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# pi-in-zellij


## 🖊️  Floating editor pane

Hit `alt+e` and a floating editor pane appears right in your zellij. Edit code or notes while keeping Pi's full context visible beside you. No more alt-tabbing to a separate editor. And, *you can move and resize this floating pane anywhere*. No more losing your train of thought.

Close the pane when you're done — your edits come right back into Pi's input directly. It's just *nice*.

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## 🌟 Rubbing a Magic Lamp and Making a Wish

Two Pies are better than one. Summon your favorite LLM to do that annoying thing for you — rubbing a magic lamp, making a wish, then waiting for the blue spirit...

- `/summon-setup` — give your favorite LLM a name, like *Lisa*
- In the main Pi, just say *"have Lisa execute this plan", "let Lisa review the changes", "ask Lisa to find info about xxxx"* — Lisa gets summoned into a floating pane. Simple as that


**Main-Pi thinks, Worker-Pi does.**

- **Main-Pi** runs the expensive, smart model — it thinks, plans, and coordinates
- **Worker-Pi** run cheaper models — searching code, writing boilerplate, reviewing PRs, checking types
- **No context pollution** — Worker-Pi runs in his own pane, main-Pi stays clean
- **Full visibility** — every Pi output streams in front of you. Interrupt if needed.

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## 💾 Geometry memory

Pi remembers where you like your floating panes. Close a pane, open it again later — it comes back exactly where you left it. Pane positions are saved individually.

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<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sollawen/pi-in-zellij/main/pi-in-zellij.jpg" style="width: 50%;">


## Install

```bash
pi install npm:pi-in-zellij
```

That's it. Restart Pi and you're ready.


## Requirements

- [Zellij](https://zellij.dev) — you're using it, right?
- [Pi](https://pi.dev) — obviously
- A terminal that supports floating panes (Zellij does by default)

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### Sollawen

email: sollawen@163.com