Nodeterm's Open-Source Canvas Lets Developers Run Claude and Codex Side by Side
Nodeterm turns terminals and coding agents into draggable nodes on an infinite canvas, with tmux-backed sessions that survive reboots.
PRO- Nodeterm is an open-source node-based terminal manager with 1,500+ GitHub stars.
- Real terminals run as draggable nodes on an infinite pan/zoom React Flow canvas.
- Tmux-backed sessions survive app restarts and full machine reboots, including running agents.
- Supports Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini as agent nodes with live RUNNING / NEEDS YOU badges.
- Context-link edges let two agent nodes read each other's transcripts on demand.
- Available on macOS, Linux, and via a browser-based Server Edition under BUSL-1.1.
Anyone juggling three Claude Code sessions, a Codex agent, and a couple of tmux panes knows the pain: stacked terminal tabs hide context, and you lose track of which agent is waiting for approval and which one silently crashed twenty minutes ago. Nodeterm is an open-source terminal manager that replaces the tab stack with a spatial canvas where every shell, agent, editor, and diff lives as a draggable card on an infinite pan/zoom workspace.
The project just crossed 1,500 GitHub stars. It ships as a macOS desktop app, a self-hosted browser build called Server Edition for Linux, and an in-progress mobile companion.
Everything is a node
Each shell gets its own PTY via node-pty, rendered as a card on a React Flow canvas. You can place, group, label, and zoom into any node independently. The detail that lifts it past novelty is tmux-backed session continuity: terminals keep running across node remounts and full app restarts. Reboot the machine, reopen Nodeterm, and your agents are still where you left them, live processes included.
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