Quil – a reboot-proof terminal multiplexer that resumes AI sessions

Quil, a reboot-proof terminal multiplexer for AI-native development, has been released by developer Artyom S. The tool persists entire workspaces across reboots, auto-resumes AI conversations by session ID, and integrates with AI assistants via the Model Context Protocol (MCP). It supports typed panes for tools like Claude Code, OpenCode, lazygit, k9s, lazysql, SSH, and Stripe CLI, and is available for Linux, macOS, and Windows with a one-line install.

The persistent workflow orchestrator for AI-native development. A terminal multiplexer built for developers who orchestrate 5–10 sessions per project across AI assistants, build watchers, webhook tunnels, and SSH connections. Unlike tmux, Quil understands projects and typed panes : it persists your entire workspace across reboots, auto-resumes AI conversations by session id, and lets your AI assistant drive your terminal over MCP /artyomsv/quil/blob/master/docs/mcp.md . Type quil after a reboot — every tab, pane, working directory, layout split, and AI conversation is right where you left it. Linux / macOS — one-line install detects OS+arch, verifies SHA-256 : curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/artyomsv/quil/master/scripts/install.sh | sh Windows — download quil-windows-amd64.zip from Releases https://github.com/artyomsv/quil/releases/latest , extract anywhere on PATH . Go users : go install github.com/artyomsv/quil/cmd/quil@latest go install github.com/artyomsv/quil/cmd/quild@latest Full install options + build-from-source — see docs/installation.md /artyomsv/quil/blob/master/docs/installation.md . quil launches the TUI, auto-starts the daemon Five keys to remember: | Key | Action | |---|---| F1 | Menu — Settings, Plugins, Memory, log viewers | Ctrl+N | New typed pane Claude Code, OpenCode, shell, … | Ctrl+T | New tab | Ctrl+W | Close active pane | Ctrl+Q | Quit workspace persists | That's enough to start. See docs/quick-start.md /artyomsv/quil/blob/master/docs/quick-start.md for the first-launch walkthrough and docs/keybindings.md /artyomsv/quil/blob/master/docs/keybindings.md for the full keymap. If anything ever hangs: quil restart recovers the daemon escalating stop → fresh start → tabs restored from the last snapshot , and Alt+R restarts a single stuck pane in place with its AI session resumed. Add this to your AI client's MCP config Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code Copilot : { "mcpServers": { "quil": { "command": "quil", "args": "mcp" } } } Restart the client. The AI can now list panes , read pane output , send to pane , watch notifications , screenshot pane , and 12 more tools. Read the build pane and react to errors without copy-paste. Full guide: docs/mcp.md /artyomsv/quil/blob/master/docs/mcp.md . Typed panes ship for the tools developers run all day. Each opens from Ctrl+N ; the ones that wrap an external binary appear only when that binary is on PATH greyed with an install link otherwise . | Integration | What it is | |---|---| Terminal | Your system shell bash/zsh/PowerShell/fish with live working-directory tracking. | Claude Code | AI coding session that resumes the exact conversation by session id across reboots. | OpenCode | AI coding session | lazygit lazygit https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit for the repo near the pane — also a per-tab Alt+G overlay. k9s k9s https://github.com/derailed/k9s with a context picker sourced from your kubeconfig. lazysql lazysql https://github.com/jorgerojas26/lazysql for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, and MSSQL. SSH Stripe CLI stripe listen webhook tunnel that restores its forward URL and surfaces the signing secret.Define your own pane types in TOML — see the plugin reference /artyomsv/quil/blob/master/docs/plugin-reference.md . | Topic | Doc | |---|---| Installation | | First launch quick-start.md /artyomsv/quil/blob/master/docs/quick-start.md All features features.md /artyomsv/quil/blob/master/docs/features.md Keybindings keybindings.md /artyomsv/quil/blob/master/docs/keybindings.md Configuration configuration.md /artyomsv/quil/blob/master/docs/configuration.md MCP AI integration mcp.md /artyomsv/quil/blob/master/docs/mcp.md Custom plugins plugin-reference.md /artyomsv/quil/blob/master/docs/plugin-reference.md Troubleshooting troubleshooting.md /artyomsv/quil/blob/master/docs/troubleshooting.md Architecture 24 ADRs architecture.md /artyomsv/quil/blob/master/docs/architecture.md Roadmap roadmap.md /artyomsv/quil/blob/master/docs/roadmap.md The full doc index lives at docs/README.md /artyomsv/quil/blob/master/docs/README.md . See CONTRIBUTING.md /artyomsv/quil/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md for branch / commit conventions and the development workflow. Bug reports and PRs welcome. MIT /artyomsv/quil/blob/master/LICENSE — Copyright c 2026 Artjoms Stukans The Windows build bundles Microsoft's MIT-licensed OpenConsole https://github.com/microsoft/terminal OpenConsole.exe + conpty.dll to host terminal panes correctly on Windows 10. See THIRD PARTY LICENSES.md /artyomsv/quil/blob/master/THIRD PARTY LICENSES.md for full third-party attribution.