# Claude Code in a terminal, or in Abralo

Abralo drives the same official `claude` binary you'd run in a terminal — same
model, same account, same speed. What changes is how many agents you can keep
track of at once, and how quickly you notice when one needs you. Here's an honest
side-by-side, including where a terminal is still the right tool.

## Side by side

| | Claude Code in a terminal | Abralo |
|---|---|---|
| **Reading a run** | One dense mono stream; you scroll to find where it got to. | Each run laid out to read — prose, diffs, and tool calls as distinct blocks. |
| **Spotting a blocked agent** | The question is just more text in the scrollback; easy to miss. | A single amber status the moment an agent is waiting on you. |
| **Running several at once** | Split panes or tabs; you tab around to check each one. | One column per agent, side by side, all visible at a glance. |
| **Usage & limits** | Not surfaced; you find out you've hit a limit when a turn stops. | A calm gauge for 5-hour and weekly usage, which agent is burning it, and one tap to continue after a wall. |
| **Answering a question** | Type in the same stream you're reading. | The question renders where you answer it, per column. |
| **Install footprint** | Already on your machine. | A 3.4 MB download; ~11 MB installed. Uses your OS's built-in webview. |
| **Privacy** | Between you and Claude. | Also only between you and Claude — Abralo runs your local `claude` and never sees your code or prompts. |

## The footprint, measured

Abralo is a native build on each platform — it uses your operating system's own
webview instead of bundling a whole browser the way Electron apps do. That keeps
the download small (measured from the v0.1.13 release):

- **Windows installer:** 3.4 MB
- **macOS .dmg:** 8.7 MB
- **Linux .deb:** 4.9 MB
- **Installed on disk:** ~11 MB

A GUI still uses memory to run, like any app with a window — the small numbers
here are the download and disk footprint, not RAM. The agents themselves use
exactly the same resources they would in a terminal, because they're the same
processes.

## When a terminal is still the better tool

Abralo is built for keeping several agents legible at once. For plenty of things,
the terminal wins, and it's worth being straight about that:

- A single quick task, where a window is more ceremony than it's worth.
- Working over SSH, in a container, or on a remote box with no desktop.
- Scripting or piping `claude` into other command-line tools.
- You already live in a tmux/terminal setup you love.

## Try it with what you already pay for

Abralo uses your existing Claude Pro or Max subscription. Free for up to 4 agents
at a time. macOS, Windows, and Linux. Download at https://abralo.com/#get