A modern terminal multiplexer for Windows
Built with Tauri, Rust, and xterm.js — with Claude AI integration baked in.

Download • Features • Installation • Shortcuts • macOS Version

Upgrade Notice (v0.6.0): If you're on v0.5.1 or earlier, please download v0.6.0 manually. This is a one-time upgrade — auto-updates are now fully working starting with v0.6.0.

New in v0.6.3: Find in Terminal button (⌕), Command Palette (Ctrl+P), and Broadcast Input (⊕) — mirror keystrokes across multiple panes simultaneously.

Windows port of PaneStreet — the native terminal multiplexer with Claude AI integration.

Terminal multiplexers like tmux are powerful but stuck in the 80s. PaneStreet brings multi-pane terminal management into a native desktop app with GPU-accelerated rendering, drag-and-drop window management, 16 built-in themes, and deep integration with Claude AI tools.

No config files. No arcane keybindings to memorize. Just open it and start working.

Press Ctrl+Shift+F or click the ⌕ button in any pane header to open an inline search bar. Type to jump to matches, use ▲/▼ (or Shift+Enter / Enter) to step through results, and press Escape to close. Match count is shown next to the input.

Press Ctrl+P to open the command palette — a fuzzy-search overlay listing every available action and all open sessions. Start typing to filter, navigate with ↑/↓, press Enter to execute, or Escape to dismiss. The shortcut can be rebound in Settings → Keys.

Click the ⊕ button in a pane header to enable broadcast mode for that pane. Enable it on two or more panes and every keystroke you type is mirrored to all broadcast-enabled panes simultaneously. The button turns accent-colored when active; click again to disable. Useful for running the same command across multiple repositories, environments, or shells at once.

• Multi-pane layouts — Auto-grid, freeform drag-and-drop, or edge-snap split modes
• GPU-accelerated rendering — Powered by xterm.js with WebGL
• Session persistence — Layout and scrollback history survive restarts
• Process status detection — Know what's running in each pane at a glance
• Directional navigation — Move between panes with Ctrl Alt Arrow keys
• Shift+Enter support — Native newline insertion for Claude Code and other modern CLI tools
• PowerShell by default — Auto-detects pwsh (PowerShell 7) or falls back to Windows PowerShell

• Three layout modes — Auto-grid for quick setups, freeform for full control, snap-to-edge for tiling
• Maximize / minimize panes — Focus on one task, restore when ready
• Minimized pane pills — Quick access to backgrounded terminals in the footer

• Notification sidebar — Slide-in panel showing terminal alerts in plain language
• Notification rings — Pulsing glow on unfocused panes that need attention
• Mascot notification relay — When you're in the app, the mascot announces alerts from other terminals
• Sidebar metadata — CWD, listening ports, and PR status shown per session
• OSC notification support — Handles OSC 9, 99, and 777 terminal notifications
• Native desktop notifications — Per-status toggle with sound control, throttled to prevent taskbar flash

• Built-in file viewer — Browse directories without leaving the app
• CWD tracking — File browser follows your terminal's working directory
• File preview — Peek at file contents inline
• Open in Explorer — One click to jump to the file system

• Plugin viewer — See installed Claude plugins with version and scope info
• MCP browser — View configured Model Context Protocol servers
• Memory inspector — Browse project-specific and global Claude memory
• Scheduled tasks — Monitor active Claude Code sessions and scheduled tasks
• Config reader — Reads your Claude configuration automatically

• Branch display — Current branch shown in the footer with dirty indicator
• Expandable branch timeline — Drag-resizable footer showing all branches with ahead/behind counts and commit history
• File diff indicators — Green/red +N/-N counts per file in the file browser
• Inline diff highlighting — Added/deleted lines highlighted when viewing changed files

• Interactive companion — An animated robot that lives in the footer, walks around, and reacts to your work
• Contextual awareness — Detects terminal activity (builds, tests, deploys, errors) and comments on what it sees
• Personality-driven easter eggs — Click the mascot for escalating reactions with attitude
• Configurable frequency — Low, medium, or high activity levels, or disable entirely

• 16 built-in themes — Dark, Midnight Blue, Dracula, Nord, Solarized Dark, Gruvbox Dark, Tokyo Night, One Dark, Catppuccin Mocha, Rose Pine, Kanagawa, Everforest, Synthwave 84, Ayu Dark, Horizon, Moonlight
• Custom themes — Full color editor for every UI and terminal color
• Rebindable keyboard shortcuts — Customize every shortcut with conflict detection

Grab the latest .msi or .exe installer from the Releases page.

Requires Node.js (18+), Rust, and Visual Studio Build Tools (C++ workload).

git clone https://github.com/ben4mn/PaneStreetWindows.git
cd PaneStreetWindows
npm install
npm run tauri build

The .msi and .exe installers will be in src-tauri/target/release/bundle/.

npm run tauri dev

All shortcuts are rebindable in Settings > Keyboard Shortcuts.

• Shell detection — Automatically prefers PowerShell 7 (pwsh.exe) > Windows PowerShell 5 (powershell.exe) > cmd.exe. Override with the PS_SHELL environment variable.
• Shift+Enter — Uses a Windows-native approach to bypass ConPTY limitations. Works with Claude Code and other modern CLI tools.
• Background processes — All polling commands (netstat, git, gh) run with hidden windows to prevent taskbar flashing.
• Notifications — Throttled to prevent rapid taskbar flash on Windows. 5-second cooldown between native desktop notifications.
• File paths — Full support for Windows paths (C:\Users\...) throughout the UI.

PaneStreetWindows/
├── src/                    # Frontend (HTML/CSS/JS)
│   ├── index.html          # App shell
│   ├── css/main.css        # Styles + 16 theme definitions
│   └── js/
│       ├── app.js          # Core: layout engine, sessions, shortcuts
│       ├── config-panels.js # Settings, themes, plugins, MCPs, memory
│       ├── file-viewer.js  # File browser panel
│       └── terminal.js     # xterm.js session wrapper
├── src-tauri/              # Backend (Rust)
│   └── src/
│       ├── lib.rs          # Tauri command registry
│       ├── pty_manager.rs  # PTY spawning, I/O, resize, Shift+Enter
│       ├── cmd_util.rs     # Silent process spawning (no console flash)
│       ├── config_reader.rs # Claude config/plugin/MCP reader
│       ├── worktree_manager.rs # Git operations
│       ├── status_detector.rs  # Process status detection
│       ├── file_viewer.rs  # Directory & file reading
│       └── auth_manager.rs # Keyring-based API key storage
├── cli/                    # CLI tool (Unix only)
└── docs/                   # GitHub Pages site

Contributions are welcome. Please open an issue first to discuss what you'd like to change.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/my-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add my feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/my-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

MIT — free to use, modify, and distribute. Attribution required (keep the copyright notice).

Built by ben4mn · Windows port of PaneStreet