Rapunzel – a tree-style terminal for AI agents

Name: Rapunzel – a tree-style terminal for AI agents
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Author: WasimBhai

by WasimBhai·Apr 22, 2026·1 point·1 comment

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AI Analysis

●MidShip ItNiche Gem

Tree Style Tabs for agents, but 7 commits and 2 stars says embryonic.

Strengths

•PTY-backed interactive shells with workspace persistence to ~/.rapunzel/workspace.json
•Tree hierarchy with rename, move, collapse actions beats flat terminal tab strips
•Homebrew command forwarding through native arm64 on Apple Silicon

Weaknesses

•No agent-specific features beyond session organization — just a terminal wrapper
•7 commits, 0 forks, 2 stars — too early to evaluate real utility

Post Description

I built rapunzel because in the MacOS terminal, I had many agents running across tabs but they were difficult to track. I built it because I love the Tree Style Tab Extension in Firefox. I built it because, it is the time for Chrome, but for agents. I made it, to make it as simple as possible and nothing more.