Manifold is a terminal for parallel work: splits, tabs and workspaces for your shells, SSH sessions and coding agents - Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode - with live status on every pane.
Any layout, any depth. Every pane is its own shell: PowerShell, bash, zsh, whatever your machine runs. Splits nest as far as your screen can follow, and every one keeps its own working directory.
Manifold Pulse reads your coding agent's state and shows it right on the pane: working, waiting on you, or done. Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode - run five side by side and glance instead of babysitting.
Ctrl+K reopens a workspace exactly as you left it: panes, folders, start commands. Switching projects stops being twenty minutes of terminal archaeology.
Every pane shows its repo at a glance: branch, dirty count, ahead and behind, and refreshes the moment the output goes quiet. One click opens an isolated worktree in a fresh pane, so parallel agents stop stepping on each other's checkout.
Sync is optional and comes with a free account. Turn it on and your settings, keys and sessions travel in an end-to-end encrypted vault only your devices can open. The server stores a sealed blob it cannot read.
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Yes, and mixed. Every pane is a real shell with its own working directory, so any CLI agent runs in one - Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Gemini CLI - each in its own project or git worktree, as many as your screen can hold. Pulse puts each session's live state - working, waiting on you, done - straight in the pane header, so you glance instead of checking. Claude Code adds one more thing: a pane can be signed in to a different Claude account than the pane beside it.
Yes. During the open beta Manifold is free for everyone, with every feature included. No card, no trial clock, no limited number of seats.
No. Download Manifold and start working: terminals, splits, SSH, agent status and everything else on your machine run without one. A free account is optional and adds two things: settings sync across your devices, end-to-end encrypted, and a place on the leaderboard.
Because we haven't paid the certificate authority its yearly ransom yet. Without a code-signing certificate (a few hundred euros a year for a digital sticker that says "trust me"), Windows SmartScreen greets every new app with an "unrecognized app" notice. Choose "More info", then "Run anyway", and you're in. Nothing is actually wrong with the app: at this stage that budget buys features, not paperwork. Every update still arrives over HTTPS and is verified against a sha512 checksum, and yes, code-signing is on the roadmap for when it earns its keep.
Windows is first-class, with automatic updates. macOS runs as a beta: a DMG for Apple Silicon that you install by hand, and the app tells you in-app when a new version is out instead of updating itself (that needs an Apple developer certificate we haven't bought yet). Linux ships as a .deb for Debian-family systems and an AppImage for everything else; the AppImage updates itself, the .deb tells you when a new version is out. Intel Macs aren't available yet.
Inside the app: choose Create account (on the welcome screen, or later under Settings → Account), enter your email, a username and a password, and a confirmation code lands in your inbox. Type it in, done - you are signed in. You never need one to use Manifold; the installer is a free download for everyone.
On your machine. An account is optional; if you enable settings sync, everything is end-to-end encrypted and the server stores an opaque blob it cannot read.
The open beta is free, with no seat limit and no account needed. Download Manifold and start working. Want settings sync or a spot on the leaderboard? Create a free account in the app, we mail you a confirmation code, and you're set in under a minute.
Always the latest version. No account is needed to download or use it; create one in the app only if you want settings sync.
Questions, bugs or a feature you are missing? That all happens on our Discord — release notes land there first.