(and hotkey wizards too)
Soft as a mouse, sharp as a tmux
Upgrade your VS Code or native terminal with a flexible multipane layout. Sleep the tasks you're not watching down to a compact status indicator.
Do it all with the mouse, or keep your hands on the keyboard with tmux keybinds.
Stop watching terminals spin
Dormouse tracks activity the same way you do — visual motion. When a pane stops changing for two seconds, it marks the task complete and alerts you.
Works with any CLI tool that prints to a terminal — no plugins, no configuration. Also supports BEL and OSC 9/99/777 for native TUI integration.
Newlines and copy paste like you meant
You're used to Shift+Enter for a newline in the browser — but it's broken in your terminal? Not anymore. Dormouse works the way you'd expect, no arcane terminal knowledge required.
Click and drag in a "mouse conformant" terminal doesn't select text; it sends escape code \e[<0;x;yM. Dormouse lets you copy-paste like a human, not a terminal.
Get Dormouse
A dormouse knows when to wake up. Multitasking terminal for mice.
Try it in the PlaygroundVS Code Extension
Also works in Cursor, Windsurf, Antigravity, or any other VS Code fork.
Standalone App
Don't settle for your operating system's built-in terminal. Get a nice one.
Walk away. Keep going.
Coming next: Dormouse Pocket. Tether a terminal session to your phone over WebRTC and take a stroll — Dormouse buzzes your phone when something needs attention. A hosted auto-pairing service comes later, so you can close the laptop and walk away, no setup dance.
Open source and free to self-host, or pay a small monthly fee for our hosted version. Early adopters get a launch discount.
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