Waku

Waku

Waku is a native macOS app that consolidates coding agents and their activity into a single local timeline—sessions, transcripts, tool activity, and checkpoints—while running entirely on your machine with a GPU-accelerated native UI.

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Best for: Software & Gaming

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Waku

Waku is a native application that centralizes activity from coding agents—sessions, transcripts, tool activity, and checkpoints—into a single, local timeline. It runs entirely on your machine without relying on a Waku cloud, keeping projects, sessions, transcripts, and provider IDs on disk. The app emphasizes a high-performance native UI built with Rust and GPUI, providing instant launch and smooth navigation through long transcripts, and is distributed as a signed, notarized, auto-updating binary.

A fast, native app for local coding agents. Amp, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, Grok, and Pi — one timeline, entirely on your machine.

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Key Features

Native, high-performance UI

Built with Rust and GPUI (the GPU-accelerated framework), Waku provides instant launch and smooth scrolling through years of transcript without Electron.

Drives existing agent CLIs

Integrates with the agent CLIs you already use, normalizing their streams into one provider-neutral model so multiple agents appear in a single timeline.

Unified timeline

Each agent connection is normalized into one timeline that shows sessions, transcripts, tool activity, and checkpoints across agents.

Checkpoint & rewind

Every prompt checkpoints your working tree under a hidden git ref so you can roll back code and the provider conversation together, not just the chat log.

Keyboard-first controls

Keyboard-driven workflow (e.g., ⌘N to start a session, ⏎ to queue follow-ups, ⌘⏎ to steer mid-turn, Escape to stop) so most controls work without a mouse.

Local-by-design storage

Projects, sessions, transcripts, and provider IDs live on your disk; Waku requires no account and claims no telemetry or cloud storage.

Signed, notarized, auto-updates

App is signed, notarized, and auto-updated via Sparkle with binary deltas to stay current without user intervention.

Pricing

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Use Cases

Manage multiple coding agents

Aggregate and view activity from multiple agent CLIs and provider interfaces in one provider-neutral timeline for easier cross-agent workflows.

Rewind and recover code + context

Checkpoint prompts into hidden git refs so developers can roll back both code and provider conversation state together when iterating or reverting changes.

Local, privacy-preserving agent sessions

Run agent sessions and store transcripts locally without creating accounts or sending telemetry to a Waku cloud.

Keyboard-driven developer workflow

Operate sessions, queue follow-ups, steer agents mid-turn, and stop them using keyboard shortcuts for fast, mouse-free interaction.

Integrations

Agent CLIs

Drives the agent CLIs you already use and normalizes their output into a single timeline.

stream-json

Connects to agents that provide stream-json as a native interface.

JSON-RPC

Supports agents and providers exposing JSON-RPC interfaces.

live events

Integrates with live event streams from agents to capture real-time activity.

Sparkle

Uses Sparkle for signed, notarized auto-updates with binary deltas.

Benefits

Consolidates multiple agent interactions into a single, searchable timeline for easier developer context management.
Local-first architecture preserves privacy and control by keeping data on disk with no required account or Waku cloud.
Native GPU-accelerated UI delivers fast launch and smooth navigation through long transcripts compared to Electron-based apps.

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Getting Started

  1. 1 Download the Waku native app from the site (Download).
  2. 2 Install and run the signed, notarized application on your machine.
  3. 3 Start a session (e.g., ⌘N) and connect your agents via their native interfaces (stream-json, JSON-RPC, live events) to begin recording sessions and checkpoints.

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