Claude Squad

Claude Squad is a terminal app that manages multiple Claude Code, Codex, Gemini (and other local agents including Aider) in separate workspaces, allowing you to work on multiple tasks simultaneously.

Highlights

• Complete tasks in the background (including yolo / auto-accept mode!)
• Manage instances and tasks in one terminal window
• Review changes before applying them, checkout changes before pushing them
• Each task gets its own isolated git workspace, so no conflicts

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Installation

Both Homebrew and manual installation will install Claude Squad as cs on your system.

Homebrew

brew install claude-squad
ln -s "$(brew --prefix)/bin/claude-squad" "$(brew --prefix)/bin/cs"

Manual

Claude Squad can also be installed by running the following command:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/smtg-ai/claude-squad/main/install.sh | bash

This puts the cs binary in ~/.local/bin.

To use a custom name for the binary:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/smtg-ai/claude-squad/main/install.sh | bash -s -- --name <your-binary-name>

Prerequisites

• tmux
• gh

Usage

Usage:
  cs [flags]
  cs [command]

Available Commands:
  completion  Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
  debug       Print debug information like config paths
  help        Help about any command
  reset       Reset all stored instances
  version     Print the version number of claude-squad

Flags:
  -y, --autoyes          [experimental] If enabled, all instances will automatically accept prompts for claude code & aider
  -h, --help             help for claude-squad
  -p, --program string   Program to run in new instances (e.g. 'aider --model ollama_chat/gemma3:1b')

Run the application with:

cs

NOTE: The default program is claude and we recommend using the latest version.

Using Claude Squad with other AI assistants:

• For Codex: Set your API key with export OPENAI_API_KEY=<your_key>
• Launch with specific assistants:
  • Codex: cs -p "codex"
  • Aider: cs -p "aider ..."
  • Gemini: cs -p "gemini"
• Make this the default, by modifying the config file (locate with cs debug)

Menu

The menu at the bottom of the screen shows available commands:

Instance/Session Management

• n - Create a new session
• N - Create a new session with a prompt
• D - Kill (delete) the selected session
• ↑/j, ↓/k - Navigate between sessions

Actions

• ↵/o - Attach to the selected session to reprompt
• ctrl-q - Detach from session
• s - Commit and push branch to github
• c - Checkout. Commits changes and pauses the session
• r - Resume a paused session
• ? - Show help menu

Navigation

• tab - Switch between preview tab and diff tab
• q - Quit the application
• shift-↓/↑ - scroll in diff view

Configuration

Claude Squad stores its configuration in ~/.claude-squad/config.json. You can find the exact path by running cs debug.

Profiles

Profiles let you define multiple named program configurations and switch between them when creating a new session. When more than one profile is defined, the session creation overlay shows a profile picker that you can navigate with ←/→.

To configure profiles, add a profiles array to your config file and set default_program to the name of the profile to select by default:

{
  "default_program": "claude",
  "profiles": [
    { "name": "claude", "program": "claude" },
    { "name": "codex", "program": "codex" },
    { "name": "aider", "program": "aider --model ollama_chat/gemma3:1b" }
  ]
}

Each profile has two fields:

Field	Description
name	Display name shown in the profile picker
program	Shell command used to launch the agent for that profile

If no profiles are defined, Claude Squad uses default_program directly as the launch command (the default is claude).

FAQs

Failed to start new session

If you get an error like failed to start new session: timed out waiting for tmux session, update the underlying program (ex. claude) to the latest version.

How It Works

1. tmux to create isolated terminal sessions for each agent
2. git worktrees to isolate codebases so each session works on its own branch
3. A simple TUI interface for easy navigation and management

License

AGPL-3.0

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