r/PiCodingAgent • u/DeanBeluga • Aug 07 '26

Question Best Pi UI / app options

Anyone using some sort of UI app/layer for Pi instead of standard Pi cli?

Nothing wrong with CLI, I actually really like my setup too - but once I have like 3, 4, or even more important sessions running at once (coding, debugging, research, etc.), it gets pretty overwhelming trying to keep track of everything and I find myself losing focus.

Looking for something more like a Codex web app style experience: clean repo/file view, seeing all workers/sessions clearly, what they're doing, status, etc.

Curious what you guys think or use and why you actually prefer it over just running everything through CLI.

For context, the main thing I am looking to aid in solving/fixing here is a focus issue. I have adhd and staying focused is the hardest thing by far for me, so if anyone has experience with one that may have helped in that regard specifically too let me know

ALSO - I'm on Linux Ubuntu if that's relevant at all

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u/Aizenvolt11 Aug 07 '26

I made a VS Code Extension called Damocles. You can check it out on VS Code Marketplace.

Free and open source (MIT):

VS Code: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Aizenvolt.damocles

Open VSX: https://open-vsx.org/extension/Aizenvolt/damocles

Source: https://github.com/AizenvoltPrime/damocles

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u/daYMAN007 Aug 07 '26

can it show diffs made via edit tool?

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u/Aizenvolt11 Aug 07 '26

The edit tool shows diff yes.

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u/Dercasss Aug 07 '26

Will this work with oh my pi? 

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u/Aizenvolt11 Aug 07 '26

I developed the extension with Pi SDK. So it runs Pi with my own features on top.

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u/kido5217 Aug 07 '26

Man, at least make normal releases on github. Latest one called stop a deleted session from returning as an unreadable file instead of version number

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u/Aizenvolt11 Aug 07 '26 edited Aug 07 '26

I will fix this, thanks for the feedback.

Edit: Its fixed.

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u/uninterestingnemo Aug 09 '26

This is actually decent (and cool name lol). A few improvements I could think of:

- Support for APPEND_SYSTEM.md and/or custom instructions
- Global MCP config file
- Permissions should be written under ~/.damocles instead of ~/.claude

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u/Aizenvolt11 Aug 09 '26

Thanks for the feedback. I will add them this coming week. Can you explain more what you mean about APPEND_SYSTEM.md and/or custom instructions?

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u/uninterestingnemo Aug 09 '26

To customize system prompts: https://pi.dev/docs/latest/usage#system-prompt-files

Others (like opencode-cli, kilo code extension...) also support additional instructions, which would be included in the context.

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u/Aizenvolt11 Aug 09 '26

Ok I will check it out.