Ghostex

Workspace (per its README) for running many agent CLIs at once: each agent runs in a real Ghostty terminal with a chat view on top, plus an embedded Chromium browser and a lightweight code editor beside it.

  • Maker: individual developer maddada (GitHub); site ghostex.dev. No company note exists.
  • Licence / cost: MIT per GitHub repo metadata; the README offers free downloads (Homebrew cask and installers). Pricing not verified.
  • Platforms: macOS, Windows (x64/arm64), Linux (deb/rpm/AUR/tar), plus Android and iOS companion apps for remote sessions.
  • Stack: Rust and GPUI shell, Ghostty terminals, Chromium browser panes (no Electron/Tauri), per the README as fetched 2026-10-05.
  • Supported agents: Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Gemini and “20+ other agent CLIs” (README claim).
  • Features: chat view per agent (diffs, tool cards, queued prompts), coordinator agents that spawn and brief worker threads in git worktrees, agent-to-agent messaging, handover of a chat to another agent, embedded browser with element markup sent to the agent, Kanban board on the Beads bd CLI, scheduled automations, multiple Claude/Codex accounts, searchable prompt history, plugins, phone access.
  • Maturity: repo created 2026-04-27; v10.12.0 on 2026-10-04 (GitHub API, 2026-10-05). The repo checked is maddada/Ghostex; forks were not assessed.
  • Versus similar tools: per its README it keeps real terminal sessions alive, whereas Synara and Waku are described as GUI-first (author’s reading); compare Herdr and Orca.

Open items

  • Pricing/business model beyond “free download” not verified.

Sources (fetched 2026-10-05)