Codelegate v1.1.0 - Git overhaul, terminal UX improvements

After a few weeks of dogfooding Codelegate at work every day, a couple of terminal paper cuts surfaced - and while mitigating a database incident I hit a much bigger problem: the Git subsystem ground to a halt on the large changeset involved. This release is primarily about fixing that by rebuilding the Git subsystem from the ground up.

Git Subsystem Rewrite

The previous implementation shelled out to git and tried to read and render every diff upfront. With a large number of changed files or a single massive diff, that meant runaway memory and CPU usage - often enough to freeze the whole app.

The new backend is written against the Rust-native git2 library while keeping the UI and UX unchanged. File diffs are now fetched lazily and asynchronously so the interface stays responsive, and @tanstack/react-virtual handles the heavy lifting for rendering large changesets.

A few related quality-of-life tweaks came along for the ride: only the first 10 files auto-expand when you open the Git pane, files with excessive changes stay collapsed by default, and syntax highlighting is skipped for very large files.

Terminal Improvements

• Scroll position memory: switching sessions no longer loses your place in the scrollback.
• Selection fix: terminal text selection was being dropped on state updates; this is now preserved.
• Switched to the default xterm.js renderer, which simplifies the rendering pipeline and fixes incorrect font rendering.

Codelegate v1.0.0

This is the first official release of Codelegate Desktop.

Codelegate Desktop is an opinionated workspace for managing coding agent CLI sessions in the same window. It can start sessions in separate Git worktrees for the same repository, group them by repo, and keep navigation fast with keyboard-first controls.

Features in this release:

• Built-in support for Claude Code and Codex CLI
• Multi-session workspace with repository grouping and session search
• Keyboard-first navigation across sessions, panes, and common actions
• Optional automatic Git worktree setup for new sessions
• Per-repository defaults for environment variables and pre-agent commands
• Session status indicators, unread output markers, and agent restart support
• Dedicated Agent, Git, and Terminal panes for each session
• Built-in Git workflow with staged and unstaged diffs, untracked files, stage all, unstage all, discard all, commit, and amend
• Full shell access in the Terminal pane
• Desktop notifications from supported terminal and agent output
• Optional session restore when reopening the app