Baton: A Desktop App for Managing Multiple AI Coding Agents

What Baton Does

Baton is a desktop application designed to manage multiple AI coding agents running simultaneously. The creator built it because running multiple Claude Code agents across different IDE and terminal windows was becoming messy. It provides a single dashboard to view all agents and worktrees, switch between them, monitor their status, and review changes when they're done.

Core Features

Worktree Isolation: Each workspace is backed by a real git worktree with its own branch. Agents never interfere with each other - no stashing, no switching, no conflicts. You can launch an agent in a new workspace in seconds, push branches and open Pull Requests directly from the app, and archive or delete when finished.

Agent Monitoring: Labeled status badges appear on workspace cards when agents finish, hit errors, or need input. Badges include:

• "Input" badge (blue) when an agent is waiting for input
• "Done" badge (green) when a turn completes successfully
• "Error" badge (red) when an agent reports an error

Quick Creation: Describe what you want to build and Baton generates a branch name, workspace title, and description automatically using AI. Toggle "Accept Edits" to let the agent start working immediately without waiting for permission prompts. Open the dialog from anywhere with a keyboard shortcut.

Terminal and Agent Support

Baton runs AI coding agents in real terminal sessions with full feature support, not as watered-down wrappers. It supports CLI-native agents including Claude Code, Codex CLI, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, and any CLI agent. The app includes a built-in MCP server that allows agents to launch new Baton workspaces, run tasks in parallel, and update workspace titles and descriptions directly from conversations.

Additional Tools

Diff Viewer: Monaco-powered diff viewer shows exactly what each AI agent changed. You can roll back individual files you don't want while keeping the rest, with split & unified diff modes and live follow mode to watch agent changes as they happen.

Dashboard Organization: Active, stashed, and archived sections keep workspaces organized. Search across names, descriptions, and branch names to find anything instantly.

File Management: Includes fuzzy file search and full-text content search powered by fzf and ripgrep, with instant highlighted matches. File tree with built-in Monaco code viewer lets you browse and review files without leaving Baton.

Git Integration: Browse commit history for any workspace with per-commit diffs and file-level change stats. Toggle line-by-line blame annotations in the editor gutter to see who changed each line, when, and why. Right-click any file to browse every commit that changed it.

Terminal Features: Multiple terminals per workspace organized as tabs. Split any tab into panes, search output with highlighting, and use Shift+Enter for multi-line input. Drag-and-drop tab reordering.

Customization: Configure custom agent commands and startup scripts for any tool that runs in a terminal. Built-in Git GUI for fetch, pull, rebase, and push operations directly from the toolbar. Dark mode with 11 accent colors or custom hex, with customizable terminal ANSI colors and fonts.