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Munder Difflin is presented as an open source desktop app that coordinates terminal coding agents in a pixel-art office. Each desk represents a live terminal session with its own working directory, memory and mailbox. The coordinator, Michael, routes tasks and sends spending, destructive operations and scope changes to an approvals queue. Users can open a desk to type into its terminal or inspect files and Git history.
The walkthrough explains a coordination layer built from plain files in a local Git repository. Agents write to outboxes, a router delivers messages, and one process handles Git commits to avoid competing writes. The speaker also describes a circuit breaker for agents that loop or exceed their token budget.
Setup uses a repository clone, npm install and npm run dev. The install hook rebuilds node-pty for Electron. The speaker points to signed and notarized macOS builds and releases for Windows and Linux. Existing CLI subscriptions or provider keys supply model access; local LLM connections use Ollama, LM Studio or vLLM.
The review discusses version 0.4.5 fixes for cost reporting, semantic memory on Apple Silicon and mail delivery. It also notes limits: the project calls itself a working prototype, its MIT source license does not cover the separately licensed office tiles, and optional paid services include cloud sandbox VMs and team messaging.
