Best Claude Squad Alternative
Claude Squad alternatives come up when a tmux-based terminal UI stops being enough: you want a GUI with an editor, diff review, and a browser, notifications when an agent needs you, or isolation in containers and on remote or cloud machines.
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What to look for in a Claude Squad alternative
- A worktree per session, created and cleaned up for you
- Diff review and an easy path to a pull request
- Notifications when an agent needs you
- The same terminal agents you run today
Recommended options
Agentastic
Our pickNative macOS workspace with 55 built-in agent definitions and a git worktree or container per task. Built-in editor, browser, diff viewer, and AI code review.
cmux
Free, GPL-licensed Ghostty-based Mac terminal for coding agents, with vertical tabs, notification rings, a scriptable browser, and a diff viewer. You script the worktrees.
Orca
Open-source (MIT) Electron IDE for running coding agents in parallel worktrees on macOS, Windows, and Linux, with iOS and Android companions.
Superset
Source-available (ELv2) workspace that runs any CLI agent in git worktrees, with an editor, an agent-drivable browser, and a CLI and SDK. Remote access and mobile need Pro.
How to switch from Claude Squad cleanly
Claude Squad sessions are tmux sessions on git worktrees, so your branches are already isolated: commit or push them, then open the repository in Agentastic and launch the same agent. Commands you saved as Claude Squad profiles can be added as custom agents under Settings → Connections, and tmux keeps working inside Agentastic terminals, including tmux -CC as native tabs.
Common questions
What is Claude Squad?
Claude Squad is an open-source terminal app, started with cs, that runs several coding agents at once and gives each session its own tmux session and git worktree. It defaults to Claude Code and can run Codex, Gemini, Aider, or any other command.
Claude Squad vs Conductor: which should I use?
Claude Squad is a free, AGPL-licensed terminal app that runs any CLI agent with tmux and worktrees. Conductor is a Mac app with a chat interface for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and OpenCode, with cloud workspaces on its $50-a-month Pro plan.
Does Claude Squad work on Windows?
Claude Squad publishes Windows builds, but it requires tmux, so plan on macOS, Linux, or WSL. Agentastic is macOS-only; Orca and Emdash run natively on Windows.
Is Claude Squad free?
Yes. Claude Squad is open source under the AGPL-3.0 license. Agentastic is free but closed source.
Does Claude Squad work with Codex?
Yes. Launch it with cs -p "codex" or save Codex as a profile; its README also shows Gemini and Aider. Agentastic ships 55 built-in agent definitions and accepts any terminal command as a custom agent.