StreamView Documentation

Installation

Quick Start

1. Add a terminal — Click + Add Stream in the tab bar or press Ctrl+N
2. Choose a shell — Select PowerShell, Command Prompt, WSL, or any Windows Terminal profile
3. Arrange your layout — Use the layout buttons: Grid, Main+Sidebar, Rows, or Single
4. Work across terminals — Click stream tabs to switch focus between panes

StreamView offers four layout modes to organize your terminals:

Switch layouts using the buttons in the toolbar. Your layout preference is saved per workspace.

Organize related terminals into workspaces — one for each project or task. Each workspace maintains its own streams and layout independently.

Adding Streams

• Click + Add Stream in the tab bar, or press Ctrl+N
• Choose from detected Windows Terminal profiles, custom saved streams, or create a new stream
• Your default shell (configurable in Settings) appears first in the list

Right-Click Menu

• Right-click a stream tab — Duplicate or Remove the stream
• Right-click the tab bar — Quick-add a new stream from the profile menu

Stream Profiles

Save frequently used terminal configurations as reusable profiles:

1. Open Settings > Streams
2. Click + Create New Stream
3. Set the name, command, working directory, and accent color
4. Launch saved profiles from the add-stream menu or the Welcome screen

StreamView auto-saves your session every 30 seconds and when the app closes:

• Open terminals and their positions
• Workspace configurations
• Layout preferences
• Window size and position

Everything restores automatically on next launch. Two settings control this in Settings > General > Startup:

Access settings via Ctrl+, or the gear icon.

General

Appearance

History

Supported Shells

Windows Terminal Integration

StreamView automatically detects all profiles configured in Windows Terminal. Custom profiles appear in the add-stream menu with their shell paths and working directories imported.

ANSI Color Support

StreamView records terminal output for later review. History is stored locally — you can point the data directory at a cloud-synced folder (OneDrive, Dropbox, etc.) to access history across machines, but StreamView itself has no cloud features.

Each stream can have its own recording mode, controlling what gets saved to session history. Set this per-template in the stream profile editor.

Share screenshots with Claude Code directly from StreamView:

1. Take a screenshot with Win+Shift+S (or PrtSc)
2. Click the camera button in the stream header, press Ctrl+Shift+V, or Ctrl+V when the clipboard has an image
3. StreamView saves the image as PNG and types the file path into the terminal
4. Claude Code reads the image file directly — no manual file management needed

Screenshots are saved to {DataDir}/screenshots/.

StreamView includes an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that lets Claude Code search your terminal history and log its own summaries.

Setup

Add the StreamView MCP server to your project's .mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "streamview": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "powershell",
      "args": ["-NoProfile", "-ExecutionPolicy", "Bypass",
               "-File", "path/to/mcp-server.ps1"]
    }
  }
}

Available MCP Tools

Recommended Claude Code Setup

• Use the built-in "Claude Code" stream template (or create one with your preferred shell)
• Set recording mode to Input Only — captures prompts cleanly, skips TUI noise
• Enable the MCP server so Claude can log findings and search past sessions

The data directory is configurable in Settings > Data > Data Directory. Point it at a cloud-synced folder (OneDrive, Dropbox) to access history and settings across machines.

Portable data (follows data directory)

Machine-local data (always local)