Even is an agent-native desktop workspace and orchestration environment developed by Todience, Inc. It integrates a native terminal, an embedded browser pane, one-click service stacks, and local LLM execution within a single unified desktop window. Designed as a harness for coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, and custom builds, Even enables humans and autonomous agents to operate identical surfaces side-by-side. In daily use, Even operates across split workspace panes. Developers can run CLI coding tools directly inside the native terminal while the agent interacts with other integrated panes, including navigating web pages, filling out forms, querying databases, and parsing CI logs. Even supports both frontier cloud models and local open-source models executed through an integrated GPU-accelerated engine, which assesses hardware capability and schedules background or private tasks locally. What distinguishes Even from standalone terminal multiplexers or IDEs is its native multi-surface automation and governance layer. Even exposes its internal terminal, embedded browser, and Docker-like service templates as Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools that external agents can invoke programmatically. Furthermore, it implements enterprise-grade guardrails, including signed agent packages, deny-by-default execution policies, risk-tiered approval gates, and tamper-evident audit trails that record actions without shipping code off the local machine. Even is currently available in open beta (v0.0.30-beta) and is free to use during the beta period. Desktop packages are provided for macOS, Windows, and Linux across Free, Pro, Team, and Enterprise product tiers.
Agent-Driven In-App Browser — Exposes a full browser pane directly to CLI agents, allowing them to navigate, fill forms, inspect DOMs, and test staging deployments without screenshots or manual copy-pasting. - Built-in MCP Integration — Connects standard Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and exposes internal workspace surfaces (terminals, browser, stacks) as callable tools for agents. - Even LLMs Engine — Runs open-source models locally on host hardware with GPU acceleration, enabling hybrid routing between local models and cloud-based agents. - Even Stacks — Provides a catalog of 700+ one-click self-hosted services (e.g., PostgreSQL, n8n, code-server) that agents can provision, query, and manage without manual configuration. - Deny-by-Default Policy & Governance — Applies strict execution guardrails, credential brokering, risk-tiered approval gates, and tamper-evident audit logs exportable to SIEM. - Inline AI Editor with Side-by-Side Diffs — Enables viewing and applying AI-generated code edits with side-by-side diff review directly in the workspace alongside the terminal. - Integrated GitHub Context — Integrates directly with existing authenticated GitHub CLI (gh) instances to surface PRs, issues, and CI check statuses directly to working agents.
Use cases
Use Case: End-to-End Staging Verification A developer tasks a CLI agent like Claude Code with verifying a newly deployed web application. The agent uses Even's MCP-exposed browser pane to log into the staging environment, verify responsive page elements, inspect error metrics on the admin dashboard, and report deployment status back to the terminal.
Use Case: Database Provisioning and Local Testing When building a new microservice, an engineer commands an agent to set up the local backing dependencies. The agent spins up a PostgreSQL container using Even Stacks, executes migration scripts via the terminal, seeds test fixtures into the volume, and runs integration suites without manual Docker Compose authoring.
Use Case: Governed Enterprise Agent Deployment An enterprise engineering organization deploys Claude Code and Codex across development teams under corporate compliance. Security teams define deny-by-default policies, enforce MCP server allow-lists, broker access tokens via SSO/SCIM, and route all agent filesystem and terminal interactions through tamper-evident audit logging.
Who it is for
Even is built for software engineers, DevOps specialists, and technical teams that heavily utilize autonomous CLI coding agents (like Claude Code) and require seamless interaction between terminal tools, browser interfaces, and local services. It is particularly well-suited for enterprise environments demanding strict security controls, local execution options, and comprehensive auditability. It may be unnecessary for developers who only need basic terminal multiplexing or prefer traditional all-in-one IDE extensions.
Install guide
Installation Download the appropriate desktop package for your platform from GitHub releases or the official site: bash # Linux (.deb) wget https://github.com/leox255/even-releases/releases/download/v0.0.30-beta/Even_0.0.30-beta_amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i Even_0.0.30-beta_amd64.deb # Linux (AppImage) wget https://github.com/leox255/even-releases/releases/download/v0.0.30-beta/Even-0.0.30-beta.AppImage chmod +x Even-0.0.30-beta.AppImage ./Even-0.0.30-beta.AppImageFor macOS (.dmg) and Windows (installer), download the binaries directly from https://even.dev/download.
First Run 1. Launch the Even desktop application. 2. Connect your existing CLI tools and agents (such as claude CLI, gh GitHub CLI, or local LLMs under the Even LLMs tab). 3. Configure permissions and MCP servers in the settings to grant agents controlled access to the workspace browser and terminal panes.
Example Session Open a project in Even, launch a terminal pane, and run an agent task that coordinates terminal execution and browser automation: bash # Inside an Even terminal pane, invoke Claude Code to inspect staging claude "open staging.internal.dev in the browser pane, log in as test-admin, and confirm the metrics dashboard loads with zero errors"
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