LlamaTree
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Free · open source (Apache 2.0) · Windows & Linux · latest

Run all your coding agents side by side

LlamaTree is a desktop app for Claude Code and Codex. Every session in one window, a dot that tells you which one needs you, and what each one changed, with diffs a click away.

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  • No account, no sign-up
  • Uses your own Claude Code and Codex
  • Your code stays on your machine
  • Updates itself in one click

Works with what you already use

  • Claude Code
  • Codex CLI
  • Any command-line app
  • Git & worktrees
  • SSH servers
  • GitHub
  • Azure DevOps
  • your MCP servers
Why it exists

Terminal tabs weren't built for agents

Three agents in three tabs works, until one stops to ask a question in a tab you aren't looking at and sits there for twenty minutes.

Clicking through tabs to find the one that's stuck

See who needs you

Every session is a live tile with a status dot: working, waiting for you, or needs your answer when Claude is blocked on a permission, a question or a plan.

Running git diff in yet another terminal

See what changed

Each session's worktree gets Visual Studio-style Git Changes, with diffs that update as the agent edits. Stage, commit, push and open the PR without leaving the window.

Closing the terminal and killing the agent

Close it, they keep working

Close the window and your sessions carry on in the background. Open it again and they're as you left them, with what they printed meanwhile. Every session reopens its own conversation, even after a restart.

Features

Everything around the agent, in one window

LlamaTree doesn't replace Claude Code or Codex. It runs them, in real terminals, and lets you do what independent sessions can't.

Sessions

Every session, side by side

Each agent runs in a real terminal shown as a live tile. Click one to work in it full size; Shift+Esc takes you back. Ctrl+1…9 jumps straight to one.

checkout-apiworking
web-frontendneeds your answer: “Make this edit to CartSummary.tsx?”
paymentsfinished while you were away
docsidle
Five sessions as live tiles, grouped by project, with Git Changes on the right
Sessions grouped by project, with the selected session's Git Changes.
Projects & worktrees

Agents, sorted into projects

Group sessions by product and show or hide each group with a click. Hidden sessions keep running and still tell you when they need you.

  • Project view: every worktree of a repo in one table, with its session, its changes, how far it is from main and its pull request.
  • New worktree in a click, with a session already started in it.
  • Overlap warnings when two worktrees change the same file.
An expanded session with its Git Changes beside it
One session full size, with its branch, changes and the Git toolbar.
Git

Review every change the agent makes

Git Changes and Git Repository for each session's worktree, laid out like Visual Studio. Click a file for a side-by-side diff that refreshes as the agent edits it.

  • Stage, commit, undo, fetch, pull and push. Pull only fast-forwards and push never forces.
  • Branch picker and New Branch, with local and remote branches. Switching with changes asks whether to bring them or stash them.
  • Suggest writes the commit message in your repo's style, using your own agent.
  • Pull request chip for GitHub and Azure DevOps.
A side-by-side diff open in a tab next to the terminal
Monaco side-by-side diffs, in tabs next to the terminal.
Panels

Agents can show you things, not just tell you

A built-in MCP server lets Claude and Codex put a panel beside the terminal: your task list, an error summary, a checklist. A panel is either Markdown or a list. It's filled from your own MCP servers and skills, so it works with any tracker.

  • Markdown panels for write-ups and reports: headings fold, code is coloured.
  • List panels with groups, badges, tick boxes, progress bars and figures with trends.
  • Buttons only fill in a prompt. You still press Enter.
  • A ready-made /my-tasks skill to start from.
A My tasks list panel: issues grouped by status, with priority badges, a progress bar, a tick box and buttons on each
List: issues Claude pulled from a tracker, grouped by status.
A Markdown panel reviewing a branch: a summary table, folding headings for each issue, and a coloured code snippet
Markdown: Claude's review of the branch, with headings that fold.
Messages

Sessions can ask each other, with your OK

Tell one agent to “ask the api session what it changed in the parser” and it sends the question and waits for the answer. Claude and Codex sessions can talk to each other too.

  • You decide who may message whom: once, or as a rule for a session, a project or everything.
  • Messages arrive as a colleague's request, never as your prompt.
  • Limits built in, so two agents can't loop forever.
A dialog asking whether checkout-api may message payments-refactor, with options for this time only or a rule
The first message between two sessions asks you, once or as a rule.
New · Agent teams

Agents that hand off work to helpers

An agent can start sessions of its own: another Claude or Codex working in parallel on a separate piece of the job, on its own branch and worktree if you like. It sends the task, waits for the result and reads the reply, while you watch every helper in its own tile.

  • You're asked first. Allow once, or make a rule for that session or its project. Pause agents stops all of it.
  • Helpers stay in their lane: each one is held to the folder it was allowed, and there's a limit of 5 per session.
  • Cleans up after itself: finished helpers are closed, their conversations kept and their worktrees left for you.
A dialog asking whether checkout-api may start a session named fix-flaky-tests, showing its folder, command and first prompt, with Just this once and rule options
Before an agent starts a helper, you see its name, folder, command and first prompt.
New · Servers

Sessions on your servers, right next to your local ones

In New Session, pick where it runs: this computer or any machine you can reach over SSH. Server sessions sit in your projects beside your local ones, with the same dots, Git panel, diffs, panels and messages, and they keep running when you close LlamaTree or your laptop sleeps.

  • One click to set up: if the server doesn't have LlamaTree yet, LlamaTree offers to install it there for you.
  • Uses your own ssh and SSH config, with your key or agent. Nothing to open in a firewall.
  • Feels local: browse the server's folders, click paths to open a copy here, paste screenshots straight into a remote prompt.
  • Rides out dropped connections: the tile says it can't reach the server and keeps trying.
Session tiles: payments-refactor runs on build-box, and stock-sync on gpu-rig, which shows Can't reach gpu-rig; the others run locally
payments-refactor runs on build-box; stock-sync's server, gpu-rig, is offline, so LlamaTree keeps trying.
And the details

Small things that add up

Paste screenshots

Ctrl+V an image straight into the prompt. Claude Code and Codex attach it.

Clickable file paths

Paths in the agent's output underline on hover. Click to open the file or its folder.

Conversation rail

A tick per prompt beside the terminal. Read the whole conversation as text, even in full-screen mode.

Resume anything

Start fresh or pick up any saved Claude Code or Codex conversation. /clear and /resume are followed.

Split and dock

Put a diff beside the terminal. Stack Git Changes over your panels. The layout is remembered.

Themes

Light, dark or your OS setting, in your accent colour. Or Nerds, Tron and Matrix. Themes are plain JSON.

Plugins

A plugin is a folder holding a web page. Add tabs, side panels and menu items of your own.

Keyboard first

Ctrl+Tab between sessions, Ctrl+Shift+N for a new one, Ctrl+Shift+G for Git.

Branch picker

Switch or create branches from the Git panel, local or remote. Uncommitted changes come with you or get stashed.

Runs in the background

Close the window and sessions keep going. Choose once, or tick Don't ask again.

Git is optional

Not using Git? Turn the Git tabs off and the side panel only shows your agents' panels.

Safe updates

One click to update. The download is checked against GitHub's SHA-256, and your sessions carry on.

Compared

LlamaTree vs. a terminal full of tabs

Same agents, same plans, same commands. What changes is what you can see.

Terminal tabsLlamaTree
Know an agent is blocked on you–Only if you happen to look✓A pink “needs your answer” dot, even for hidden projects
Watch several agents at once–One tab at a time✓Live tiles, grouped by project
Review what an agent changed–git diff in another window✓Git Changes and side-by-side diffs per session
Worktrees across a project–git worktree list and memory✓Project view: status, changes, ahead/behind, PR
Come back after a restart–Find the right --resume id✓Every session reopens its own conversation
Close the window–The agents die with it, unless you set up tmux✓Sessions keep running; reopen to find them as they are
Agents on a remote server–ssh + tmux per server, one pane at a time✓Beside your local sessions, in your projects; keeps running when you disconnect
Hand part of a task to another agent–Open a terminal and retype the context✓The agent starts a helper on its own branch and collects the result, with your OK
Agents sharing results–You copy and paste between them✓Messages between sessions, with your permission
Claude Code and Codex together✓Yes✓Yes, and both get the dots, rail, panels and messages
Cost✓Free✓Free, Apache 2.0 licensed
Get started

Running in about a minute

Install it

Paste the one-line install, or download the installer. Nothing to configure, no account.

Add your sessions

Ctrl+Shift+N, pick a folder, and LlamaTree starts claude or codex there. Add a worktree per task if you like.

Work across them

Answer whichever dot is pink, review diffs as they land, and commit from the Git panel.

FAQ

Questions

Is it really free?

Yes. LlamaTree is open source under the Apache License 2.0, with no paid tier, no account and no sign-up. It runs the Claude Code and Codex you already have, on your existing plans.

What do I need?

Windows 10 (1809+) or 11, or a 64-bit Linux desktop; Claude Code and/or Codex CLI on your PATH; and Git. On Windows, the WebView2 runtime is built into Windows 11, and setup offers it on Windows 10 if it's missing.

Does it send my code anywhere?

No. Your sessions run on your machine, in your terminals, signed in as you. LlamaTree itself only makes anonymous requests to check for updates and for the occasional tip, and to look up a branch's pull request on GitHub or Azure DevOps using the credential Git already has. Everything it connects to is listed in the docs.

Does it replace Claude Code or Codex?

No. It runs them, unchanged, in real terminals: your settings, skills, hooks and MCP servers all still load. LlamaTree adds the window around them. Any other command (a shell, a dev server) works in a session too.

What happens when I close it or update?

Closing the window asks whether to keep running (sessions carry on in the background, and reopening LlamaTree shows them as they are) or stop sessions. Either way nothing is lost: each session knows its own conversation and reopens it, following you through /clear and /resume. Updates install in one click and your sessions carry on in the conversations they were in.

Can I run agents on a remote machine?

Yes. In New Session, set Computer to any server you can reach over SSH (user@server or a Host from your SSH config). Its sessions show with your local ones and keep running when you disconnect. If LlamaTree isn't on the server yet, it offers to install it. It uses your own ssh with a key or ssh-agent. How it works.

Is it safe to let agents start other agents?

Nothing starts without your say: the first time an agent wants to start a session, LlamaTree shows you its name, folder, command and first prompt, and you allow it once or as a rule. Each helper is held to the folder it was allowed, an agent can run at most 5 at once (10 in all), and Pause agents in Permissions stops every session starting or driving others. More on helper sessions.

Is there a Mac version?

LlamaTree runs on macOS today, built from source (see the macOS tab above). A signed Mac app is planned.

Can my team use it?

Yes. It installs per user without admin rights on Windows. Teams usually share a skill (like the example /my-tasks) so everyone gets the same panels from their tracker.

I found a bug or want a feature.

Open an issue on GitHub, or email support@llamachant.com.

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