Mirror: Your Terminal Sessions as a Readable Workspace

Overview

Mirror is a free plugin for Claude Code, which is a coding tool made by Anthropic. It turns text-based coding conversations into a clean, easy-to-read view in your web browser. When you use Claude Code in your terminal, long chats can scroll away quickly and become hard to read. Mirror solves this by showing your conversation history in a browser tab with formatted text, highlighted code, and organized sections. It works by reading the files that Claude Code already saves on your computer. It does not send your data to any servers and does not cost extra money or use up your AI tokens.

Benefits

Mirror offers several key advantages for developers who use Claude Code. First, it provides a live view of your current conversation that updates in real time. You can see a green dot to know which session is active. Second, it helps you manage past work by listing all your previous sessions on the left side of the screen. You can group them by project and sort them by how recently you used them. Third, it includes powerful search tools. You can search across all your sessions at once or find specific text inside a single conversation. The search works even inside hidden parts of the conversation like tool calls. Fourth, it makes complex information easier to read. It shows code with color highlighting, turns diagrams into interactive images, and groups long lists of tool calls into neat sections. Finally, it is completely free and private. It never calls an AI model, so it does not add to your bill, and it keeps all your data on your own machine.

Use Cases

Mirror is designed for developers who want to keep track of their coding work. It is useful when you are working on a large project and need to look back at old decisions or code snippets. You can use it to find a specific error message you fixed days ago without scrolling through endless text. It is also great for team members who need to understand what was discussed in a previous session. They can read the formatted history to get context quickly. Developers who generate diagrams or images during coding can use Mirror to view them properly instead of seeing long strings of code. It is also helpful for resuming work. You can copy a command from the sidebar to pick up exactly where you left off in a previous session. Since it works on macOS and Linux, it fits well into the daily workflow of many software engineers.

Pricing

Mirror is completely free to use. It does not require a subscription or any payment. It reads the transcript files that Claude Code already creates on your disk. It never makes a call to an AI model, so it does not use any of your monthly tokens or add to your bill. You only need to have an existing Claude Code subscription to use it.

Vibes

Users appreciate Mirror for its simplicity and privacy. Many developers love that it costs nothing extra and keeps their data safe on their local machine. The interface is described as clean and organized, making it easy to navigate through long coding sessions. People find the ability to search across all their history very helpful for finding lost information. The fact that it renders diagrams and images nicely is also a popular feature. Overall, it is seen as a smart addition that enhances the Claude Code experience without adding any complexity or cost.

Additional Information

Mirror is an open-source project hosted on GitHub under the name anona-labs. It is built using only the Python standard library, which means it has no extra dependencies to install. It runs on macOS and Linux systems that have Python 3.8 or newer installed. The project is maintained by the Anona Labs team. It is designed to be lightweight and easy to set up with just a few simple commands.