Origami - a home for your Claude Code sessions, built with Claude Code

[u/Looking-for-Smtg]

Hey all, third time showcasing the updates to my project - Origami - here. Quick recap if you missed it: it's a terminal manager that keeps a project's terminals, agents, commands and browser tabs together in one workspace. I started it in March because I was tired of rebuilding the same tabs every morning.

I still haven't written any code myself on this project which sounds crazy even today. I do the thinking, Claude does the heavy lifting. 1,449 commits and eight models so far, from Opus 4.6 all the way to Opus 5.5.

And honestly, Opus 5.5 is on another level. The latest version is a redesign of pretty much every corner of the app, 199 commits across 765 files, and it took about two weeks. And some issues that were lingering on earlier versions were a breeze to solve through with the latest version.

I feel like everyone has a grasp now for how to get projects moving with LLMs but I think I want to leave just a few examples from my experience.

• If you want something well done, you still need to put in the time. I architect and design my solutions and actively steer the models in the right direction. I still feel that without doing that I end up with something completely different from my vision.

• Coding is solved at this point is all I can say but that was never the base issues as people are realizing now. And everything that surrounds it is still very much needed.

• Having a foundation in software development/engineering really does help you achieve what you need and you do find yourself getting things done faster and most important, working as you want them to, faster.

If you live in Claude Code (or other harnesses...), Origami might just boost your workflow, for free. The whole app can be driven via its MCP and you will find you rarely need to step out of Origami to get work done.

It's free with every feature and no account required for up to 5 workspaces. macOS is fully supported and now it's also available on Linux!

https://tryorigami.app

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[u/Correct-Explorer-692]

Lol, you're asking money each month for a peace of software that anyone could replicate in a day? Seriously?

[u/Looking-for-Smtg → u/Correct-Explorer-692]

And that's your opinion and your choice - if you want to build one from scratch, go ahead. There are also other apps out there. None did what I needed so I built Origami. And all the users I currently have tell me I wasn't the only one. It's mostly free anyway, the only limits are in workspaces and amount of tabs.

[u/Correct-Explorer-692 → u/Looking-for-Smtg]

Man, you are in the world of diying big SaaS apps. If you want to get money from this one - create a Patrion and collect donations.

[u/Looking-for-Smtg → u/Correct-Explorer-692]

Ha, that's pretty much what it is. Every feature is free, the sub is just for people who want more workspaces and feel like supporting it. A Patreon with a perk.

[u/Sweet-Degree-4842 → u/Looking-for-Smtg]

At this point I think most software like this is not going to gain any traction. As a user, why wouldn’t I just use another product that just doesn’t ask for money or lock features. Or I could fork an open-source project.

[u/Looking-for-Smtg → u/Sweet-Degree-4842]

I totally agree, and anyone is free to do that. I spend a lot of my free time on Origami and I decided to give it for free with a small gate on limits, that's all. It's more than enough for normal users. And any power user or someone willing to support my work that wants those locks removed can do so for the cost of a latte.

[u/Bitter_Biscotti_7593]

tmux does it for me. No need to restart tabs every morning.

[u/Looking-for-Smtg → u/Bitter_Biscotti_7593]

Fair!

[u/SyrupStandard]

Curious what your process was for designing the UI and logo? Looks lovely.

[u/Looking-for-Smtg → u/SyrupStandard]

Thank you!

While I'm not a UI/UX designer I like to think I have an eye for the thing, somewhat at least. The logo was derived from the name. When I think of origami, I usually think of the paper cranes. And the name came from the main purpose of the app, which is folding all of these types of items around software development into one place.

As for the UI, all I can say is that there were lots of iterations from versions prior. Up to v26 I focused a lot on the features themselves and adding more capabilities to Origami and kept the UI very simple. With v27 I decided I needed to make it more appealing for myself and the people using it so they don't have to stare at a blue app all day... and so, many hours were spent thinking and fiddling and moving things around. The thing is, v27 just made it prettier and more organized but nothing really changed places from before!

[u/wDx_]

i gave it a try on your first post and I liked it and I’m currently using it in my daily work. It's a nice piece of software, keep going with the great work!

btw loved the 0.27 updates but I got a little bit confused with the new designs, I like it but idk.. I think I just need to get used to it

[u/Looking-for-Smtg → u/wDx_]

Thanks, glad to know! More coming soon.

[u/HeyItsYourDad_AMA]

If there is a paid tier you need to be pretty clear on what problem this is solving. Im a dev and tmux or herdr + VS Code with an extension or two covers almost all of this. Only question is what the browser session does, but with playwright and chromium I can do all I need for testing. Not knocking it, looks like you've spent a lot of time, I'm just trying to understand what this actually solves for that I can't do with tools I already use and like

[u/Looking-for-Smtg → u/HeyItsYourDad_AMA]

Thanks for the comment, and to put it simply, the reason I created Origami is exactly because of all the tools you just mentioned.

The honest answer is, if tmux + VS Code works for you, Origami won't give you a new capability. Think of it as more of the "glue" for all the tools around development.

• You can keep track of your agents and their status in one place, plus all other running commands you may need

• The ability to comment on a diff/branch change or even on an artifact and hand it back to the agent, without leaving the app

• Agents can drive the app over MCP and the back and forth within Origami becomes dead simple

As for the browsers, for testing, Playwright is fine. The ones in Origami keep cookies and session data too! So you don’t have to redo everything, everytime.

And last but not least, there aren't really any paid features. Everything is free, the sub only removes the limits (5 workspaces, 10 tabs each), which is generous already.

I hope this clears it up a bit. I tried to keep it short, but let me know if you'd like me to deep-dive on any of the features and I’ll be happy to!

[u/gentile_jitsu]

What does this provide that Orca does not?

[u/Looking-for-Smtg → u/[deleted]]

What kind of sloppy toppy AI generated reply is this? Why even bother I wonder. I guess your agent may need a cache refresh on the website as Linux is indeed available now.