Getting started

LivePane lets you watch and control live agent terminal panes on machines you own. You install a small agent on each computer, claim it in the web app, then create sessions that stream to the browser.

Path in four steps

1. Sign up — Create a free account at livepane.io. You get a personal workspace (no card required).
2. Install the agent — Put the livepane binary on the machine you want to connect. See Install the agent.
3. Claim the machine — As the workspace owner, run livepane claim on that computer, paste the claim code under Machines → Link a machine, then keep the agent running. See Claim a machine.
4. Create a session — With an online machine, open Create session (or Machines → Create session), pick the machine and working directory, and open the live terminal view.

What you need

Item	Notes
LivePane account	Free personal workspace is enough to start — create account
Workspace owner access	Only owners can confirm machine claims
A machine you control	macOS or Linux (amd64 / arm64) for the install script; build from source for other setups
Network path to your LivePane server	The agent must reach the API URL you pass to claim (not only the web SPA origin)

Next

• Create a free account — open the product and sign up
• Install the agent — Homebrew, install script, or build from source
• Claim a machine — web claim flow and going online
• MCP & CLI — personal access tokens (PAT), IDE MCP, and the capabilities CLI