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Workspace manager for Claude Code sessions. Embedded terminals, project discovery, drag-and-drop organization.

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Myrlin – Open-Source workspace manager for Claude Code sessions

by therealarthur·Feb 17, 2026·1 point·1 comment
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4-pane terminals + cost tracking for Claude Code; Cursor workspaces already do this natively.

Strengths
  • •Embedded pty-driven terminals mean full interactivity without leaving browser, not terminal screenshots
  • •Session discovery + per-workspace kanban/docs reduces friction vs. losing context between Claude chats
  • •Local-first architecture with password persistence across reinstalls respects privacy-aware users
Weaknesses
  • •Cursor IDE integrates workspace management natively; this is a third-party layer on top of existing UX
  • •AGPL licensing + Node.js+C++ build requirement limit casual adoption vs. native IDE solutions
Target Audience

Claude Code power users, teams coordinating AI-assisted development sessions

Similar To

Cursor IDE workspaces · VS Code workspace manager · JetBrains project management

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Myrlin – Open-Source Workspace Manager for Claude Code

If you use Claude Code this is the kind of ergonomic tooling you didn’t know you wanted: it auto-discovers every session, groups them into workspaces, and surfaces 4-pane embedded terminals alongside per-workspace docs, kanban, templates and a costs dashboard. It’s local-first and runs via npx, which keeps your data in your browser, but the scope is narrowly tied to Claude and real terminal emulation requires native build tools (node-pty).

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