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CLI Manager

A desktop app to run and organize multiple AI coding agents (CLIs) from one screen

When
Nov 2025 – present
Role
Solo maker
Platform
macOS (Electron)
License
MIT, open source
CLI Manager main screen

It started with my own mess: ten terminals open and no idea which was which. Ten months and 57 releases later it’s a public product. I did the planning, development, releases, landing page and marketing alone — it launched as a paid app, earned its first revenue, then went open source.

Design engineering

AI sessions in green
AI sessions in green

What changed

  1. 01

    AI Control API

    Latest update · v1.10.0 · Sep 29, 2026
    Before

    With non-interactive runs, you only find out an AI went off track once it’s done

    After

    In v1.9 (Sep 23, 2026), a local API lets another AI open sessions and work inside CLI Manager. AI sessions show up in green, so you can check in and step in at any time. Since v1.10 (Sep 29, 2026) the AI also reads the notes on those sessions.

Results

#10Product of the Day on Product Hunt · 105 upvotes

57releases in 10 months

$1,200+early paid revenue → then open source

23Kviews on the top Reddit post

What people said

I picked this up today and am obsessed!!

A Product Hunt user

Screens