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21 pointsby cwbuildslast Wednesday at 2:54 PM15 commentsview on HN

Hi guys,

I've been using Claude Code for almost everything lately. Have given one an email account so it can research business leads, draft emails, fact-check them and clear them with me before sending (works really well by the way). I also tend to have a few Claude Code agents running at any one time for coding.

I used to create a split terminal to manage them from there, but found working in the terminal all day pretty depressing and, more importantly, found it hard to follow Claude Code's process and see which agents needed my immediate attention.

I tried Anthropic's VS Code Claude Code extension and it had a great UI (more info on Claude Code's process and easier to read), but it crashed my PC when I ran more than 3 and I couldn't watch multiple agents in parallel (had to constantly switch between them).

So I built a lightweight Tauri desktop app which lets you run multiple Claude Code agents in one window alongside each other. It's easier to read the output and see which agents need your attention than a terminal.

Have been using this all day everyday instead of an IDE and have obsessed over every detail to make sure it's easy-to-use, but also lightweight and fast (so you can manage multiple agents without your PC crashing).

There are some nice features like better usage alerts for when you're going to hit your 5-hour and weekly limits (with sparklines to show when usage peaked, and which agents are the most token-intensive).

It's free to use (you just need to log in with your existing Claude Code account) for up to 4 agents simultaneously. This app doesn't store your Claude Code account details and doesn't store any of your interactions with Claude Code. They remain between you and Anthropic. It's compatible with Windows, MacOS and 64-bit Linux.

Would really appreciate any feedback, so if you have any thoughts, issues or suggestions please let me know.

Thanks, Chris


Comments

johntashyesterday at 11:29 PM

This mentioned using the claude binary, is it using 'claude -p'? And are you worried about the subscription/billing changes that were supposed to take effect this month? I have a similar ui I made for myself that I'm wondering if it will just become useless eventually.

paul_brookyesterday at 10:52 PM

Very cool! You mention VS Code crashing with a few agents. Have you measured how much lighter Abralo is in terms of memory and CPU compared to the equivalent setup in VS Code?

paul_brookyesterday at 10:50 PM

You mention VS Code crashing with a few agents. Have you measured how much lighter Abralo is in terms of memory and CPU compared to the equivalent setup in VS Code?

goodwillhuntingyesterday at 8:14 PM

I came in skeptical, but actually kinda like he look of this. I'm gonna take this for a ride this week and see what I learn.

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qu8nyesterday at 8:26 PM

4 agent limit is a no for me. Also really enjoying herdr right now.

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ignorantguyyesterday at 8:45 PM

for me its not updating while the session is progressing. it is getting stuck and i have to quit and restart it to see the updates.

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ic4ru5last Wednesday at 3:44 PM

I just tried it, and it seems useful. Any plans to support other coding agents, e.g., Antigravity?

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AgentMasterRaceyesterday at 8:05 PM

or use herdr, or the many other options that don't force you to use Claude code.

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esheryesterday at 8:26 PM

Has it Git worktree support?

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semcyclelast Wednesday at 5:40 PM

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amigo7yesterday at 12:29 PM

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