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Persistent sessions Harness 2.0.1 · What’s newKeep your work running.
Keep your work running.
Know when it needs you.
The native Mac terminal for persistent sessions, coding agents, and work across machines.
Free & open source · Apple silicon · macOS 15+
Less managing.
More making.
Close the app.
Know when
you’re needed.
See activity across hosts and jump to the exact pane that needs you.
⌘⇧U
Agents & notifications Your machines.
One workspace.
Work on a remote Mac or Linux server through the SSH setup you already use.
Remote sessionsYour workflow.
One command.
Open splits, run tasks, and capture output with the built-in CLI.
harness-cli run --split right --wait -- make testYour terminal.
Your way.
Keep it minimal
Compare modes Just the terminal.
Tabs and splits, without the extra controls. Unpinned sessions close on a clean quit by default.
Default on new installs
Compare modes Pick up where you left off.
A quiet interface. Sessions that keep running when you quit the app.
Keyboard first
Compare modes Every control, within reach.
A built-in multiplexer with a command prefix, copy mode, and paste buffers.
Built for parallel work
Compare modes Your agents, in view.
Persistent workspaces with agent status and notifications up front.
Native Swift + Metal. 514 built-in themes. Make it yours
A few good questions.
Do I need coding agents?
No. Use Harness as your everyday terminal. Agent status and notifications are there when you need them. Agent setup
Will my sessions survive quitting?
By default, yes. Your quit setting and session pins decide. The daemon and host must stay running. How persistence works
Can I work on a Linux server?
Yes. Run the daemon and CLI on your server, then connect from the Mac app over SSH. Connect a remote host