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Lanes Desktop

The agentic development environment. Run parallel AI coding sessions on an issue board, with worktrees, integrations, and full oversight.

Getting Started

Quick Start

Get Lanes installed and your first AI session running in about two minutes.

Core Concepts

The Issue Board

Your task workspace - the heart of Lanes where every issue has a visual home.

Working with Sessions

Sessions are the runtime engine of Lanes: real terminals running AI coding agents, attached to issues on your board. Run many in parallel on a single issue.

Worktree Management

Git worktrees give each issue its own isolated branch and working directory, so multiple AI agents can work in the same repo without collisions.

Organizing Your Work

Labels & Filtering

Categorize issues with color-coded labels and use targeted filters to keep a busy board organized.

Dependencies

Link issues that block each other so Lanes works through them in the correct order.

Power Features

Quick Commands

Pre-configured prompts and shell commands you can execute with a single click or keystroke.

File Browser & Editor

Browse and edit project files without leaving Lanes, using a built-in Monaco editor.

Databases Explorer

Browse SQLite databases and run read-only SQL queries without leaving Lanes.

Git Integration

Review, commit, sync, and switch branches inside Lanes. A full git client next to your agent, not just a diff viewer.

Process Manager

Monitor every CLI process Lanes knows about: tracked sessions, orphans, and external agents.

Deep Links

Launch Lanes from Linear, GitHub, scripts, or bookmarklets with a pre-filled new-issue draft, or open it straight on a settings page.

Git Identity

Switch between GitHub accounts and keep the git author name and email on your commits attributed to the right one.

Agentic Coding

Harness

The coding CLIs Lanes drives, with install state, version, and one-click updates for each one.

Gateway

Point Lanes sessions at a model provider you host or buy elsewhere -- local Ollama or LM Studio, a vLLM box on your network, or a provider serving the same wire format.

Local LLMs

Run coding agents against a model on your own machine. Lanes manages Ollama end to end, sizes models to your hardware, and sets a context window that survives a real agent prompt.

Collaboration

Collaboration

Invite your team, share a workspace, chat, and run AI agents together on the same board.

Reference

Settings & Configuration

Configure appearance, project directories, workflow behavior, labels, quick commands, CLI flags, model providers, notifications, and permissions.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Every keyboard shortcut available in Lanes, grouped by context.

Feedback & Community

Join our Discord, report bugs, and help shape what Lanes becomes.

Integrations

Lanes Desktop MCP

Run Lanes Desktop MCP, a server on your machine, so Claude Code, Codex, and other agents can read your board and drive sessions.

GitHub Integration

Connect Lanes to GitHub to import issues, push results back, and reach GitHub from your agent via the Lanes MCP.

Linear Integration

Connect Lanes to Linear to import tickets, comment results back, and reach Linear from your agent via the Lanes MCP.

Building Loops

Drive Lanes sessions in an agent loop over the Lanes Desktop MCP: poll session status, verify with the diff, advance the board, and stop safely.

Lanes Link

Run Lanes Link from the desktop app: install the CLI, choose a profile and target, connect accounts, start the endpoint, and register it with Claude Code or Codex, without leaving Lanes.