The latest articles on DEV Community by ATALAY KARAHAN (@atalay_karahan_83374bee89). https://dev.to/atalay_karahan_83374bee89 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F1574077%2F4c689573-fe28-4af9-b89b-9633ccc3f13b.png https://dev.to/atalay_karahan_83374bee89 en ATALAY KARAHAN Mon, 26 Oct 2026 21:49:24 +0000 https://dev.to/atalay_karahan_83374bee89/i-built-a-hud-for-running-many-claude-code-sessions-on-a-mac-1ma5 https://dev.to/atalay_karahan_83374bee89/i-built-a-hud-for-running-many-claude-code-sessions-on-a-mac-1ma5 <p>I run several Claude Code sessions at once, often with subagents, and I kept losing track of which one was working, which one was waiting for me and which one wanted approval. So I built a native Mac app around them: Atalay's Terminal.</p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fffzocm78xlmlyvbmvbj7.gif" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fffzocm78xlmlyvbmvbj7.gif" alt="Claude Code sessions orbiting live, with their subagents, tool calls, files, web research and spend" width="560" height="352"></a></p> <h2> What it does </h2> <ul> <li>Every Claude Code session sits on a live orbit map, coloured by state: working, waiting for you, asking for approval.</li> <li>Subagents, tool calls, the files they touch, web research, tokens and spend update as they happen.</li> <li>Each chat has its own window, but the session lives in the background: close the window or quit the app and Claude keeps working. The window comes back with its history.</li> <li>Dev servers and test watchers fly around the orbit as cars and park when they're idle.</li> <li>Friends, messages, and XP for the time you actively work, from Academy Student up to Kage, with a weekly leaderboard.</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F5kyojegzuff3rkvijoaj.jpg" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F5kyojegzuff3rkvijoaj.jpg" alt="A chat in its own window" width="800" height="502"></a></p> <h2> How it's built </h2> <ul> <li>Swift (SwiftPM) and AppKit, with SwiftTerm for the terminals.</li> <li>Every chat and terminal runs in a detached <code>/usr/bin/screen</code> session, which is why they survive the app quitting.</li> <li>The dashboard is a web page in a <code>WKWebView</code>; the orbit map is three.js.</li> <li>It reads Claude Code's own files in <code>~/.claude</code>, read only. None of it leaves your Mac; the README lists exactly what the small server behind friends and levels receives.</li> </ul> <h2> Try it </h2> <p>Free and open source (MIT), macOS 13+, Apple Silicon and Intel.</p> <ul> <li>Download: <a href="https://github.com/atalaykarahan/atalay-terminal-releases" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/atalaykarahan/atalay-terminal-releases</a> </li> <li>Source: <a href="https://github.com/atalaykarahan/atalay-terminal" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/atalaykarahan/atalay-terminal</a> </li> </ul> <p>I'd love your feedback, especially if you run a lot of sessions in parallel. If you try it, add me as a friend: click the logo at the top left, then FRIENDS, then <code>owen watts#8049</code>.</p> showdev claude opensource ai