Firstmate manages multiple AI sessions via tmux
Firstmate is an open-source, folder-based orchestrator that manages multiple AI agent sessions concurrently using a template directory and tmux. Developers clone the template to run their preferred agent harnesses in parallel tmux windows, providing a centralized dashboard for monitoring and manual intervention.
Juggling multiple active agent sessions quickly becomes a cognitive nightmare, and using a lightweight terminal multiplexer like tmux is a brilliant, developer-native solution to visualize and intervene in agent runs.
- –**Zero-Bloat Orchestration**: Instead of forcing developers into a new desktop application or proprietary framework, Firstmate is just a folder configuration that works with existing agent harnesses.
- –**Visual Terminal Multiplexing**: Integrating tmux allows developers to oversee multiple active agents concurrently and jump into a session to manually guide them.
- –**Project-Centric Workflows**: Allows developer-specified project scoping, helping agents stay focused on distinct codebases.
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