TL;DR
- A workspace per task: a worktree, a branch and a
$PORT each, set up by your scripts; start one from a prompt, a
GitHub issue or a PR, with the agent, model and permission mode you pick.
- See every agent at once: running, needs you, done, on every tab and sidebar row; answer an agent from a
notification, the bubbles over other apps or your phone.
- From diff to merge in one window: review the diff, comment on lines, send it back to the agent, ship (commit,
push, PR), watch CI and reviews, merge. Each workspace's ⋯ says its next step first (⌘G does it).
- Done means checked: your tests and a second agent's review run as an agent finishes, failures go back to it;
two worktrees changing the same lines are flagged before merge day.
- Agents keep running when the window is closed: a daemon holds the terminals, and they resume after a restart or a
usage limit.
- Drive it from anywhere:
laki on the command line (an MCP server too), Laki AI in plain words (it finds a setting
for you too), your phone over Cloudflare or Tailscale.
Why
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| Parallel, not tangled | Each agent on its own branch and folder: no stepping on each other's files, no stashing. |
| Nothing missed | A waiting agent is a notification with its choices as buttons; ⌘J jumps to the next one that needs you. |
| Review where you work | Diff, threads, checks and the dev server's preview beside the terminal, not in five browser tabs. |
| Your agents, your accounts | Laki runs the agents you have, signed in as you are; it never writes their settings. |
| Make it yours | 100 themes, extensions in the sidebar and status bar, workflows and scheduled prompts. |
Install
macOS 13 or later. Download the dmg from the latest release
(signed and notarized), or:
brew install --cask igorkasyanchuk/laki/laki # then: brew upgrade --cask laki
You need git and the agents you use on your PATH; gh (signed in) for pull requests. Building it yourself, Linux and
Windows (WSL 2): docs/install.md.
Use
- ⌘O (or drop a folder) adds a project.
- Pick an agent, write the task, Create: Laki makes the worktree, runs setup, starts the agent.
- ⌘N for more. Review in the side panel (⌥⌘B), then Ship.
laki new app --prompt "fix the login redirect" # a worktree with claude on it
laki new app --issue 42 --fan claude,codex # a GitHub issue, raced by two agents
laki new app --no-setup --perm acceptEdits --prompt "…" # no setup script; it edits without asking
laki send fix-the-login --when-idle "now add tests" # typed in when its turn ends
laki ship fix-the-login -m "Fix the login redirect"
laki help lists every command; ⌘/ shows the keys.
Docs
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| Features | Everything Laki does, a few lines each |
| Guide | How each part works: workspaces, agents, reviews, PRs, keys, the CLI, settings |
| Install & build | The dmg, Homebrew, building it yourself, Linux and Windows (WSL 2), troubleshooting |
| Extensions | The SDK: widgets for the sidebar, bars and My Desk, the UI kit, events, tools for agents |
| Headless | Laki on a server with no screen, in your browser |
| Security | What Laki calls, what stays on your Mac, how to report a vulnerability |
| Release notes | What changed in each version |
| Contributing | Build, test, the demo world, the rules; AGENTS.md: how the code works |
License
MIT © 2026 Igor Kasyanchuk
