v2.1.2 — Split view tip · Security hardened

The AI-Developer
Terminal

Multi-tab.  Split view.  Encrypted vault.  Native macOS.

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🤖 main ◐
⚙ Working…
📁 ~/projects/api
🐍 backend ●
📁 ~/projects/backend
$ python manage.py
🌿 infra ⏸
📁 ~/infra/tf
Waiting for input
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# Claude Code — main   ✓ Reading src/api/auth.py ✓ Reading src/api/routes.py   Thinking...   # I'll add JWT validation to the # auth middleware. Let me check # the existing token structure…   ✓ Writing src/api/auth.py
# Shell — split pane   ~/projects/api git:(main) $ pytest tests/ -v   PASSED tests/test_auth.py::test_login PASSED tests/test_auth.py::test_token PASSED tests/test_routes.py::test_get   3 passed in 0.41s   ~/projects/api git:(main) $
// Features

Built for the Claude era

Everything a developer needs when AI is doing the actual work

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AI Agent Detection
Tab cards update in real time — spinner characters in Claude's output set Thinking… or Working… state. The 🤖 icon appears automatically.
⠸ Thinking...
⠼ Writing src/auth.py...
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Encrypted Variable Vault
API keys live encrypted in the macOS login Keychain — never plain text on disk. Unlock per-session with your system password.
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY = sk-ant-***
OPENAI_API_KEY    = sk-***
# 🔒 Encrypted (Fernet + Keychain)
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Split View
Side-by-side terminals. Select text in one pane and press Tab — it pastes directly into the other.
← Left pane (claude output)
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→ Tab → Right pane (pasted)
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Image Paste
Take a screenshot (⌘⇧4), then right-click → Paste image as file path. AIDE saves it to a temp PNG and types the path in.
Right-click → 🖼 Paste image as file path
/tmp/aide_images/clip_a4f2.png
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Smart Notifications
Sound chimes when Claude finishes — even if you're watching that very terminal. Banner appears only for background tabs to avoid noise.
♪ Glass.aiff — AI finished
⚠ main: Claude is waiting [click]
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Drag & Drop Files
Drag any file from Finder onto the terminal to insert its shell-quoted path. Images, scripts, configs — it just works.
drop → '/Users/itay/screenshot.png'
(shell-safe quoted automatically)
// How it works

Zero config. Just open and run.

AIDE provisions its own Python venv on first launch

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Open AIDE
Double-click the .app. The launcher installs PyQt6 automatically in a venv. No Homebrew dance.
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Run claude
Type claude in any tab. AIDE watches the output automatically.
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Watch the cards
Sidebar cards show live AI state — Thinking, Working, or waiting for your input — across all tabs.
// Platform support

Built for macOS.
Coming to every platform.

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macOS
Available now · v2.1.2
Apple Silicon & Intel. Native .app bundle. Auto-provisions its own Python venv.
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Linux
Coming soon
Core terminal engine already runs on Linux. Packaging as an AppImage + systemd keyring support in progress.
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Windows
Planned
Requires winpty for pty emulation and Windows Credential Manager for the vault. On the roadmap.
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A terminal that knows when Claude is working — and tells you the moment it's done.
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macOS 13+ · Apple Silicon & Intel · Free & open source … downloads