{"slug": "show-hn-claudete-command-a-legion-of-claude-code-instances-and-shells", "title": "Show HN: Claudete – Command a legion of Claude Code instances and shells", "summary": "Claudete, a native macOS app that lets developers run multiple Claude Code instances and terminal shells side by side in a flexible grid, launched with a lifetime license at $9 (82% off the $49 regular price) until the launch timer ends. The tool provides real-time resource monitoring, usage windows, and broadcast commands to manage up to five columns of sessions, aiming to boost developer throughput by running multiple AI coding agents in parallel.", "body_md": "### Flexible grid\n\nTile sessions side by side and flip between 1 and 5 columns in one click.\n\nCommand a legion of Claude Code instances and terminal shells. Start shipping ten things in parallel.\n\nNative macOS app. For both Intel and Apple chipsets.\n\nClaudete doesn't replace Claude Code. It commands it. Same setup, ten times the throughput.\n\nTile sessions side by side and flip between 1 and 5 columns in one click.\n\nClaude Code sessions and full interactive shells, side by side.\n\nNamed tabs, search across all sessions, and filter by status.\n\nLive 5-hour and 7-day windows with time-to-reset in the sidebar.\n\nBrowse the project tree and edit files without leaving Claudete.\n\nReal-time CPU and memory per instance, summed across each process tree.\n\nThe grid, the resource monitor, usage windows, and the new-instance flow.\n\n```\nClaudete — 3 active instances\n\n claude ·\n                frontend running\n claude ·\n                api-service running\n claude\n                · docs idle\n shell\n                · /projects/claudete shell\n\n Broadcast: \"run\n                  the test suite\"\n\nOne window. Every agent you're running.\nQuit juggling a wall of terminal tabs. Every instance gets its own\n            row — running, idle, or a shell — so you steer all your work from\n            one panel instead of fourteen.\n\n Launch and name as many\n              instances as you want\n Open a real shell right next\n              to your sessions\n Fire one prompt at all of them\n              at once\n\nSee all features\nHit your limit on purpose, not by accident\nPlans have caps, and slamming into one mid-task kills your flow.\n            Claudete puts your usage out in the open so you pace the day, spread\n            work across instances, and keep moving.\n\n Live usage, always in the\n              sidebar\n Know exactly when your windows\n              reset\n Spread the load with\n              broadcasting\n\nGet Claudete\n\n Usage Windows\n            \n5-hour window · 25% · resets in 8m\n\n7-day window · 42% · resets in 1d 9h\n\nSession context · 3%\n\nLive in the sidebar, always visible\n```\n\nWas ~~$49~~ · 82% off until launch ends\n\nPay once. No subscription, ever. Lock in $9 before the timer runs out and keep every update free for life.\n\nTrusted by devs running Claude Code ten agents deep", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-claudete-command-a-legion-of-claude-code-instances-and-shells", "canonical_source": "https://claudete.co", "published_at": "2026-06-28 09:46:53+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-28 10:05:06.547989+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools", "ai-tools", "ai-agents", "large-language-models"], "entities": ["Claudete", "Claude Code", "macOS", "Intel", "Apple"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-claudete-command-a-legion-of-claude-code-instances-and-shells", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-claudete-command-a-legion-of-claude-code-instances-and-shells.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-claudete-command-a-legion-of-claude-code-instances-and-shells.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-claudete-command-a-legion-of-claude-code-instances-and-shells.jsonld"}}