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Kanna

Run agents like documents, not log files.

A web UI for the Claude Code and Codex CLIs, built for long sessions across many projects. Subscription billing, OAuth pool rotation, subagent orchestration, durable approvals. No dashboard chrome.

$ bun install -g @cuongtran001/kanna
Kanna chat transcript with an expanded tool call group

Pro and Max plans bill the right way.

Setting KANNA_CLAUDE_DRIVER=pty launches the claude CLI under a pseudo-terminal and parses its stdout stream line by line. Your subscription is charged, not the API. Register one OAuth token, or several, and Kanna rotates per chat with automatic fallover on rate limits.

Codex sits beside Claude in the same composer. Switch provider mid-chat; previous turns stay where they are.

OAuth pool configuration in Kanna settings

Subagents that report back.

Configure named subagents with their own system prompts and tool surfaces. The main agent decides when to delegate, calls mcp__kanna__delegate_subagent, and synthesizes the reply back into its own turn. Cycle detection and depth limits run on every delegation. Live progress bubbles up to the transcript without a separate window.

Live subagent delegation inside a Kanna chat

A transcript you can audit.

Tool calls render hydrated with collapsible groups. File diffs show inline. Plan-mode and AskUserQuestion prompts route through a durable approval protocol, so pending requests survive server restarts and replay on reconnect. Context compaction happens proactively, before the window closes around you.

Kanna chat transcript with tool calls and inline diffs

Projects up front, chats below.

Chats live under projects with live status (idle, running, waiting, failed). Kanna auto-discovers projects from your local Claude and Codex history. Bulk-import existing sessions with one click, run any chat in an isolated git worktree, resume work with the full transcript intact.

Kanna sidebar grouped by project

Kanna is a community fork of jakemor/kanna that tracks upstream and layers on subscription-billing PTY, OAuth pool rotation, durable approvals, and subagent orchestration. macOS and Linux. Self-hosted.