Comments
>log in to commentI built Horadric because I run several coding agents at once and kept losing track of which one was waiting on me. Now each session is a tile, and the tile turns amber when it needs me. Click it and I am in the real CLI, not a chat box someone built around it. It is free and MIT. Claude Code wrote almost all of it and I made the calls. It is not code signed yet, so SmartScreen will warn you the first time. Tell me what is missing.
Every coding agent session becomes a small tile on the desktop, grouped by project. A tile turns amber when the agent needs you.
Click a tile and you get the real CLI in a real terminal. Horadric has no chat UI of its own and does not wrap the agent.
- Ctrl+Alt+Space jumps to the session that has waited longest.
- A Windows notification fires when a session starts waiting and you look away. On a Mac the Dock icon counts the sessions waiting and bounces.
- Plain terminals sit beside the agents. On Windows there is also a browser pane agents can drive.
- On Windows: a quest log per project, Warriv the orchestrator, and the Runetome buttons.
- On Windows it shows 5 hour, weekly and spend limits, and switches Claude subscriptions.
- State comes from the agents' own hooks, not from scraping the terminal.
- Sessions survive a crash, an update and a reboot.
- Works with Claude Code, Codex and Grok Build.
On Windows it is pure Rust on Win32 and Direct2D. About 45 MB with four sessions open. No CPU between events. No Electron.
Free, MIT licensed, Windows 10 and 11 and macOS 11 or later (Apple Silicon or Intel). No telemetry.
The Mac app is new in 0.17.0. It has the tiles, the stage with real terminals, sessions that outlive the app, the menu bar menu and the updater. The browser pane, quest log, Warriv, files tile, usage window and Discord status are Windows only for now.
Claude Code wrote almost all of it. I made the calls.
Not code signed yet, so SmartScreen warns you the first time you run it. The Mac app is not notarized yet, so on a Mac install it with curl -fsSL https://horadric.dev/install.sh | sh, which Gatekeeper does not stop.
Horadric shows each coding agent session as a desktop tile with a real terminal, letting you switch between agents without a chat UI.
- for
- Developers using Claude, Codex or Grok agents who want native desktop session management.
- pricing
- free
- license
- MIT
Key features
- Tile dashboard — Displays each agent session as a small tile grouped by project on the desktop.
- Real terminal integration — Click a tile to open the actual CLI in a real terminal window.
- Cross-platform support — Native Windows (Rust, Win32, Direct2D) and macOS (Apple Silicon/Intel) apps.
- Session persistence — Sessions survive crashes, updates and reboots.
- Quick navigation shortcuts — Ctrl+Alt+Space jumps to the longest-waiting session; OS notifications alert waiting agents.
- Windows-only extras — Browser pane, quest log, orchestrator (Warriv), usage window and Discord status.
Use cases
- Monitor multiple coding agents side-by-side while working on several projects
- Jump instantly to the agent that needs attention via shortcut or OS notification
- Keep agent sessions alive across system restarts for long-running tasks
- View usage limits and switch Claude subscriptions without leaving the desktop
Horadric vs alternatives
 Horadric |  Cursor |  Cline |  Gemini CLI |  Aider | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Tile-based desktop view for coding agents | AI code editor | IDE-integrated coding agent | Google AI terminal agent | Terminal pair-programming |
| Pricing | Free | Subscription | Free | Free | Free |
| DevHunt upvotes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Launched | Jun 2030 | — | — | — | — |
- Horadric vs Cursor: Cursor is an AI-powered code editor, while Horadric is a desktop tile manager for agents without an editor UI.
- Horadric vs Cline: Cline embeds an autonomous coding agent inside your IDE; Horadric runs agents in separate terminal tiles.
- Horadric vs Gemini CLI: Gemini CLI provides a Google-based AI agent for the terminal; Horadric focuses on visual session management across agents.
- Horadric vs Aider: Aider offers pair-programming directly in the terminal, whereas Horadric visualizes multiple agents as desktop tiles.
Horadric FAQ
Do I need admin rights to install Horadric?+
No, installation is done via a terminal command in the folder and does not require admin rights.
What agents does Horadric work with?+
It works with Claude Code, Codex and Grok Build agents.
Is Horadric open source?+
Yes, it is released under the MIT license.
Will Horadric collect telemetry?+
No, the tool has no telemetry.
How large is the application and its resource usage?+
The Windows binary is about 45 MB with four sessions open and uses no CPU between events.
Summarized by DevHunt from horadric.dev · Oct 8, 2026. Details may change; check the official site.
