Documentation

Next Term is a native macOS terminal and code editor for running AI coding agents side by side. These pages cover every feature: what it does, how to use it, and why it works the way it does. New here? Start with Install and get started.

Get started

Install and get startedThe one-line installer or the disk image, the first launch, choosing a project folder, your first two agents.

Switching to Next TermBring shortcuts, settings, fonts, terminal colours and recent projects from the editor or terminal you use now.

UpdatesThe daily check, one-click install, and the checksum and signature checks behind it.

Agents

Agent status in every tabThe spinner, check, amber “!” and red cross; notifications; how detection reads each agent’s screen.

Agents and the IDE linkWhat Claude Code, Gemini CLI and Qwen Code see, proposed edits as diffs, and Send to Agent (⌥⌘K).

Orchestrate agents (MCP)One agent opens projects, starts the others in tabs, answers their questions, reads their screens and files.

Editor and diffs

Code editorGo to File (⌘P), 112 grammars, git blame, Jupyter notebooks, large data files, and files that follow your agents.

Side-by-side diffs⌥⌘G on any changed file; stage, unstage or revert one hunk at a time, safely; a file as one commit changed it.

Find and Replace in Files⇧⌘F and ⇧⌘R across the project, with regular expressions, masks and a preview.

Layouts and split panesSplit tabs into panes; the terminal below, beside or above the editor; the sidebar on either side.

Projects and git

Projects and gitAgent sessions, git colours and +/− counts, the branch popup, the Git Log, and the databases a project names.

Remote tabs on your serversAgents on your VPS over your own ssh (⌥⌘T), kept running in tmux or herdr while your Mac sleeps.

The nxtrm commandOpen folders and files at a line from any terminal; nxtrm mcp for agents.

Guides

Next Term for LangChain and LangGraphPrompt templates in Python strings, notebooks, large datasets, langgraph dev in a tab, tracebacks, API keys, and LangSmith for your agents.

Reference

Keyboard shortcutsEvery default shortcut, and how to change any menu shortcut.

SettingsThe Editor, Terminal, Import and Keyboard Shortcuts tabs: fonts, terminal colours, every menu shortcut, and the menus’ preferences.

Security and privacyLocal-only agent links and MCP socket, no telemetry, the installer, databases, remote tabs, paste protections.

Frequently asked questionsSupported agents and Macs, Open Anyway, comparisons and what comes next.