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Brief your lead
Tell Rowan what to build in a sentence or two, from the floor or a new workspace.
NewKernel 0.1 is hereYour coding agents,
Your coding agents,
working as a team.
Brief a lead, approve the plan, and watch agents build in parallel, each in its own workspace, on an office floor you can actually see.
Free · For Macs with Apple silicon
How it works
From a brief to a merged pull request.
You stay the decision maker. Your lead plans, and the team builds in parallel.
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Approve the plan
The work is split into tasks and assigned. Nothing starts until you say so.
03
Review and merge
Each agent works on its own branch and opens a pull request. Checks run, you merge.
The app
The whole team, in one window.
Every task runs in its own git worktree, branch and port.
Plans, risky commands and questions wait here for you.
Every task from the plan, moving on its own as agents work.
Every turn is saved. Step back without losing the chat.
Details
The small things, done right.
The floor
See who is working, planning or waiting on you. Everything on it comes from real agent events, never a timer.
Pull requests, end to end
Create, fix and merge without leaving Kernel. Conflicts and failing checks go straight back to the agent.
Your agent's own terminal
Prefer the command line? Open it in a tab. The session still shows up on the floor.
A team made of plain files
Agents live as files in your repo. Edit them, or ask your lead to hire someone new.
Pause the room
Freeze every agent after its current step with one click, and pick up again when you are ready.
Notifications that matter
A quiet nudge when an agent needs you or a pull request is ready. Nothing else.
Privacy
Your Mac. Your plan. Your code.
No account and no servers of its own. Kernel runs on your machine and the subscription you already have.
Plan
Runs on your own plan
Kernel drives your coding agent with the login you already have. No API keys to paste, no extra bill.
Data
Stays on your Mac
Rooms, chats and history live in a local database. The only network calls are your agent, git, GitHub, the update check, and Linear if you connect it.
Code
Public on GitHub
Every line is on GitHub under the Elastic License 2.0. Read it, fork it, or build it yourself.
Is Kernel free?
Yes. Download it and use it as much as you like. Your agents' usage counts against your own plan, like any other session.
Which coding agents does it support?
Claude Code today. Support for more agents is on the roadmap.
What do I need to run it?
A Mac with Apple silicon, Claude Code signed in to a Claude plan, git, and the GitHub CLI for pull requests. Kernel checks all of this on first launch and tells you how to fix anything missing.
Does my code leave my Mac?
Only the way it already does when you use your agent and push with git. Kernel adds no servers of its own.
Can I change the team?
Yes. Agents are plain files in your repo. Edit them, add new ones, or retire one you don't need.
Does it work on Intel Macs or Windows?
Not right now. Kernel is built for Macs with Apple silicon.
Can I contribute?
Yes. Issues and pull requests are welcome on GitHub, and the contributing guide explains how to build and test it.
Put your agents to work.
Install it, open a repo, and brief your lead. The team takes it from there.
Free · For Macs with Apple silicon