crystl is a free Mac terminal for AI agents like Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode, mixed and matched however you like. With crystl guild, launch superorchestrators that launch orchestrators that launch workers, across every project at once. Each project keeps its own context in plain markdown, and when any agent needs you, a card shows up so you can answer it in one click, on your Mac or your phone.
hey PH! i'm chris, just a dad in Portland, OR, who is obsessed with getting more done with CLI agents. crystl is a real terminal that helps both you and your agents get work done faster than you'd imagine.
i just launched a superorchestration feature. if you run agents across multiple projects like i do, it gets frustrating to keep six different conversations going at the same time. now, with deus, you can launch a superorchestrator that instructs a court of orchestrators, and they report back with progress. and the best part: you can mix and match Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, and more, so you're never limited to a single model.
the terminal itself is free. it runs the agents you already use and keeps each project's context in plain files in your project folder. orchestration comes with crystl guild.
today is Hypership Day, so tell me what to fix, change, or add. i'll ship as many as i can before midnight and reply on each request with the version number.
questions, complaints, ridicule (and bugs!) all welcome.
If one orchestrator spins up three more and one of them starts a refactor I didn't ask for, I want to kill that runaway branch without taking down the tree. The notification cards look like the agent coming to ask me — I still need a way to grab it while it's already running.
This is the exact gap I feel running agents across a few projects at once — I end up with a pile of terminal tabs and no idea which agent is actually stuck waiting on me. Keeping each project's context in plain markdown, plus a card I can answer in one click even from my phone, is the part that would change my day-to-day. One question: how does it handle two agents touching the same repo — is that a hard no, or does it just make the collision visible?
I like being able to mix Claude Code and Codex in the same workflow. Different tasks can suit different agents.
About crystl on Product Hunt
“multitasking terminal for AI coding agents, built for macOS”
crystl launched on Product Hunt on November 6th, 2026 and earned 66 upvotes and 6 comments, placing #6 on the daily leaderboard. crystl is a free Mac terminal for AI agents like Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode, mixed and matched however you like. With crystl guild, launch superorchestrators that launch orchestrators that launch workers, across every project at once. Each project keeps its own context in plain markdown, and when any agent needs you, a card shows up so you can answer it in one click, on your Mac or your phone.
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Who hunted crystl?
crystl was hunted by Chris Bolton. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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Chris Bolton
hey PH! i'm chris, just a dad in Portland, OR, who is obsessed with getting more done with CLI agents. crystl is a real terminal that helps both you and your agents get work done faster than you'd imagine.
i just launched a superorchestration feature. if you run agents across multiple projects like i do, it gets frustrating to keep six different conversations going at the same time. now, with deus, you can launch a superorchestrator that instructs a court of orchestrators, and they report back with progress. and the best part: you can mix and match Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, and more, so you're never limited to a single model.
the terminal itself is free. it runs the agents you already use and keeps each project's context in plain files in your project folder. orchestration comes with crystl guild.
today is Hypership Day, so tell me what to fix, change, or add. i'll ship as many as i can before midnight and reply on each request with the version number.
questions, complaints, ridicule (and bugs!) all welcome.
chris