Introduction
Vertical Tabs is a terminal built for CLI coding agents like Claude Code, Copilot CLI, Codex, and Gemini CLI.
What is Vertical Tabs?
Section titled “What is Vertical Tabs?”Vertical Tabs is a desktop terminal built for CLI coding agents: Claude Code, GitHub Copilot CLI, Codex, Gemini CLI, Aider, and OpenCode.
Launch multiple agents, track their progress in real time, and review changes in a built-in diff viewer. Workspaces and tabs organize everything by project in a sidebar.
Vertical Tabs is a standalone terminal, separate from any editor or IDE.
Highlights
Section titled “Highlights”- Workspaces to group projects in the sidebar. Add frontend, backend, infra, and side projects and switch between them with one click.
- Launch and monitor CLI agents directly from the terminal with real-time status tracking
- Built-in git diff viewer with staging, committing, and an editable diff editor
- Persistent workspaces that survive restarts
- Command palette (
⌘ Cmd+K) for fast navigation and actions - Split terminals for running two CLI agents side by side in the same tab
- 8 built-in themes including Catppuccin, Dracula, Nord, and Gruvbox
See the full Features page for everything Vertical Tabs can do.
Next steps
Section titled “Next steps”Quick StartGet up and running in under a minute
FeaturesEverything Vertical Tabs can do
Keyboard ShortcutsThe complete shortcut reference
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