managents
An open-source USB desktop hardware tool that displays the status of local AI coding agent sessions in real time on an ESP32 screen. Released under the MIT license, it supports read-only metadata detection of agents such as Claude Code and OpenCode.
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managents is an open-source project that displays the real-time status of multiple AI coding agent sessions via a 4-inch ESP32 screen (LCDWiki E32R40T) connected to a computer over USB.
On the computer side, managents runs a lightweight Go helper program that is responsible for discovering local AI agent sessions, sends only status information over USB, and keeps all data entirely local without uploading it to the cloud.
managents' Go helper program currently supports macOS and Linux, but not Windows.
managents' Go helper program currently automatically detects Claude Code and OpenCode sessions, extracting only status metadata (such as running, waiting for approval, completed, failed), and does not read or transmit code content.
managents' design of reading only metadata and not touching code content gives the helper program a very narrow permission boundary, making it difficult to steal source code even if it is maliciously invoked.
managents relies heavily on the observability interfaces of each AI agent itself; once an agent changes the format or path of its status files after an upgrade, the detection logic may stop working and needs to be updated accordingly.
Installing managents is simplified to a single command, after which the display program is flashed via the `managents flash` command, taking about 13 seconds.
The managents repository includes an AGENTS.md file that allows a user's AI coding agent to handle instructions such as 'install managents and flash the display' on its own, with every command shown to the user for confirmation before execution.
The author of managents hopes the community will help extend support to more AI agents such as Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Aider, Cursor, and Copilot.
The managents contribution guide states that the process for adding support for a new AI agent is: tell the author which agent you use, and the author will research a detection method.
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managents is an open-source project that displays the real-time status of multiple AI coding agent sessions via a 4-inch ESP32 screen (LCDWiki E32R40T) connected to a computer over USB.
50%UnverifiedOn the computer side, managents runs a lightweight Go helper program that is responsible for discovering local AI agent sessions, sends only status information over USB, and keeps all data entirely local without uploading it to the cloud.
50%Unverifiedmanagents' Go helper program currently supports macOS and Linux, but not Windows.
50%Unverifiedmanagents' Go helper program currently automatically detects Claude Code and OpenCode sessions, extracting only status metadata (such as running, waiting for approval, completed, failed), and does not read or transmit code content.
50%Unverifiedmanagents' design of reading only metadata and not touching code content gives the helper program a very narrow permission boundary, making it difficult to steal source code even if it is maliciously invoked.
50%Unverifiedmanagents relies heavily on the observability interfaces of each AI agent itself; once an agent changes the format or path of its status files after an upgrade, the detection logic may stop working and needs to be updated accordingly.
50%UnverifiedInstalling managents is simplified to a single command, after which the display program is flashed via the `managents flash` command, taking about 13 seconds.
50%UnverifiedThe managents repository includes an AGENTS.md file that allows a user's AI coding agent to handle instructions such as 'install managents and flash the display' on its own, with every command shown to the user for confirmation before execution.
50%UnverifiedThe author of managents hopes the community will help extend support to more AI agents such as Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Aider, Cursor, and Copilot.
50%UnverifiedThe managents contribution guide states that the process for adding support for a new AI agent is: tell the author which agent you use, and the author will research a detection method.
50%UnverifiedThe author of managents provides OpenSCAD files for 3D printing a 45-degree stand for easy desktop viewing of the screen.
50%UnverifiedParallel multi-AI-agent workflows are becoming the norm for some developers, and managents uses a desktop secondary screen to visualize status and reduce context-switching costs.
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