AI coding tooling
Forja
Desktop client that brings Claude Code, Codex and Gemini into one interface, so context survives when I switch instead of vanishing across three terminals. Built with Electron, React and TypeScript, with xterm.js for the terminal and an adapter layer per CLI instead of forcing a common protocol on all three. It is my primary client day to day.
The problem
Switching between three agent CLIs in separate terminals costs context on every swap, and none of them shows the state of the others.
Technical decisions
Started in Tauri and Rust, for binary weight. In March 2026 it moved to Electron: each session's terminal is a PTY, and managing PTYs from Node.js was simpler and had a larger ecosystem than from a Rust backend. An adapter layer per CLI, instead of a common protocol forced on all three.
Outcome
11 stars on GitHub and daily personal use as the primary client.
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