Waypoint floating window tracks Claude Code sessions across projects
u/Adcens29 built Waypoint, a floating macOS window that uses Python and AppleScript to detect active Claude Code terminal sessions and shows the last git commit as a resume hint for each project.
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Waypoint removes the need to manually track which terminal tab holds which Claude Code session, replacing that overhead with a single floating window that shows session state via git history.
- 01Built by u/Adcens29 to address context loss when switching between Claude Code projects
- 02Uses Python and AppleScript to detect open Terminal tabs on macOS
- 03Uses `lsof` to identify which terminal tabs are running Claude Code
u/Adcens29 built Waypoint after repeatedly losing context when switching between Claude Code projects. The tool surfaces a floating window that gives an at-a-glance view of all active Claude Code sessions, solving the problem of having to manually hunt through terminal tabs to remember where work was left off.
The last git commit for each project is used as a resume hint — a quick summary of where that session stands.
Under the hood, Waypoint combines Python and AppleScript to detect open Terminal tabs, and uses `lsof` to determine which of those tabs are actively running Claude Code. The last git commit for each project is used as a resume hint — a quick summary of where that session stands. Clicking any listed project jumps directly to its corresponding terminal tab. The project is open source and hosted at `github.com/AgnesC0/waypoint`.
Key facts
- 01Built by u/Adcens29 to address context loss when switching between Claude Code projects
- 02Uses Python and AppleScript to detect open Terminal tabs on macOS
- 03Uses `lsof` to identify which terminal tabs are running Claude Code
- 04Displays the last git commit for each project as a resume hint
- 05Clicking a project in the floating window jumps to that terminal tab
- 06Source code is available at github.com/AgnesC0/waypoint
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