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Abbado

Introduction

Abbado is a personal, self-hosted AI coding agent orchestrator. It gives you a single dashboard to launch, monitor, and manage multiple AI coding agents across your projects.

You provide the CLI tools (Claude Code, Codex). Abbado provides the infrastructure: terminal sessions, git workflows, real-time event tracking, notifications, and a web UI to tie it all together.

Who is it for?

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Abbado is built for developers who:

  • Already use Claude Code or Codex CLI in their terminal
  • Want to run multiple agents in parallel without juggling terminals
  • Need visibility into what agents are doing across repos
  • Want a git workflow (diff, commit, push, PR) integrated with agent output

Key Features

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Interactive Terminal

Real Claude/Codex CLI sessions in your browser via xterm.js and portable-pty. Sessions persist server-side — close the browser tab, reconnect later, output is still there.

Multi-Agent Orchestration

Run multiple agents simultaneously on the same project. Each agent session gets its own git worktree, so there are no file conflicts between parallel sessions.

CLI Hooks Integration

Abbado hooks into Claude Code and Codex lifecycle events (tool use, stop, notifications, session end). This gives the dashboard real-time awareness of what the agent is doing — without parsing terminal output.

Git Workflow

View diffs, commit changes, rename branches, push to remote, and create pull requests or merge requests — all from the UI. Supports both GitHub and GitLab.

Discord Notifications

Get notified when agents finish, fail, or need your attention. Per-session toggle so you only get alerts for the runs you care about.

Agent Templates

14 preconfigured agent templates: PR Reviewer, Bug Fixer, Feature Builder, Test Writer, Security Auditor, and more. Or create your own with custom instructions.

Architecture at a Glance

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LayerTechnology
BackendRust (axum, tokio, sqlx, SQLite)
FrontendReact 19, Vite, TypeScript, TanStack Query, Zustand
Terminalxterm.js + portable-pty over WebSocket
ExecutionLocal processes with CLI hooks — no Docker required
Git providersGitHub (gh) and GitLab (glab)
NotificationsDiscord webhooks

Agents run as local processes using your existing CLI credentials and API keys. Abbado does not proxy API calls or store your keys.

How It Works

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  1. Create a project and add one or more git repositories
  2. Create an agent from the template library or configure a custom one
  3. Launch a session — Abbado spawns the CLI in a PTY with hooks configured
  4. Interact in the terminal — the agent works, you supervise and guide
  5. Review changes — view diffs, commit, push, create a PR
  6. Get notified on Discord when the session completes or needs attention

Next Steps

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