I wanted a terminal app built specifically for Claude code instead of merely running it. MOTHER treats Claude sessions as first-class citizens — launching them, resuming them, and telling you when they need you.
I run Claude Code mostly inside Windsurf when I want the editor context, and in a plain terminal for quick throwaway tasks. Does session resume work across that split, or is a MOTHER session only resumable from inside MOTHER itself?
shipped my entire product from claude code so this one hits home. question from my actual week: I usually run two or three sessions in parallel and the pain is knowing which one is waiting on me. does the menu bar alert say which session needs you or is it one generic ping?
the alert only helps if i trust it, one false 'needs you' and i tune it out. how does it tell a real permission stop from claude just still thinking?
The menu bar alert is the whole product and it's third in your own sentence. Launching and resuming are conveniences, the thing that actually costs me is walking away while Claude works and coming back twenty minutes after it stopped on a permission prompt. I'd rewrite the tagline around that and let the launcher be a bullet underneath. At $9.99 you don't need a feature list, you need one sentence someone recognises from their own week.
About MOTHER on Product Hunt
“A terminal built for Claude Code w/ one-click session resume”
MOTHER launched on Product Hunt on August 4th, 2026 and earned 81 upvotes and 10 comments, placing #19 on the daily leaderboard. A native macOS terminal built around Claude Code. Project launcher, one-click session resume, and a menu-bar alert when Claude needs you. $9.99.
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