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Open In opens the selected worktree’s directory in Finder, Terminal, or apps you register yourself. There’s a single global list, and you can use a different list per repository if you need one.

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Where you open it from

It’s the split button at the right end of the top bar.
  • The arrow button opens the Open in… menu.
  • The icon button reruns the last item you picked. Its icon and tooltip change to match it.
The Open in… menu open from the split button at the right end of the top bar, listing Finder, Terminal, Copy path, and a registered Visual Studio Code entry
The last selection persists across restarts, and it’s remembered once for the whole app, so every repository shares that choice.
Open In only appears in the top bar, and only when a worktree is selected.

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Default entries

Default entries are the 4 built into the app. You can’t delete them, and turning off the toggle hides them from the menu.
Open in browser appears in the menu only when ParalleLane can determine the repository’s web address, even with the toggle on. There’s no automatic detection of installed apps. You have to add anything besides Finder and Terminal yourself.

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Editing the global list

Edit the default list shared by every repository in Settings → ParalleLane → Open In. Toggling an entry or adding or removing an app saves immediately. There’s no separate save button.
The toggles and the Add app button are disabled until settings finish loading. If the save fails, an Update failed toast appears.

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Adding an app

1

Add an app

Click Add app in the Added apps row. A file picker opens starting at /Applications, and you can only choose applications (.app).
2

Check the name

The name comes from the file name with its extension removed (/Applications/Warp.app → Warp). You can edit the field, and the change takes effect when it loses focus.
3

Choose an icon

Click the icon button to the left of the name (Change icon) to pick the icon used in the menu.
The app’s full path appears on the right of the row, and the trash button removes it. Added apps are listed after the default entries, in the order you added them.
The app picker is built for macOS (starting path /Applications, filtered to .app). A picker tailored to other operating systems isn’t available yet.
What gets registered is the app’s path at the time you selected it. If you move or delete the app, launching it fails. Delete the entry and add it again.

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Choosing an icon

You choose an icon from the 20 the app provides. A newly added app defaults to play; ParalleLane doesn’t read the app’s actual icon. play, terminal, terminal-square, code, file-code, file-text, folder, folder-open, globe, compass, book, database, pencil, image, music, bug, box, wrench, rocket, zap Default entries have fixed icons (Open in browser uses an icon matching the host, or a globe icon when the host is unknown).

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Per-repository settings and precedence

PRO only. Only per-repository overrides are a Pro feature. The global list can be edited on any plan, and clicking Override on Basic shows an upgrade prompt.
In Settings → Projects → Open In, pick a repository, then choose Inherit or Override in the Project Open In row.

Inherit

Uses the global list as is. No separate editable list is shown.

Override

A list just for this repository appears below, and you edit it the same way as the global list.
When an override exists, only that list is used and the global list is ignored. The 2 lists don’t merge. An app you later add to the global list doesn’t automatically carry over.
  • Inherit → Override copies the global list at that moment as a starting point.
  • Override → Inherit deletes the repository’s list and follows the global list again. Overriding again copies the global list at that later time.
The switch button is disabled until the override state is confirmed, and while the switch is being processed.

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Things to know

  • The menu order can’t be changed. Default entries come first in a fixed order, followed by added apps in the order you added them. To reorder them, delete and re-add.
  • Hide everything and the button disappears. If you turn off every default entry and have no added apps, the Open In button doesn’t appear in the top bar.
  • It opens the worktree directory. The path it passes along is the directory of the worktree you’re currently viewing, whatever file or commit you have selected.