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Arugula

Known limitations

Arugula is in beta. This page lists what isn’t available on every platform, and the gaps you’re most likely to run into.

Platform support

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Most of Arugula works everywhere; these features aren’t available on every platform.

Feature macOS Linux Windows
Panes that keep running through daemon restarts and updates ✓ ✓ ✓
Shell integration (command marks, Rerun) ✓ bash, zsh, fish ✓ bash, zsh, fish ✓ PowerShell
Claude Code or Codex in a terminal pane, with hooks and cards ✓ ✓ ✓
Agent blocks, and continuing a Claude Code conversation in one ✓ ✓ –
Claude Code’s edits as diff cards ✓ ✓ –
Editor blocks (VS Code) ✓ ✓ –
arugula --ssh, from or to the machine ✓ ✓ –
The desktop app’s Daemon menu ✓ ✓ –
Opening folders from the file manager ✓ Finder ✓ Nautilus –
Starting the daemon at boot, with nobody logged in --system lingering --system
The desktop app updating itself ✓ ✓ AppImage (.deb, .rpm: your package manager) ✓

On Windows, arugulad install --system runs the daemon where programs can’t use Credential Manager or Git Credential Manager.

Installing

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The Windows installer isn’t signed: SmartScreen asks you to choose More info, then Run anyway.

Features

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A few features have limits worth knowing before you rely on them.

  • Browser blocks on ports and editor blocks are off until you give the daemon a listener for them, and they aren’t relayed through Arugula control: the device showing them has to reach the machine itself (Blocks).
  • Arugula reads the screens of Claude Code and Codex in a terminal. Other agents (aider, gemini, opencode) count as agents, but only hooks, terminal notifications and the bell say when they need you.
  • GitLab issues aren’t shown (GitLab merge requests are), and Forgejo has no way to rerun checks from Arugula.

Arugula control

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The hosted Arugula control is free during the beta and provided as is; its terms say what that means. Running your own control isn’t supported for now; without control, Arugula works over your tailnet.

Next steps

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