Ctrl+Shift+W |
Close active terminal |
Ctrl+Shift+B |
Toggle broadcast mode |
Ctrl+Shift+S |
Toggle sidebar |
Ctrl+Shift+1-9 |
Switch to terminal by position |
Profiles are stored in the system user data directory and persist between sessions. Each profile defines:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
command |
Executable to launch, such as bash, pwsh, or wsl.exe |
args |
Arguments passed to the executable |
cwd |
Starting working directory, or null for the user home |
env |
Extra environment variables merged into the shell environment |
Agent profiles can use detectCommand and launchCommand so OpenMultiTerm can detect installed CLIs and launch them inside a stable platform shell.
| Layer | Technology |
|---|---|
| Shell / PTY | node-pty |
| Terminal renderer | xterm.js |
| Desktop framework | Electron |
| UI | React + Tailwind CSS |
| State | Zustand |
| IPC | WebSocket (ws) over 127.0.0.1 |
| Build | Vite + electron-builder |
| Language | TypeScript |
MIT - © 2026 Matias A