Kero is a cross-platform terminal application designed for managing AI coding agents and development processes. It organizes terminal sessions by project and displays their activity through a centralized sidebar. Developers can run Claude Code, Codex, development servers, and test watchers in separate sessions. A persistent background daemon keeps sessions running after the application window closes and restores terminal history when reopened. Status indicators identify working, waiting, idle, failed, and completed processes. Notifications alert users when an agent requires attention or finishes its work. Its command-line interface allows agents to create sessions, split panes, send input, and inspect terminal output programmatically. Remote connections through SSH or Tailscale support execution on other computers. Kero uses libghostty for terminal rendering and supports Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Features
- Project-based terminal session organization for Claude Code, Codex, development servers, and test watchers
- Persistent background daemon that preserves running processes and terminal scrollback after closing the application
- Real-time agent status detection with notifications for completed, blocked, failed, and waiting sessions
- Programmable command-line interface for creating sessions, splitting panes, sending commands, and reading output
- Remote session management across Linux, macOS, Windows, and WSL hosts through SSH or Tailscale
- High-performance terminal rendering powered by libghostty with compatible themes, fonts, and configuration options