l0ng-aiandl0ng-ai e4bd49c39c fix(launch): restore the layout when a launch names a directory (#529)
"Open in tty7" from Explorer, and `tty7 <PATH>`, skipped the session
restore whenever no window was already up — `restore_session` said
nothing about it, the condition was simply "an explicit path was given".
The folder arrived as a lone blank terminal in a brand-new workspace and
the previous tabs were left behind: still running on the server, still
`open: true` in views.json, and reachable only through the switcher.

With a window already up the same menu entry had always just added a tab
to it, so one entry had two meanings depending on whether the GUI
happened to be running. Both shapes now restore first and open the
folder as one more tab.

The folder cannot be handed to the new window as its first terminal:
`Adopt::IfEmpty` declines to adopt into a window that already has a tab,
and the pull would then push that one tab back as the whole workspace —
writing the layout it was restoring off the machine. So it travels with
the hydration and is opened by whichever attempt settles it.

A path still declines to follow the layout onto a remote workspace and
starts a fresh local one there, which is the case the old blanket skip
was really guarding: the directory it names is a path on this computer.

Fixes #527

Co-authored-by: l0ng-ai <24760907+l0ng-ai@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-08-11 23:28:53 +08:00

tty7

tty7

A terminal workbench: persistent sessions, remote work, agents.

Pure Rust · GPU rendering on Zed's gpui · VT core from Alacritty


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tty7 with a tab sidebar of agent sessions across several repos, running Claude Code

Why

  • Performance — ~2× the throughput of Alacritty, Ghostty, or Kitty (benchmarks)
  • Persistent sessions — quit or reboot; your shells and supported agent sessions keep running, no tmux
  • Editor-grade input — suggestions, completion, highlighting, history search
  • Remote development — files, repos, panes, and git data stay on the remote machine
  • Native SSH — profiles, SFTP, port forwarding, and jump hosts
  • Agent-aware — Claude Code, Codex & co.: status, notifications, git context
  • CLI + Skills — agents create panes, run commands, and inspect output

Install

Native builds for each platform on Releases:

macOS …-macos-arm64.dmg · …-x86_64.dmg drag into Applications
Windows …-setup.exe · portable ….zip
Linux …-x86_64.AppImage chmod +x and run — X11/Wayland libraries bundled

What's inside

Editor-grade input ghost suggestions from history · explained tab completion · syntax highlighting · multi-line editing · click places the caret · ⌃ R fuzzy history
Window tabs & splits · ⌘ P palette · ⌘ F scrollback search · nine themes · IME
Agent-aware per-pane detection (18 CLIs): status dot · notifications · branch + diff · resume after reboot · tray icon when input is needed
Remote workspaces remote files, repos, changes, diffs, worktrees, tabs, and panes · reconnect from any client and continue where you left off
CLI + Skills bundled tty7 CLI · agent skill · pane/workspace control · real PTY commands · output, process, port, and agent status
SSH native russh stack: profiles with keychain secrets · SFTP panel · port forwarding · jump hosts · one-time, unprivileged tty7-server install

Full documentation lives in docs/keyboard shortcuts · config.json · CLI reference. The agent-facing CLI interface is also documented in skills/tty7/SKILL.md.

Install the skill with:

npx skills add l0ng-ai/tty7

Benchmarks

Same machine, same day, same 155×40 grid — Apple M1 Pro, macOS 26.3.1, five-run averages (2026-07-04):

tty7 Alacritty Ghostty Kitty
Plaintext I/O — 11 MB cat (lower = better) 95 ms 239 ms 179 ms 185 ms
DOOM-fire frame rate (higher = better) 888 fps 485 fps 552 fps 617 fps
Cold-launch memory 116 MB¹ 105 MB 128 MB 130 MB

¹ GUI 105 MB + the persistent server 11 MB.

Methodology and one-command reproduction: scripts/bench/.


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A terminal workbench in pure Rust: shells, persistent sessions, SSH, coding agents. GPU-rendered on Zed's gpui, VT core from Alacritty.
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