Anthropic announced a complete redesign of the Claude Code desktop app on April 14. The biggest change is support for running multiple Claude sessions side by side within the same window, along with a new sidebar to centrally manage all work sessions. This lets developers switch between different tasks quickly, just like managing browser tabs.
Multi-Session Side-by-Side
The core feature of the new desktop app is multi-session support. Developers can now open multiple Claude Code sessions in one window at the same time—for example, one session handles front-end development, another takes care of the backend API, and a third runs tests. The sidebar provides an overview of all sessions, making it easy to switch and manage them quickly.
This addresses a past pain point: with the CLI version, each terminal window can run only one Claude Code session, and parallel multitasking requires manually managing multiple terminal windows.
Integrated Development Environment Features
In addition to multi-session support, the redesign also adds several IDE-grade features:
Integrated terminal—no need to switch to an external terminal
File editor—edit code directly inside the app
HTML and PDF preview—view generated webpages or documents in real time
Faster diff viewer—quickly compare code changes
Drag-and-drop layout configuration—freely arrange the positions of each panel
All CLI plugins can be used directly in the desktop version, fully compatible with the command-line version.
A Week of Intense Claude Code Updates
The desktop redesign is the latest in a flurry of updates to Claude Code over the past week. In the last few days, Anthropic also rolled out features like Routines (scheduling / API / Webhook automation), /ultraplan for web planning, and dynamic loops. With the desktop redesign included, Claude Code is shifting from an “AI terminal tool” to a complete “AI developer workstation.”
Users can start using the new interface by downloading or updating the Claude desktop app.
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