A Claude Code manager for Windows

Yes. Claude Code is Anthropic's agentic coding tool, and it runs on Windows. What has been missing for Windows developers is a good graphical way to run it — a desktop app that manages Claude Code across every project instead of a lone terminal window per repo. Most of the polished Claude Code GUIs shipped macOS-only, which left Windows users stuck in the CLI.

Aiola closes that gap. It's a local desktop app for Windows 10+ (64-bit) and macOS that turns Claude Code into a managed, multi-project workspace: parallel threads, a central view across every repo, tasks that trigger agents, and an operations layer — app logs, analytics, feedback, and automations — around the code. Download Aiola for Windows and you're running Claude Code with a real interface in a couple of minutes.

If you've searched for a Claude Code desktop app, you've probably run into the same wall: the tool looks great, then the download page only offers a .dmg. Conductor — the strongest Claude Code GUI — is macOS only. Several others in the category are the same. On a Windows PC, that's a dead end.

This is a structural gap, not a small one. Plenty of developers run Claude Code on Windows machines every day, and the demand shows up in the numbers — Windows installer (.exe) downloads of Aiola outnumber Mac (.dmg) downloads. Windows-first is not a niche; it's where a lot of Claude Code work actually happens.

Aiola was built cross-platform from the start. The same app, the same features, on Windows and Mac — so you don't have to choose between a good GUI and the OS you already use. If you want the head-to-head, see the Conductor alternative page.

Aiola runs on Windows 10+ (64-bit) and macOS 11+ (Apple Silicon and Intel). It wraps Claude Code with the surfaces a multi-project workflow needs:

• Threads — each thread is an independent Claude Code session with chat, diffs, branches, a terminal, and a built-in browser. Run several in parallel on Windows and split them side by side.
• Tasks — a per-project board that can trigger a Claude Code agent and hand the result back as a pull request.
• Automations — schedule recurring Claude Code jobs (triage, checks, summaries) that run on your Windows machine with your own subscription.
• GitHub, app logs, analytics, and feedback — the operations layer that lives next to the code, not in five other tools.
• A central cross-project dashboard so you steer the whole portfolio, not one repo at a time.

None of that is Windows-flavored differently. It's the same command center you'd get on a Mac, shipping as a native Windows desktop app.

Most Claude Code GUIs manage only Claude. Aiola orchestrates Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Grok CLI, and OpenCode from one Windows app, on your own subscriptions. Pick the provider per thread or per task and switch depending on the job — one agent for a refactor, another for a quick fix — without leaving the workspace or opening a second tool.

That cross-vendor reach is the difference between a single-tool GUI and a real command center. And because it's all local, your Windows PC is doing the work directly against your own repositories — Aiola never resells compute and isn't an IDE, it's the operations layer above your editor and CLIs.

Getting Claude Code running with a GUI on Windows takes three steps:

• Check your OS. Aiola needs Windows 10 or newer, 64-bit. Almost every current PC qualifies.
• Download the installer. Grab the Windows .exe from the download page and run it. The download includes a 7-day free trial.
• Sign in to Claude Code. Connect the Claude subscription you already have — Aiola uses your access, with no API-key markup — and start opening projects.

Full step-by-step setup lives in the install docs. Once you're in, every project gets its own workspace and you can run Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Grok CLI, and OpenCode from the same window.

Aiola runs Claude Code on your own Windows machine, against your own repositories. Your code is never uploaded to Aiola — it stays on your machine and goes only to the AI provider you already subscribe to — there's no cloud runner, no compute resale, and no API-key middleman. Threads, tasks, and notes are stored locally; the analytics and app-log events you collect from your own products are ingested through Aiola's cloud when you enable that optional layer. Read more about how Aiola keeps your data yours.

That local-first design is also what makes Windows support real rather than a compatibility footnote: the agent, the files, and the data all live on your machine, so the same app works identically whether you're on Windows 10, Windows 11, or macOS.