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Desktop is the Hoista app for your projects, providers, agents and settings. It uses the same daemon as the CLI. Closing the window does not stop the daemon, so the CLI and agents keep working.

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The window

The Projects screen, with the sidebar on the left and project cards on the rightThe Projects screen, with the sidebar on the left and project cards on the right

Projects, the first screen. The sidebar holds the main sections, your recent projects with their status, and the environment switcher.

Your recent projects are listed under these items. The switcher under the search box picks the environment the window shows.

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Search and shortcuts

Press ⌘K to search for a project, a page or an action. In a project, it also offers to copy its hoist commands and its project ID.
The search box open over a project, listing that project's tabsThe search box open over a project, listing that project's tabs

⌘K in the moodboard project: its tabs come first, then everything else that matches what you type.

Hoista answers the usual desktop shortcuts. On Linux, use Ctrl instead of ⌘. Press ⌘/ to see them all in the app; the menu bar lists them too. Right-click copies text and links, as in any app.

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A project

Open a project to see its tabs.
The moodboard project's Overview tabThe moodboard project's Overview tab

A project's Overview. The tabs along the top hold everything else about it.

Open a resource from the Map or Overview to restart, stop or delete it.

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Settings

Open Settings from the profile menu, or press ⌘,. Most changes save as you make them.
Settings open on General, with the theme choice at the topSettings open on General, with the theme choice at the top

Settings → General. The sections on the left are listed below.

Safety settings change how the daemon works. Read build isolation before you allow builds without it.
When an agent asks to do something sensitive, Desktop shows the request with its target. See approvals.

Quickstart

Connect a provider and add your first project.

Logs and metrics

Read what the provider reports.

Approvals

What Desktop asks you before an agent acts.