Sesh Terminals
A real shell in any session or on any machine, with splits, right next to the agent.
Sesh has two kinds of terminal. A session’s terminal opens in that session’s folder, under the chat. A machine’s terminal opens in that machine’s home folder, in its own window.
Open a session’s terminal
- Select the session.
- Click Terminal in the toolbar, or press ⌃`.
It runs on the session’s machine, in the session’s folder, with the project’s variables set. Press ⌃` again to hide it; it keeps running.
Terminals opened on another device show up here too.
Open a terminal on a machine
- Choose File › New Terminal (⌥⌘T) for this Mac.
- Choose File › New Terminal on and pick a machine.
- Or, in Settings › Machines, open the machine’s ⋯ menu and choose Open Terminal.
Use it to sign in to things on that machine, like gh auth login, or to install tools a project needs.
Split and move around
| Action | Keys |
|---|---|
| Split Right | ⌘D |
| Split Down | ⇧⌘D |
| Close Pane | ⌘W |
| Next Pane / Previous Pane | ⌘] / ⌘[ |
| Move Focus | ⌥⌘ + arrow keys |
| Resize Split | ⌃⌘ + arrow keys |
| Equalize Splits | ⌃⌘= |
| Zoom Pane | ⇧⌘↩ |
These only act while a terminal has focus. Anywhere else, ⌘W closes the window as usual. All of them are in the Terminal menu.
If a program like vim is still running, closing its pane asks first.
Colors
Terminals use the colors of your theme. See Themes.
On iPhone and iPad
The session’s terminal opens as a sheet on iPhone, and as a split under the chat on iPad. Keys for Esc, Tab, Ctrl and the arrows sit above the keyboard. With a hardware keyboard on iPad, the shortcuts above work too.
Good to know
- Split layouts aren’t kept when Sesh restarts. The shells keep running.
- There’s no shell integration yet, like jumping between commands.