Conductor
FreemiumRun a team of coding agents on your Mac.
Published 27 September 2026
Scores
Popularity3/5
Cited as the comparison baseline by multiple newer entrants in its subcategory and backed by a $22M Series A, real mindshare within the still-young agentic-dev-environment niche rather than broad recognition outside it.
Learning Curve2/5
Creating a workspace is a single click that handles the underlying git worktree setup automatically, and starting an agent inside it reuses an existing Claude Code or Codex login with no separate configuration step.
Flexibility3/5
Supports three agent CLIs today and layers workspace management, diff review, and PR automation on top, narrower in agent coverage than open, self-hostable alternatives in the same subcategory.
Performance4/5
Native macOS app dedicated to a single platform, generally reported as responsive when running several parallel agent workspaces at once.
Portability2/5
Closed-source and macOS-only with no self-hosting option, cloud workspace features and collaboration sit behind paid tiers, making it the more vendor-bound choice relative to open, cross-platform alternatives.
About Conductor
Conductor is a Mac desktop app, built by Melty Labs, for running several coding agents in parallel on the same repository without them stepping on each other. Clicking "New Workspace" runs git worktree add behind the scenes on a fresh branch, then starts Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor inside that workspace using the developer's existing login, so each agent gets a fully isolated copy of the repo, file state, and terminal.
Each workspace ships with a visual diff viewer for reviewing an agent's changes and native GitHub and Linear integration, letting an agent open pull requests, read review comments, and respond to them without leaving the app. Turning a finished workspace into an open PR is a single click or command, closing the loop from parallel agent work to a reviewable change.
Conductor is free at its core tier, bringing your own Claude or Codex subscription rather than reselling model access, with paid Pro and Teams tiers adding cloud workspaces, multiplayer collaboration, and centralized admin controls for larger teams. The app is macOS-only and closed-source. Melty Labs is Y Combinator-backed and raised a $22M Series A from Spark Capital and Matrix Partners, having previously built Melty, an open-source AI code editor, before pivoting to Conductor.
Key Features
- One-click workspace creation runs git worktree add on a fresh branch per agent task
- Runs Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor in parallel, each fully isolated in its own worktree
- Visual diff viewer for reviewing an agent's changes before merging
- Native GitHub integration lets agents open PRs, read diffs, and respond to review comments
- Linear integration for issue-to-PR workflows
- One-click or one-command PR creation from a finished workspace
- Free core tier plus Pro/Teams tiers adding cloud workspaces and live collaboration
Pros
- Free core tier with no per-seat cost, bring your own Claude Code or Codex subscription
- Git worktree automation removes the manual branch-juggling of running several agents at once
- De facto incumbent in its subcategory, cited as the comparison baseline by multiple newer competitors
- Native GitHub and Linear integration closes the loop from agent session to reviewable PR
Cons
- macOS-only, no Windows, Linux, or mobile client
- Closed-source, no self-hosting or forking option
- Narrower agent support than the broadest competitors, limited to Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor
- Paid tiers are required for cloud workspaces and any multi-user collaboration
Conductor Pricing
Freemium- · Run multiple coding agents in parallel on local workspaces
- · Bring your own Claude Code or Codex subscription/API keys
- · Git worktree automation and diff viewer
- · Everything in Free
- · Cloud workspaces with usage hours
- · Multiplayer collaboration for up to 5 users
- · API access and mobile app
- · Everything in Pro, per user
- · Live collaboration for teams of any size
- · Admin portal and centralized billing
- · Everything in Teams
- · SAML SSO and SCIM
- · Data processing agreement and purchase-order billing
- · Dedicated support and service-level agreements
Tech Stacks with Conductor
Conductor Dev Stack
DeveloperConductor runs several coding agents in parallel from a Mac, each in its own git worktree, locally or in hosted cloud workspaces, with finished work turned into GitHub pull requests in one click.
Tools Related to Conductor
Works well with Conductor(3)
Claude Code is the primary coding agent Conductor is built to run — clicking "New Workspace" creates an isolated git worktree and starts a Claude Code session inside it using the developer's existing login.
Codex is one of the coding agents Conductor runs in its own isolated worktree, alongside Claude Code and Cursor, using the developer's existing OpenAI login.
Cursor's CLI agent is one of the coding agents Conductor can run inside an isolated git worktree alongside Claude Code and Codex sessions.
Alternatives to Conductor(6)
Both automate a git-worktree-per-task workflow for running parallel coding agents with a visual diff viewer — Conductor is closed-source and macOS-only, cited as the incumbent baseline by newer competitors; Orca is open-source, cross-platform, and self-hostable.
Both are GUI control surfaces that run multiple CLI coding agents in isolated git worktrees with a diff viewer — T3 Code is open-source and cross-platform with mobile clients, Conductor is closed-source and macOS-only but adds cloud workspaces on its paid tiers.
Conductor is a closed-source, macOS-only GUI for running Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor in parallel worktrees; Paseo is an open-source, self-hosted daemon reachable from any device. Genuinely different delivery models for a similar job.
Both are premium, well-funded products for running coding agents, but Warp bundles its own built-in agent inside a terminal, while Conductor is a dedicated Mac GUI for orchestrating Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor with no agent of its own.
Same job of running several coding agents in parallel, delivered through very different interfaces — Herdr is a terminal-native session runtime, Conductor a native macOS GUI app with a visual diff viewer.
Both orchestrate multiple coding-agent CLIs across parallel sessions — OpenHands is open-source and browser-based with an enterprise deployment path, Conductor a closed-source, macOS-only native app.
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Vendor
Melty Labs
Website →Tags
Details
- Maintained
- Yes
- Primary languages
- TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Go, Rust
- Type
- AI IDE
- Open source
- No
- AI features
- Agent, Inline edit