Clinch

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Local-first macOS fork of Warp that keeps Claude Code and Codex sessions alive across restarts.

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An unofficial Warp fork tuned for AI coding agents: project tabs, durable workspaces, and session capture so Claude Code and Codex conversations survive app restarts. Remote Control lets you answer a waiting agent from your phone over your own Tailscale network. macOS 14+ only and not notarized, so expect a Gatekeeper prompt.

Strengths

Unofficial Warp fork built to keep Claude Code and Codex sessions alive across restarts.
Project tabs, durable workspaces, and session capture for agent workflows.
Remote Control answers a waiting agent from your phone over your own Tailscale network.

Known limitations

macOS 14+ only; no Linux or Windows build.
Public preview is ad-hoc signed, not notarized.
Session recovery is best-effort; provider transcripts and process state can still be lost.

Use it when

macOS developers running Claude Code or Codex who keep losing session state.
Teams that want agent sessions on a self-hosted, AGPL terminal without telemetry.

Skip it when

You are on Linux or Windows; macOS 14+ is the only supported platform.
You cannot accept an ad-hoc signed, non-notarized Gatekeeper prompt.
Session recovery must be guaranteed rather than best-effort.

Buy-check

·Price — free, AGPL-3.0 open source; no account, no telemetry as of 2026-08-19. Open the pricing page, not a screenshot.
·Free tier — Free tier exists — burn it first.
·Cancel fallout — What happens to your data/projects on cancel — check the ToS, not the FAQ.
·Seat math — Per-seat pricing multiplies quietly. Count seats before the annual plan.
·Who skips it — Also skipped when: You are on Linux or Windows; macOS 14+ is the only supported platform.; You cannot accept an ad-hoc signed, non-notarized Gatekeeper prompt..