Mantel

Mantel is the utility that finally solves the most annoying problem in modern development: ten terminal windows that all look identical. You're running Claude Code in one, dev servers in another, test suites in a third—all in identical black boxes where every Cmd+Tab is a coin flip. Your brain isn't writing code, it's playing detective trying to remember which window is which. Mantel fixes this by giving every project its own color, icon, and identity so you can actually see what you're running.

It builds on the macOS Terminal you already know, so there's nothing to relearn—just launch it and every project gets a unique visual fingerprint. Run mantel init in any folder and boom, you've got custom colors, dynamic Dock icons, branch info visible in the bar, and notifications when your agents finish their work. Got a dev server and Claude Code running on the same project? Mantel's tabs let you run both side-by-side without losing context. It detects package.json scripts automatically and shows them in a menu, so you're not constantly typing npm run something just to get the next command wrong.

The best utilities solve problems you've learned to accept. Mantel makes the chaos of multi-project development feel organized, calm, and visual. If you've ever tabbed into the wrong terminal window for the hundredth time, this is your cheat code. Currently running as a Product Hunt launch with a 14-day free trial and macOS requirement.