[ the terminal with a soul ]

Type
without
fear.

Sherly guards your risky commands, finishes your commands, translates SSH errors into human, and runs Claude & Codex right inside the prompt. Newcomer or veteran, this is the terminal that has your back.

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// watch it work

It stops the
disaster
before you do.

Real guardrails, not gimmicks. Sherly intercepts destructive commands, suggests the safe path, and never lets a typo wipe your work.

The full kit

everything Sherly ships

Guidance

Sherly has your back at the prompt: before, during, and after you press Enter.

★Catches dangerous commands like rm -rf, force-push and rsync --delete, and asks before they run
★Suggests the safer command instead, e.g. git push --force-with-lease
★Ghost-text autocomplete from your shell history & project-aware commands · Tab to accept
★Command Palette (⌘Space): worktrees, diff drawer, SSH hosts, snippets
★SSH errors translated to plain English, with one-click fixes like ssh-copy-id
—Reusable command snippets you can browse and insert

Core

A fast terminal with the conveniences a modern shell deserves.

★Block copy: grab a command, its output, or both in a single click
★Close the window and stay connected: your sessions keep running in the background
—In-terminal search, clickable links and inline images
—Font zoom · cursor shapes · copy toasts · desktop notifications

Multitask

Keep many contexts alive at once without losing your place.

★Floating PIP terminal: a draggable, always-on-top mini shell (⌘’)
★Touch ID / Face ID lock screen
—Tabs, split panes and fullscreen
—Live CPU / memory / network stats in the status bar

Shed

A real editor built in: no more dropping to nano in a pinch.

★Shed: a genuine text editor, not a vim/nano wrapper
★Full Vim mode: motions, operators, visual & block, registers, surround, marks, search, ex commands
—Live Markdown rendering
—Open and edit remote files over SSH in the same editor

Git

Read and manage your repo without leaving the prompt.

★Side-by-side diff viewer and a changed-files drawer
★Worktree manager: create, switch and remove from a status-bar picker
—Branch switcher · remote diff · multiple git identities

SSH

Remote work that feels local.

★One-click host list parsed straight from your ssh config
★Open remote files in Shed directly from the session
—Drops you into the right remote folder, brings your shell environment and dotfiles along

AI

Claude and Codex wired directly into the terminal.

★Claude and Codex built right into the terminal
★AI-written git commit messages
★Agent Sessions drawer: pick up past Claude / Codex sessions where you left off
—Skill panel and agent tools

Tasks

A lightweight to-do layer for the work in front of you.

★To-do drawer with quick-add (⌘J)
—Project bookmarks and per-project identity

Looks

Make it yours.

★Theme-aware chrome that follows system light / dark
—Window transparency and blur
—Multi-language UI (EN / 日本語 / 繁中) with full GUI settings
Spectra

Spectra

Spec-driven development, surfaced right in the app.

★Spectra drawer: track your spec changes and their task progress at a glance
★Hand a change straight to your agent to run
—Reorder and manage proposals, or spin up a worktree from a change
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FAQ

01

Is Sherly free or open source?

Sherly is completely free right now, just grab it from the GitHub Releases page. Open source is planned too. We intend to open source it once things are running smoothly.

02

Will Sherly support other platforms like Windows or Linux?

Not yet. Sherly is macOS-only for now. We may evaluate support for other platforms down the road.

03

Which version of macOS do I need?

A recent version of macOS is recommended. Download, install, and you are ready to go with no extra setup required.

04

Do I need to pay for the AI features?

The AI features connect to Claude and Codex using your own account or API key, so any usage is billed through your own provider. Sherly itself does not charge extra for them.

05

Can I turn off dangerous-command detection?

Yes. The guard that catches commands like rm -rf and force-push is there to give you a heads-up, but you can adjust or disable it in settings if you prefer.

06

Are my command history and data uploaded anywhere?

No. History, autocomplete, and dangerous-command detection all run locally on your machine. Your data never leaves your device.

07

How do I report a bug or ask for help?

Head over to the GitHub Issues page to report problems or share suggestions. We keep fixing and improving.

08

Where does the name "Sherly" come from?

It is pretty simple. The original idea was Shell + y = Shelly, but that name was already taken, so I picked another English name that sounds a little like it: Sherly.

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