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Flow
Flow: Ambient terminal scenes move with coding agent activity for Claude Code, Pi and OpenCode.
Flow provides ambient visual scenes in your terminal that dynamically respond to the work your coding agent performs. It runs above the prompt of Claude Code, OpenCode or Pi, scaling its activity levels based on whether your agent is idle, editing files, running commands or waiting for input. Each scene is drawn in 24-bit color using Unicode characters or as images in the Claude desktop app. Users can choose from multiple scenes like a roaring fire, a steam engine, a space marine techbase fight or an Earthrise. The software supports day and night modes that follow your local clock or can be pinned manually.
Flow at a glance
- Best for: Software engineer
- Runs on: Web, Terminal
- Pricing: Free
- Released: October 2026
- Category: AI coding tool
- Website: github.com/robdmac/flow
Key features
- Displays ambient visual scenes that move with coding agent work
- Supports multiple scenes including fire, warp, surf, ski, train and doom
- Draws scenes in 24-bit color from Unicode block, quadrant and braille characters
- Renders frames as images in the Claude desktop app
- Automatically scales scene activity levels based on agent actions
- Includes day and night versions that follow local time
Use it for
- Visualising active coding agent turns and tool usage in the terminal
- Monitoring file edits and command execution progress visually
- Tracking agent idle states and waiting prompts through ambient changes
Companions
Tools that articles about Flow recommend using with it, each with its job.
- Claude Code — Built to work with Claude Code.
- OpenCode — Built to work with OpenCode.
- Context7 — Provides up-to-date documentation for AI agents and code editors.
- Playwright MCP — Enables LLMs to interact with web pages using structured accessibility snapshots.
- GitHub MCP Server — Reads pull requests, issues and code search on GitHub.
- Superpowers — Brainstorm, plan and execute skills for bigger tasks.
Alternatives to Flow
- opcode — Turns terminal Claude Code workflows into an intuitive visual interface.
- Claude Squad — Manages multiple AI agents in isolated git worktrees.
- Claude Show Your Work — Displays images and plays test recordings directly inside the terminal chat.
- Claude HUD — Shows real-time context usage, rate limits, and agent activity inside your terminal.
- Juiced — Runs Claude Code in a persistent cloud workspace while the laptop is closed.
- Oh My ClaudeCode — Orchestrates parallel Claude, Gemini, and Codex CLI workers.
- Claude Codex Bridge — Runs multiple AI coding agents concurrently with stable cross-provider collaboration.
- Claude Super Sidebar — It brings agent relationships, execution states, and task flows into one panel.
- CLI Dispatch — Runs alternative AI models as workers from inside Claude Code.
- Claude Code Usage Monitor — Tracks token usage, message counts, and session costs with local history and alerts.
- Runway — Control Claude Code and Codex sessions on local or cloud machines from any phone.
- claudecode.nvim — Adds native AI coding assistant functionality to Neovim.
All Flow alternatives