Vibe Island 1.0.37 for Mac
Vibe Island 1.0.37 for Mac
Vibe Island is an app that turns your Mac’s “notch” into a unified control center for AI agents working in the terminal. It eliminates the need to switch between windows while Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, and other tools perform tasks: you can monitor progress, grant permissions, and return to a specific session directly from the camera view.
Possibilities:
• Monitor all agents in one place supports 10 AI tools: Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, OpenCode, Droid, Qoder, Copilot, CodeBuddy, Kiro. Each agent is displayed in a single panel.
• Approve actions without context switching When Claude Code asks permission to run a tool or asks a question, Allow/Deny buttons or answer options appear in the toolbar. You can approve the action without leaving the editor.
• Precise terminal jump supports 13+ terminals (iTerm2, Ghostty, Warp, Terminal.app, VS Code, Cursor, etc.) with jump to the exact tab you need and even split pane, including tmux sessions.
• Planning and reviewing plans preview plans with full Markdown rendering before approval, and provide feedback directly from the island.
• Sound alerts 8-bit synthesized sounds for each event. You can import your own sets or create your own.
• Quota usage tracking – the remaining requests for Claude, Codex and Kimi are displayed in real time without any additional settings.
• SSH remote control launch agents on remote servers with monitoring on Mac, one-click deployment, auto-reconnection, support for multiple servers.
• Completely local all data remains on your Mac: no cloud, no accounts, no telemetry. Just a direct connection between agents and the “island.”
Vibe Island 1.0.37 AI Agent Control Panel for Mac
If you run multiple AI coding agents simultaneously and find yourself constantly switching between terminal tabs to check on them, Vibe Island solves that problem elegantly. Version 1.0.37, released on June 3, 2026, is a reliability and navigation update that makes an already capable tool even more dependable.
What is Vibe Island?
Vibe Island is a native Swift app that turns your MacBook’s notch or a compact floating bar at the top of external displays into a live control panel for AI coding CLI sessions. While Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, OpenCode, Copilot, and up to 16 supported agents work in the background, Vibe Island shows live session cards in one non-intrusive overlay displaying status, elapsed time, and which terminal hosts each job. It runs as a non-activating overlay, so it never steals focus from your editor.
Two-Way Interaction
What sets Vibe Island apart from simple monitoring tools is that it works both ways. When an agent needs a permission, asks a question, or submits a plan, the notch panel expands with Allow and Deny buttons and full Markdown plan rendering — so you can respond without leaving your editor or switching windows at all. Click any session card and it jumps you directly to the exact terminal tab, split pane, tmux session, or VS Code or Cursor integrated terminal where that agent is running. It supports over 18 terminal types including iTerm2, Ghostty, Warp, and Terminal.app.
Zero Configuration and Privacy
On first launch, Vibe Island automatically configures hooks for all 16 supported agent types with no manual config file editing required. All communication between the app and your CLI tools happens locally via Unix sockets session content, tool names, and terminal metadata never leave your Mac. It also supports 8-bit synthesized sound alerts and custom sound packs for different agent events, keeping you informed without being disruptive.
What’s New in 1.0.37
This release focuses on reliability and navigation. Click-to-jump has been improved for Warp, VS Code, Cursor, and multi-session tmux setups. SSH Remote deployment and Codex handling are now sturdier, and custom Codex config paths are now supported. Non-QWERTY keyboard layout shortcut support has been added, and several bugs have been fixed missed background alerts, panel flicker, stuck approval cards, idle audio routing issues, and a broken update-check UI.
Pricing
Vibe Island is a one-time purchase starting at around $19.99 for a single Mac license, with a two-day full trial available before buying. It can also be installed via Homebrew. It requires macOS 14 or later and runs natively on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.
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