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zellij

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Zellij · A terminal workspace with batteries included.

$ brew install zellij
One-liner to try
$ zellij

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A markdown-ready setup brief with install, verify, safe starting commands, and guardrails for AI agents.

Open .mdJSON
Readiness
Human-first CLI · 10/100
Verify
zellij --version
Agent URL
/cli/zellij/agent.md

Quick reference

Install
brew install zellij
Verify
zellij --version
First command
zellij
Machine JSON
/cli/zellij.json

About

A terminal workspace with batteries included. Built by Zellij. Start with `zellij` and go from there. Runs entirely on your machine.

Example workflow

1. zellij
2. zellij --session work
3. zellij list-sessions

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