What’s new in PaneScale.

Updates now come straight from the PaneScale website, and Claude Code, Codex and Kimi panes can switch to a calm chat view.

• NewOnline updates: PaneScale checks the website for new versions. Installers are downloaded and checksum-verified before anything is installed — and only when you click.
• NewChat view for Claude Code, Codex and Kimi: a readable timeline over the running CLI with model, effort and permissions, images by paste or drag and drop, and Send now while the agent is still working.
• ImprovedAnswers stream in word by word without flicker, and Codex questions — such as confirming full access — can be answered right in the chat.
• ImprovedClaude panes load MCP tools on demand again, so new sessions start with far less context and compact less often.
• ImprovedEarly access: the account menu shows that every feature is unlocked, no sign-in needed. Open-source licences are listed under Settings → About.
• FixedA cleaner title bar, and the context ring no longer gets stuck after hovering.

PaneScale now runs on the Mac: one app for Apple silicon and Intel, from macOS 11 Big Sur on.

• NewDisk image with the usual install: drag PaneScale onto Applications. Signed with a Developer ID and notarized by Apple, so it opens without warnings.
• NewNative window with the macOS traffic lights, a Mac app menu and every shortcut on ⌘ instead of Ctrl. ⌘W no longer closes the whole app with all its panes.
• NewUpdates from inside the app: checksum-verified, the app in Applications is replaced in place and restarts — the previous version stays if anything goes wrong.
• ImprovedYour login shell (zsh, bash, fish) is the default terminal, and agents get the same PATH as your shell — CLIs from Homebrew, npm, pnpm, fnm or nvm are found.
• ImprovedThe Mac stays awake while agents work, files open selected in Finder, and dictation asks for the microphone only when you use it.

PaneScale now runs on Linux x86_64 — Ubuntu 22.04 and newer, Debian 12, Fedora, openSUSE and Arch.

• NewAn installer with a short wizard, just like on Windows: installs for your user, adds an app menu entry, an optional desktop shortcut and the panescale command. It adds WebKitGTK if it’s missing.
• New.deb and .rpm packages for your package manager.
• NewOne-click updates from inside the app, checksum-verified, for installs made with the installer.
• ImprovedClosing a pane ends everything it started, including background processes, and your computer stays awake while agents are running.

The app gets its name and becomes a fully separate Windows application, with its own install folder, data folder and update channel.

• NewNew name and identity: PaneScale, with the four-pane logo in the title bar, Start menu and installer.
• NewInstalled builds and development builds are now completely separate processes with separate data, so they can never get mixed up.
• ImprovedUpdates come from a dedicated update folder and show up as an Update badge in the title bar.
• ImprovedExisting data from earlier builds is carried over automatically on first start.

• ImprovedShorter, clearer update message in the title bar.
• ImprovedA dedicated starter for development builds.

The first release with a real Windows installer — and the biggest update to the Code mode so far.

• NewWindows installer for the current user, no administrator rights needed.
• NewOne-click updates: checksum-verified, silent, restart in seconds.
• NewDrag columns, rows, crossings and the dock to any size. Double-click a seam or press Home to even them out; arrow keys work too. The shape is saved per workspace and layout.
• NewPre-warmed sessions: every free grid cell keeps a started session waiting at low priority, trimmed after 25 seconds and handed over instantly.
• NewStart options per agent: effort level and a bypass mode that skips permission prompts — clearly marked in the pane header.
• NewPoint & Fix: click an element in the browser pane, find its source, fix it in a worktree copy, quick-check and apply with undo.
• NewVideo Studio (Labs): timeline, scene code, seven templates, transitions, captions with a readability check, pre-export checks and WebM export.
• ImprovedExpensive operations — Git, processes, file scans, CLI discovery — run in the background so the window never stutters.
• ImprovedTerminal output is batched and streamed per pane; rendering happens once per frame and only on change.
• ImprovedNew logo: a pinwheel of four panes around a glowing core.

The first complete version: every mode, the orchestration features and the safety net underneath them.

• NewOvernight Autopilot: a queue with preflight, attempts in worktrees, a backup agent, limits and a frozen morning report.
• NewWorkflow Studio: brief, recipes, seven step types, inspector, approvals and runs with a full record.
• NewAgent mode: teammates with tabs, task modes, memory and handoff.
• NewSettings with 14 sections, the tasks board, routines, the hub and Voice.
• FixedFixed a deadlock and several issues with hook-based status detection.