Terminals, files, and code — arranged on an infinite canvas.
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Panescale is a desktop app that gives you an infinite canvas for organizing terminal sessions, files, and notes — all in one place. No tab hunting. No context switching. Just your work, side by side.
- Infinite canvas — Pan, zoom, and arrange terminal windows freely on a spatial surface
- Floating terminals — Spawn, drag, resize, and layer terminal tiles anywhere on the canvas
- Persistent sessions — Close the app, reopen it, pick up exactly where you left off (tmux-backed)
- Full git UI — Stage, commit, diff, branch, stash, and resolve conflicts without leaving the app
- SSH connections — Connect to remote servers and open terminal tiles on the canvas
- Content tiles — Drop markdown notes, images, and file previews alongside your terminals
Built with Tauri v2 (Rust) + React + xterm.js.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Infinite pan & zoom | Scroll, Space+drag, middle-click, pinch — 10% to 200% range |
| Dot grid | Adaptive grid that scales with zoom level |
| Magnetic snap | Tiles snap to grid (~10px threshold), Cmd/Ctrl to override |
| Alignment guides | Smart edge/center guides when dragging tiles near each other |
| Minimap | Toggle with M key, click to navigate |
| Regions | Select tiles and group them with named, colored regions |
| Persistent layout | Canvas state auto-saves and restores on relaunch |
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Double-click to spawn | Double-click empty canvas space to create a terminal |
| Drag & resize | Title bar drag + 8-handle resize with live reflow |
| Search | Cmd+F to search terminal output |
| Clickable URLs | URLs in terminal output open in your browser |
| Process title | Title bar shows the currently running process |
| Badges & rename | Color-code and name your terminals |
| Startup commands | Auto-run commands when terminals restore |
| Bell notifications | Audio chime + sidebar pulse when a process completes |
| tmux persistence | Sessions survive app restarts (transparent, auto-installed) |
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| File tree | Hierarchical + chronological view modes |
| File operations | Create, rename, delete, move via right-click menu |
| Fuzzy search | Cmd+K to find files instantly |
| Drag to canvas | Drop files from sidebar to create content tiles |
| Terminal list | See all open terminals, click to navigate |
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Status panel | Staged / Unstaged / Untracked file groups |
| Hunk staging | Stage individual code hunks, not just files |
| Inline diff | Unified diff viewer in sidebar |
| Branches | Create, switch, delete branches |
| Commit graph | SVG topology graph with lane assignment |
| Stash | Save, apply, pop, drop stashes |
| Conflicts | Accept ours/theirs per file |
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Connection manager | Save host, port, user, key file |
| Groups | Organize connections in folders |
| Remote terminals | SSH terminals behave identically to local ones |
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Dark & light | Deep dark default, light theme available |
| System detection | Auto-follows OS dark/light preference |
| Terminal schemes | One Dark and Dracula presets |
| Rounded corners | Native-feeling window on macOS |
Download the latest release for your platform:
| Platform | Format |
|---|---|
| macOS (Intel + Apple Silicon) | .dmg (universal) |
| Linux | .AppImage, .deb |
| Windows | .msi, .exe (NSIS) |
Prerequisites: Rust, Node.js 20+, platform-specific Tauri dependencies
git clone https://github.com/lossless1/panescale.git
cd panescale
npm install
npm run tauri dev| Technology | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Tauri v2 | Desktop shell (Rust backend, webview frontend) |
| React 19 | UI framework |
| React Flow | Infinite canvas engine |
| xterm.js | Terminal emulation |
| git2 | Git operations (Rust) |
| russh | SSH client (Rust) |
| Zustand | State management |
| Tailwind CSS | Styling |
| shiki | Syntax highlighting |
| marked | Markdown rendering |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
Cmd/Ctrl + K |
Fuzzy file search |
Cmd/Ctrl + F |
Search in focused terminal |
Cmd/Ctrl + = / - |
Zoom in / out |
Cmd/Ctrl + 0 |
Fit all tiles |
M |
Toggle minimap |
Escape |
Exit terminal focus / close search |
Space + drag |
Pan canvas |
Shift + scroll |
Pan canvas (over terminal) |
Cmd/Ctrl + Enter |
Commit (in git panel) |
See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.
Built with Rust and TypeScript.