What is xNAUT?
A native 20 MB terminal built for the agent era — local-first AI, live agent status, and cryptographically signed work sessions.
xNAUT is a native terminal (Rust + Tauri v2, ~20 MB) for developers who work with AI coding agents. One app holds:
- Terminals — tabs, up to 16 split panes, 55+ themes with full ANSI palettes, bundled Nerd Fonts
- Agents — run Claude Code, Codex, Gemini or any CLI agent with live status pills (working / done / blocked)
- Worktrees — one modal creates an isolated git worktree and drops an agent into it
- Diffs — side-by-side diffs where agents leave inline annotations
- Project workspaces — each project keeps its own tabs and context
- Docs & knowledge — an Obsidian-style vault with wikilinks, backlinks and a knowledge-graph orb
- Proof of Work — every session can be recorded into a SHA-256 Merkle chain and exported as a client-ready, tamper-evident report
Principles
Local-first. AI features run against Ollama or LM Studio on localhost by default. Cloud providers (Anthropic, OpenAI, OpenRouter, Perplexity) are optional and use your own keys, stored locally.
No account. No telemetry. There is no backend to send anything to. The only network call the app makes on its own is the GitHub Releases update check.
Free forever. MIT-licensed, backed by ∅ Nobody — no investor, no paid tier, no credits.