Diorama: An Open-Source macOS App for Visualizing Coding Agents in a 3D Kitchen

Developer @davidfromkansas has released and been showcasing Diorama, an open-source macOS app that visualizes AI coding agents at work. It portrays an agent's labor as a 3D scene of a Michelin-star restaurant kitchen: users watch the agent "cook," step in to help when needed, and finally review the "dish" that gets served. The app directly reuses locally installed Claude CLI/Desktop and Codex CLI/Desktop, with no extra fees and no changes to existing workflows.

Confirmed

Diorama is an open-source macOS tool that automatically imports Claude and Codex threads into a single interface, letting you watch agents write code in real time.
Each parallel agent works in its own isolated git worktree, preventing multiple concurrent tasks from stepping on each other's changes.
When an agent gets stuck and needs human help, a "giant gong" sounds to alert the user to intervene.
Addressing the pain point of "agents doing more and more work while you can't tell what they're actually doing," Diorama breaks agent work down by abstraction layer, so users can see the big picture while still drilling into the details.

Why it matters

As parallel coding agents become widespread, observability and knowing when to intervene have become efficiency bottlenecks. Diorama combines a playful kitchen metaphor with git worktree isolation, stuck-agent alerts, and layered views to offer a low-cost multi-agent management solution (reusing existing subscriptions, no extra fees)—directly useful for developers running multiple agents at once.

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Diorama lets you watch your Claude and Codex agents work in real time for free — davidfromkansas · 2026-10-12 23:13 (UTC+08:00)
Diorama gives each agent its own git worktree — and bangs a giant gong when stuck — davidfromkansas · 2026-10-12 23:46 (UTC+08:00)
Diorama turns coding agents into a Michelin-starred kitchen you can watch and steer — davidfromkansas · 2026-10-12 23:13 (UTC+08:00)

[source] Diorama turns coding agents into a Michelin-starred kitchen you can watch and steer — davidfromkansas · 2026-10-12
[source] Diorama lets you watch your Claude and Codex agents work in real time for free — davidfromkansas · 2026-10-12
Diorama runs parallel coding agents in separate git worktrees, gongs when stuck — davidfromkansas · 2026-10-12
Diorama breaks down agent work into abstraction layers so you can see what's happening — davidfromkansas · 2026-10-12
[source] Diorama gives each agent its own git worktree — and bangs a giant gong when stuck — davidfromkansas · 2026-10-12
Diorama puts your Claude and Codex coding agents in a 3D kitchen, reusing existing subscriptions — davidfromkansas · 2026-10-12