Guides
Answers, including when the answer is not CPT
Each of these covers the free options first. If one of them solves your problem, take it — we would rather be the page that helped than the page that sold.
- Getting the same terminal setup on Windows and LinuxDotfiles, WSL, a portable emulator, or one app for both — with the trade-off each one actually makes.
- How to keep a terminal session alive after closing the terminalSIGHUP, and the four standard ways around it — from nohup to a terminal that detaches by itself.
- tmux alternatives on WindowsWhat actually works when you want tmux on Windows and there is no native tmux to install.
- Seeing what your coding agent is actually doingFour agents in four panes and no idea which one is blocked on a question. What to do about it.
- How to get notified when Claude Code is waiting for youA bell, a desktop notification or a hook — the free ways to stop checking the pane, and where they run out.
- What “GPU-accelerated terminal” actually meansThe phrase is on every terminal's front page. Here is what it does and does not buy you.
- How to type a new line in Claude Code without sending the promptCtrl+J works everywhere. Where Shift+Enter works out of the box, where /terminal-setup fixes it, and where it never will.
- Is Ghostty available on Windows?Not yet, and there is no date. What Ghostty's maintainers have said, and what to use on Windows in the meantime.
- Why Ctrl+C doesn't copy in the terminal, and what doesWhy Ctrl+C stops a command instead of copying, the keys each terminal uses instead, and the one pair that works in all of them.