BTerminal

Terminal with session panel (MobaXterm-style), built with GTK 3 + VTE. Catppuccin Mocha theme.

v2 in progress (Phase 2 complete): Redesign as a multi-session Claude agent dashboard using Tauri 2.x + Svelte 5 + Claude Agent SDK. Working multi-pane terminal with PTY backend, CSS Grid tiling, and Catppuccin theme on branch v2-mission-control. See docs/task_plan.md for architecture and docs/phases.md for implementation plan.

Features

• SSH sessions — saved configs (host, port, user, key, folder, color), CRUD with side panel
• Claude Code sessions — saved Claude Code configs with sudo, resume, skip-permissions and initial prompt
• SSH macros — multi-step macros (text, key, delay) assigned to sessions, run from sidebar
• Tabs — multiple terminals in tabs, Ctrl+T new, Ctrl+Shift+W close, Ctrl+PageUp/Down switch
• Sudo askpass — Claude Code with sudo: password entered once, temporary askpass helper, auto-cleanup
• Folder grouping — SSH and Claude Code sessions can be grouped in folders on the sidebar
• ctx — Context manager — SQLite-based cross-session context database for Claude Code projects
• Catppuccin Mocha — full theme: terminal, sidebar, tabs, session colors

Installation

git clone https://github.com/DexterFromLab/BTerminal.git
cd BTerminal
./install.sh

The installer will:

1. Install system dependencies (python3-gi, GTK3, VTE)
2. Copy files to ~/.local/share/bterminal/
3. Create symlinks: bterminal and ctx in ~/.local/bin/
4. Initialize context database at ~/.claude-context/context.db
5. Add desktop entry to application menu

Manual dependency install (Debian/Ubuntu/Pop!_OS)

sudo apt install python3-gi gir1.2-gtk-3.0 gir1.2-vte-2.91

Usage

bterminal

Context Manager (ctx)

ctx is a SQLite-based tool for managing persistent context across Claude Code sessions.

ctx init myproject "Project description" /path/to/project
ctx get myproject                    # Load full context (shared + project)
ctx set myproject key "value"        # Save a context entry
ctx shared set preferences "value"   # Save shared context (available in all projects)
ctx summary myproject "What was done" # Save session summary
ctx search "query"                   # Full-text search across everything
ctx list                             # List all projects
ctx history myproject                # Show session history
ctx --help                           # All commands

Integration with Claude Code

Add a CLAUDE.md to your project root:

On session start, load context:
  ctx get myproject

Save important discoveries: ctx set myproject <key> <value>
Before ending session: ctx summary myproject "<what was done>"

Claude Code reads CLAUDE.md automatically and will maintain the context database.

Configuration

Config files in ~/.config/bterminal/:

File	Description
sessions.json	Saved SSH sessions + macros
claude_sessions.json	Saved Claude Code configs

Context database: ~/.claude-context/context.db

Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+T	New tab (local shell)
Ctrl+Shift+W	Close tab
Ctrl+Shift+C	Copy
Ctrl+Shift+V	Paste
Ctrl+PageUp/Down	Previous/next tab

Documentation

Document	Description
docs/task_plan.md	v2 architecture decisions, error handling, testing strategy
docs/phases.md	v2 implementation phases (1-6) with checklists
docs/findings.md	Research findings (Agent SDK, Tauri, xterm.js, performance)
docs/progress.md	Session-by-session progress log

License

MIT