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Everything Octopus does

Terminals, AI agents, servers, browser and notes on one canvas. See each feature at work, step by step, on Mac, Windows and Linux.

20 categories · 248 features explained

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Octopus in 1 minute

Every terminal, note, file and browser is a card. You arrange it all on an infinite canvas and link the cards with cables.

What it does, in a few lines

One desk for all your terminalsTerminals, notes, files, browsers and drawings as cards on a canvas, organized by workspace.Agents that work togetherClaude Code and Codex with your account, linked by cables. The Maestro builds a team and splits the work.It tells you when you're neededAmber needs you, green is done. The Now panel shows what's waiting and what's running.Servers that don't dropAdd your servers with their passwords in the system vault. The session stays alive even without a network.A browser the agent usesPortals signed in to your sites. The agent clicks and reads for you, and you approve what it sends.Speak instead of typingDictate into the terminal, the chat or the note. Octopus cleans up the text and you check it before using it.

Everything, by category

Get startedInstall, set up and open your first agent in a few minutes.8 features Canvas and cardsTerminals, agents, notes and portals on a board you arrange your own way.24 features Workspaces and sidebarOne canvas per project or company, and the sidebar to get to everything.14 features Terminals and serversTerminals on your computer and on your servers, with sessions that don't drop.16 features AI agentsClaude Code and Codex with your account, talking to each other and to your shells.10 features MaestroAn agent that builds, directs and closes a team of agents on the canvas.7 features ChatThe agent as a conversation: grouped steps, permissions in one key, context in view.15 features Alerts and NowOctopus only calls you when an agent asks for something or finishes.11 features Tabs and Open on a serverThe workspace as a tabbed app, and a shortcut to open agents on any server.13 features History, sessions and saved groupsClosed something by mistake? The card comes back in the same place, with its conversation.9 features Notes, text and attachmentsMarkdown notes, free text and files on the canvas, within your agents' reach.10 features Files and GitFolders on your computer and your servers, diff and commit without leaving the canvas.14 features Portals and WhatsAppA real browser on the canvas, with your logins, that your agents use too.15 features DrawAn Excalidraw board on the canvas, where you and your agents draw together.9 features Cloud accountsSeveral gcloud accounts signed in at once, and agents ask before they act.7 features VoiceSpeak instead of typing: the text shows up live and you check it before sending.10 features Energy, Settings, license and updatesYour computer awake for the agents, Settings, the license and updates.18 features ShortcutsEvery Octopus shortcut, on Mac and on Windows and Linux, in one place.13 features Windows and Linux: what changesThe same Octopus on Windows and Linux, with Ctrl, the Leader key and the tray.14 features For agents: the octo commandThe octo reference: what agents do with everything linked to them.11 features

Start in 3 steps

Download and installOn Mac, Windows or Linux. The free trial starts with no sign-up and no credit card.
Let Octopus set things upThe first time, it installs what's missing (tmux, Claude Code and Codex) and opens the sign-in for your accounts.
Open your first agentClick “Open Claude Code” and start talking. You can find out the rest here, feature by feature.