Native AI Workspace

Pixelbox

Zig + Zero Native + Ghostty

One local build surface for agents, previews, and the app that is still running.

Pixelbox is now a native desktop workspace built around project-aware agent coding: switch repositories without dropping context, launch the CLI you actually use, run web or native previews in place, and review the recorded terminal-and-preview surface while the code keeps moving.

Explore the repo Track updates
  • AI Launch presets for Codex, Claude, Gemini, Hermes, and OpenClaw
  • Native Ghostty terminal panel with restored Codex autolaunch and titleless desktop chrome
  • Embedded preview with keyboard-driven Codex terminal proof, screenshot loops, and video review
  • Per-project session continuity with runtime-aware local URLs and native terminal persistence

Why it matters

Pixelbox treats orchestration as the product, not the tax around the product.

Local software work still fractures across terminal tabs, preview windows, chat panes, and half-remembered commands. Pixelbox collapses the handoff between agent, runtime, and verification so a builder can stay inside one operating surface and keep shipping through observable state.

Agent launch

Bring your real CLI

Preset launch flows for Codex, Claude, Gemini, Hermes, OpenClaw TUI, or a plain shell keep the workspace aligned with how you already work.

Runtime visibility

Keep the app in frame

Embedded local preview, visible terminal output, live capture-region telemetry, screenshot loops, video review, native app capture support, and agent process monitoring make it easier to inspect behavior without leaving the workspace.

Continuity

Resume the project, not just the shell

Project switching, hidden-project restore, native terminal relaunch, and session-aware runtime config make Pixelbox useful across ongoing product work instead of one-shot demos.

Native shell

Less browser baggage

The desktop host now runs through Zig and Zero Native, with Ghostty handling the terminal surface instead of a layered browser terminal shim.

Shipping now

The current Pixelbox stack

  1. Persistent project-aware terminal sessions with a native Ghostty panel and restored Codex autolaunch
  2. AI launch presets plus monitor tooling for active local agent processes
  3. Embedded live preview with support for web servers, HTML files, native capture flows, screenshot loops, and recorded terminal-plus-preview video review

Compared with cmux

Both are native agent tools. The center of gravity is different.

cmux is strongest when the main job is managing many terminal-based agents at once: vertical tabs, notification rings, splits, and fast multitasking inside a native Ghostty-based terminal. Pixelbox is more opinionated about the project loop itself, especially when the work is frontend-heavy and the running app needs to stay in view.

Where Pixelbox leans

  • Project-aware workspace with per-project runtime settings and continuity
  • Embedded live preview for localhost apps, HTML files, native capture flows, screenshot loops, and recorded terminal-plus-preview review
  • Better fit for frontend work where the app, agent terminal, runtime, and visual verification evidence should live together

Where cmux leans

  • Terminal-first multitasking for many parallel coding agents
  • Strong pane, tab, notification, and socket-automation workflow
  • Better fit when the terminal itself is the primary surface

Changelog

Recent product updates

Real releases, concrete behavior changes, and no filler.