herdr

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the runtime your coding agents live on.

• always running — herdr is a background server; the terminals live inside it. close the lid, drop the network, or restart the machine; agents keep working and sessions come back. reattach from any terminal, or over ssh.

• never hunt for the stuck one — every pane is marked working, blocked, or idle. when an agent stops and needs an answer, herdr says so.

• agent-native — agents drive herdr through the cli and socket api: they can spawn panes, prompt each other, and wait until another agent is genuinely blocked. agent skill →

• runs what you already run — claude code, codex, cursor, opencode, grok and the rest. herdr doesn't wrap or replace them; it owns their terminals.

• keyboard and mouse, both first-class — tmux-style prefix keys and click, drag, split. pick per moment, not per tool.

• plugins — extend panes and workflows. browse the marketplace →

• one rust binary, no electron — runs in whatever terminal you already use.

install

curl -fsSL https://herdr.dev/install.sh | sh

or brew install herdr · mise use -g herdr · windows: powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -c "irm https://herdr.dev/install.ps1 | iex" · endpoint-protected Windows · binaries

then start it where the work lives:

herdr

run your agents, split panes, walk away. ctrl+b q detaches, herdr reattaches. quick start →

docs

everything lives at herdr.dev/docs: quick start · concepts · supported agents · keyboard · configuration · session state · remote · integrations · plugins · socket api

thanks

every past sponsor and backer is listed in SPONSORS.md — thank you 🐑

enterprise / partnership: hey@herdr.dev

agent instructions

if you are an ai agent helping with this repository, read AGENTS.md before making changes and read CONTRIBUTING.md before opening issues or PRs.

development

git clone https://github.com/herdrdev/herdr
cd herdr
cargo build --release

just test        # unit tests
just check       # formatting, tests, and maintenance checks

license

Herdr is licensed under the Apache License 2.0.