xshell v1.5.0

What changed

• File explorer in agent terminals — browse, search, and drag paths straight into the terminal
• Git panel — inline diffs with syntax highlighting, commit history, staging, and discard
• Codex & Cursor support — run OpenAI Codex and Cursor CLI sessions as tabs, next to Claude Code
• New app icon and refreshed in-app branding
• Fixes — Claude failing to start under an AllSigned PowerShell policy (#41), centered startup loader, settings polish

xshell v1.4.0

What changed

• Terminal rendering overhaul: new font, faster PTY transport, Unicode 11 widths, smoother resize
• Full-width top bar with restructured tabs and project icons
• More compact sidebar

xshell v1.3.5

What changed

Bridge release — last manual update required.
Adds the in-app auto-updater (signed Ed25519). v1.3.5 and later will download + install themselves; you won't need to re-run the install script again after this version.

xshell v1.3.4

What changed

Bridge release — last manual update required.
Adds the in-app auto-updater (signed Ed25519). v1.3.5 and later will download + install themselves; you won't need to re-run the install script again after this version.

xshell v1.3.3

What changed

• WebGL renderer for sharper terminal output
• Font-weight slider
• Git Bash absolute-path fix

xshell v1.3.2

What changed

• Project stats panel toggle: Switch between cost and token totals in the stats panel.
• AI-generated chat titles: New chats spawn with --session-id so Claude Code's ai-title kicks in automatically.
• Larger default terminal font: Default terminal font size bumped from 13px to 14px for better readability out of the box.

xshell v1.3.1

What Changed

• Tabs pre-init on launch — instant first prompt
• Auto-installer + changelog in Settings → Update
• New Force synchronized output toggle (no more flying letters)
• PTY survives tab reordering (fixes session drop)
• Spawned terminals now tagged for telemetry

xshell v1.3.0

⚠️ The npm installer wrapper is gone — npm install will not work, check the Readme on Github ⚠️

⬇️Run this in Powershell to install the new update: irm https://xshell.sh/install.ps1 | iex
⬇️Or check the latest releases on Github.

New

• Quick Actions palette — press Ctrl/Cmd+K to switch tabs and run common actions without the mouse.

xshell v1.2.0

⚠️ The npm installer wrapper is gone — npm install will not work, check the Readme on Github ⚠️

⬇️Run this in Powershell to install the new update: irm https://xshell.sh/install.ps1 | iex
⬇️Or check the latest releases on Github.

UI

• Terminal sidebar — new right-side activity bar inside Claude tabs, currently hosts the git toggle.
• Cost & context strip — Claude terminal headers now show live context % and total session cost when connected (toggleable).
• Session rows show context as a percent; settings headers in brand orange.

Git

• Branch picker — click the branch name in the git panel for a searchable dropdown to switch branches.
• Lazy git polling by default — only refreshes while the panel is open.

Settings

• Connect gets its own tab with a recommended-setup nudge.

Shells

• PowerShell 7 added as a preset.

xshell v1.1.0

New

• In-app auto-updater (#6)
• Full-screen rendering toggle for Claude sessions (#7)
• Loading overlay while a new session boots (#9)

Fixed

• /branch detection in projects with . or _ in the path (#11)
• New sessions sometimes rendering at the wrong size until window resize (#9)

Improved

• No more periodic UI freeze when terminals are open — session metadata cached by mtime (#8)
• Dark-theme chrome icons easier to see (#12, by @Trito99)