Athena

What Athena does

Athena is a local desktop workspace for running AI coding agents side by side. It is an Electron and React app with a local FastAPI backend, and it embeds real terminals through node-pty and xterm.js. From one window you can launch shell, Hermes, Codex, OpenCode, Claude Code, Athena Code and Grok panes, singly or as a four-pane grid, and keep one tab per project workspace.

A Sessions tab discovers native Codex, OpenCode, Claude Code, Athena Code and Hermes sessions already stored on disk, so they can be resumed, renamed or hidden. A chat view reads native messages from those agents, with terminal output as a fallback. For Hermes specifically, an MCP server in the mcp_server folder lets Hermes inspect sessions, message panes and spawn visible Athena terminals. A machine switcher can show terminals from another of your computers over Tailscale.

Key features

• Embedded PTY terminals for shell, Hermes, Codex, OpenCode, Claude Code, Athena Code and Grok
• Four-pane grids with drag-to-reorder, resize, minimize and maximize
• Sessions tab that lists and resumes native agent sessions found on disk
• MCP server that lets Hermes drive the running desktop workspace
• One tab per project workspace with attention badges for background work
• Machine switcher for viewing another computer's terminals over Tailscale

When to use it

• Run Hermes and a coding agent such as Codex or Claude Code in adjacent panes on the same project
• Resume an earlier Hermes or Codex session from a single sessions list
• Let Hermes open and message Athena terminals through MCP while it works

Who it is for: Developers who run several terminal-based coding agents at once and want one local window to manage them.

How it fits with Hermes Agent

Athena supports Hermes among several other agents, with Hermes sessions discovery and a dedicated MCP bridge that lets Hermes control the workspace.

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