ZigShell
A lean Windows shell workspace with native terminals, vertical tabs, workspaces, and browser panes.
ZigShell is a Win32 shell manager. It keeps the harness small by hosting real console windows instead of rendering a terminal itself.
The docs are the canonical behavior spec for features that have proven easy to regress: session identity, workspace restore, zsb browser control, activity indicators, and Edge pane masking.
What ZigShell Owns
Section titled “What ZigShell Owns”- Vertical session sidebar and workspace navigation.
- Native
cmd.exe, PowerShell, bash, SSH, and tmux panes. - Session restore and workspace registry under
%APPDATA%\ZigShell. - Activity indicators driven by explicit agent lifecycle events.
- Docked native Edge panes controlled from shells through
zsb.
What ZigShell Does Not Own
Section titled “What ZigShell Does Not Own”- Terminal rendering. The hosted console window renders text.
- Edge internals, tabs, extensions, profile state, and page content.
- tmux process lifecycle on the VPS beyond attach/open conventions.
Current Stable
Section titled “Current Stable”Stable is v0.28.352: stuck Claude spinners are cleared when the visible TUI is idle, and tmux activity is not used as a semantic spinner source.