Best Conductor Alternative
Conductor alternatives come up when you want broader agent support beyond Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor, a built-in editor or agent-drivable browser, container isolation, or scriptable control from a CLI.
What to look for in a Conductor alternative
- Support for the agents you already use — and custom terminal agents
- A built-in editor, browser, diff viewer, and code review
- Worktrees plus optional container, cloud, or remote-SSH isolation
- A CLI or API for launching, checking, and messaging agents
Recommended options
Agentastic
Our pickNative macOS workspace with 40 built-in agent definitions for parallel git worktrees. Built-in editor, browser, diff viewer, and code review.
Paseo
Open-source agent orchestrator with desktop, web, mobile, and CLI clients connected to a self-hosted daemon.
Superset
Source-available macOS workspace for running any CLI agent in parallel terminal panes and git worktrees.
How to switch from Conductor cleanly
Open the same repository in Agentastic and your installed agent CLIs are discovered automatically. The worktree-per-task mental model carries over; Agentastic adds 40 built-in definitions, a native editor and browser, containers, remote workspaces, and the system-wide dev CLI.
Common questions
Why move from Conductor?
You may not need to. Conductor is a strong chat-first choice for Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. Agentastic fits better when you want a terminal-first native IDE, many more agent definitions, browser automation, containers, remote SSH, or scripting.
Does Conductor support git worktrees?
Yes. Both Conductor and Agentastic isolate parallel tasks with git worktrees.