{"slug": "so-long-tui-sidebar", "title": "So Long, TUI Sidebar", "summary": "Amp is removing the sidebar from its TUI (terminal user interface) to push users toward its native and web apps, which offer more powerful sidebars for managing multiple threads from orbs, runners, and cross-agent messages. The company argues the TUI remains ideal for local, interactive threads but that scaling across teams is better handled in the web and native apps, and it takes responsibility for steering users toward what it believes is the best way to develop software with agents.", "body_md": "We are removing the sidebar from the [Amp TUI](/news/look-ma-no-flicker).\n\nWhy? Because [orbs](/news/agents-in-orbs), [runners](/news/agents-anywhere), and [cross-agent messages](/news/from-agent-to-agent) means that there are more threads than ever. We believe the best place to keep track of all those threads is in the [Amp native and web apps](/news/agents-everywhere), with their more powerful sidebars.\n\nThe TUI is still great at what it does best: local, interactive threads in a single environment. It already comes with its own very powerful multiplexing functionality, complete with tabs, panes, and more; the humble terminal. Adding our own layer of multi-environment multiplexing on top proved to be a less-than-optimal user experience.\n\nBut when you need scale, running multiple orbs in parallel, across your team, the best way to manage this complexity is in the web and native app.\n\nPerhaps some of you are asking \"Why do you [keep](/news/the-coding-agent-is-dead) [ripping](/news/stick-a-fork-in-it) [out](/news/slashing-custom-commands) the [stuff](/news/todos-are-done) I [love](/news/tab-tab-dead)?\".\n\nBecause we believe that this is the best way to use Amp, and the best way to develop software with agents, and we think it's our responsibility to push you in that direction.\n\nUsing orbs in the web and native app is how to get the most leverage from the most powerful models.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/so-long-tui-sidebar", "canonical_source": "https://ampcode.com/news/so-long-tui-sidebar", "published_at": "2026-08-27 00:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-27 10:18:34.915303+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Amp"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/so-long-tui-sidebar", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/so-long-tui-sidebar.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/so-long-tui-sidebar.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/so-long-tui-sidebar.jsonld"}}