Aizen

Aizen is a thoughtful answer to a real problem: context-switching across branches and projects when you're running agents, terminals, and browsers. The per-environment isolation is the killer feature—each branch gets its own terminal panes, file tabs, browser tabs, and chat history. We'd reach for this when reviewing a pull request on one branch while an agent refactors another. The GPU terminal feels snappy on Apple Silicon, and the built-in MCP server marketplace means you can wire up agents without leaving the app. Where it bites is the platform lock-in: this is macOS-only, Apple Silicon specifically. If you're on an Intel Mac, Linux, or Windows, look elsewhere. Also, there's no real-time collaborative editing—great for solo or async work, but not for paired programming or team debugging sessions. Compared to tools like Warp or Hyper, Aizen is less a terminal emulator and more a full workspace with agents and Git built in. Compared to Cursor, it's far less of a code editor—it's an environment orchestrator. The free tier is generous (full core features forever), so trying it costs nothing but a download. In practice, the value grows with your project complexity; a single-project developer won't get much out of it. For the parallel development crowd, it's a win.