Hide & Restore Terminals
Hide inactive terminals with Cmd+Shift+H to declutter your workspace, then restore them instantly from the hidden terminals menu.
Why You Need This
How this feature boosts your daily productivity
With 6+ terminals running AI agents, dev servers, and build tools, your tab bar becomes a wall of noise. Most of those terminals are background processes you only check occasionally — but they occupy prime screen real estate. Hide Terminal lets you tuck away anything you don't actively need while keeping its PTY process alive. The terminal keeps running in the background, and when you need it back, one click in the hidden terminals menu restores it with full scrollback intact. Think of it as minimizing windows, but for terminals — your workspace stays clean and your focus stays sharp.
How It Works
Get started in 4 simple steps
Open a Terminal
Click "+" to create a new terminal tab. Choose from Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Amp, bash, zsh, or custom shells.
Arrange Your Layout
Switch between grid, columns, or fullscreen with one click. Drag dividers to resize panes to your preference.
Run Your Agents
Start your AI agents with pre-configured prompts or type freely. Watch them work in real-time with status indicators.
Monitor & Manage
Use the Terminal Dashboard for a bird's-eye view. Sessions persist across restarts so you never lose context.
Without 1DevTool
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Key Capabilities
Everything included with Hide & Restore Terminals
Why It Matters
The productivity impact of having terminal & ai agents built into your workspace
Zero Context Switching
All your AI agents and terminals live in one window. No more alt-tabbing between 5 different terminal apps.
Visual Status Tracking
Color-coded tabs and the Kanban dashboard tell you which agents are done, running, or need attention — at a glance.
Persistent Sessions
Tmux-backed persistence means your terminal state survives crashes and restarts. Never lose scrollback history again.
Flexible Arrangements
One-click layouts adapt to your task: grid for monitoring, columns for comparing, fullscreen for deep focus.
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Multi-Agent Terminals
Run Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, and Amp in dedicated terminal tabs with custom colors and status indicators.
Flexible Terminal Layouts
View terminals in 2×2 grid, side-by-side columns, or single fullscreen mode with resizable panes.
Terminal Dashboard
Kanban-style board view of all terminal statuses — Idle, Running, and Review — with real-time polling.
Session Persistence
Terminal sessions persist across app restarts with full scrollback history via tmux integration.
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