Terminal interface

By default, crewkit launches the native Claude Code you already know — Claude Code owns the terminal while crewkit runs alongside it in the background. If you prefer a wrapped view, crewkit also ships an interactive terminal interface (TUI) that adds a collapsible sidebar with session metrics, git context, and AI summaries.

crewkit tui

On Windows, this interface is currently the default under every spelling — background observation is macOS and Linux only for now.

Layout

The TUI has two panels:

• Main panel — Full Claude Code experience. Everything you type goes directly to Claude.
• Sidebar — Real-time session data, toggled with Tab.

The sidebar has collapsible sections. Press j/k (or arrow keys) to navigate sections when the sidebar is focused.

Sidebar sections

Context

Shows your context window usage:

• Context window — How full the current context is (tokens used / total window)
• Total tokens — Cumulative tokens across all turns in this session

Session

• Model — Which Claude model is active
• Duration — How long the session has been running
• Turns — Number of conversation turns
• Compactions — How many times context was compacted

Git

• Branch — Current git branch
• Changes — Uncommitted file count
• Recent commits — Latest commit messages

Summary

An AI-generated summary of what's been accomplished in the session. Updates periodically as the conversation progresses.

Conventions

Shows active playbook conventions and any challenges logged during the session.

Plan

Tracks the active plan file if Claude is working with a structured plan.