[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":308},["ShallowReactive",2],{"site-nav-marketing":3,"compare-index":36},{"features":4,"compare":23},[5,8,11,14,17,20],{"label":6,"to":7},"Sessions & status","\u002Ffeatures\u002Fsessions-and-status",{"label":9,"to":10},"Review","\u002Ffeatures\u002Freview",{"label":12,"to":13},"Worktrees & hooks","\u002Ffeatures\u002Fworktrees-and-hooks",{"label":15,"to":16},"Git & issues","\u002Ffeatures\u002Fgit-and-issues",{"label":18,"to":19},"Stacks","\u002Ffeatures\u002Fstacks",{"label":21,"to":22},"Teams","\u002Ffeatures\u002Fteams",[24,27,30,33],{"label":25,"to":26},"vs Claude Code","\u002Fcompare\u002Fclaude-code",{"label":28,"to":29},"vs Claude Squad and Nimbalyst","\u002Fcompare\u002Fclaude-squad-and-nimbalyst",{"label":31,"to":32},"vs Conductor","\u002Fcompare\u002Fconductor",{"label":34,"to":35},"vs Cursor","\u002Fcompare\u002Fcursor",[37,109,182,251],{"path":26,"title":38,"description":39,"competitor":40,"lastVerified":41,"rows":42},"Beyond Claude Code in a terminal or Desktop","Running Claude Code by hand in tmux or terminal tabs, or in Anthropic's Desktop app, compared with Plexus, which runs the same claude CLI on your login.","Claude Code","2026-10-12",[43,49,55,61,66,72,77,82,87,92,98,103],{"topic":44,"plexus":45,"them":46,"sourceUrl":47,"plexusDocsPath":48},"The agent","Runs the Claude Code CLI you already installed, in a real terminal, with your existing login. No API key.","It is Claude Code. It needs a paid Claude subscription or a Claude Console account. With a subscription, no API key is required.","https:\u002F\u002Fcode.claude.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fen\u002Fvs-code","\u002Fdocs\u002Frequirements",{"topic":50,"plexus":51,"them":52,"sourceUrl":53,"plexusDocsPath":54},"Parallel sessions in the terminal","A session per task, each in its own git worktree that Plexus creates and removes.","claude --worktree \u003Cname> starts a session in its own git worktree. Run it again with another name in another terminal for a second session.","https:\u002F\u002Fcode.claude.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fen\u002Fcommon-workflows","\u002Fdocs\u002Fsessions",{"topic":56,"plexus":57,"them":58,"sourceUrl":59,"plexusDocsPath":60},"Background sessions and status","A dot on every session (Working, Needs you, Idle), a blue ring for background subagents, and a dashboard of every session across all repositories.","claude --bg runs a session in the background in a worktree under .claude\u002Fworktrees\u002F. claude agents lists background sessions with states including Working, Needs input and Idle, plus a PR label.","https:\u002F\u002Fcode.claude.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fen\u002Fagent-view","\u002Fdocs\u002Fstatus",{"topic":62,"plexus":63,"them":64,"sourceUrl":65,"plexusDocsPath":48},"Claude Code Desktop","Native app for macOS, Windows and Linux. Every session except one on the project's main checkout gets its own worktree, under \u003Cproject>\u002Fworktrees\u002F.","The Code tab in Claude Desktop runs parallel sessions with an optional worktree each, stored in .claude\u002Fworktrees\u002F by default, with an opt-in setting to archive a session once its PR merges or closes. macOS, Windows, and Linux in beta.","https:\u002F\u002Fcode.claude.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fen\u002Fdesktop",{"topic":67,"plexus":68,"them":69,"sourceUrl":70,"plexusDocsPath":71},"Gitignored files in new worktrees","A copy list per scope, .env and .env.local by default.","A .worktreeinclude file lists gitignored files to copy into new worktrees.","https:\u002F\u002Fcode.claude.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fen\u002Fworktrees","\u002Fdocs\u002Fworktrees",{"topic":73,"plexus":74,"them":75,"sourceUrl":65,"plexusDocsPath":76},"Reviewing the agent's changes","Review tab: a PR-style diff, inline comments sent to the agent, AI review, an unattended review-and-fix cycle, and the pull request conversation.","Desktop: a diff view with line comments Claude acts on, and \u002Fcode-review, which returns its findings as a Code review card grouped by file.","\u002Fdocs\u002Freview",{"topic":78,"plexus":79,"them":80,"sourceUrl":65,"plexusDocsPath":81},"Pull requests and CI","GitHub and Bitbucket pull requests with status and CI per session. One-click sign-in; the gh CLI is not needed.","Desktop: a CI status bar once a PR is open, Auto-fix for failing checks and Auto-merge. Requires the GitHub CLI (gh).","\u002Fdocs\u002Fpull-requests",{"topic":83,"plexus":84,"them":85,"sourceUrl":65,"plexusDocsPath":86},"Issue trackers","GitHub issues, GitHub Projects boards and Plnnrly projects (backlog, board and sprints) as tabs in the app, on a paid plan. Start a session from any issue or work item, linked to it.","Desktop: connectors for GitHub, Linear, Notion and more, which let Claude create issues and work with those tools from a local or SSH session.","\u002Fdocs\u002Ftoolchain",{"topic":88,"plexus":89,"them":90,"sourceUrl":65,"plexusDocsPath":91},"Notifications","A native notification when a session needs you, with an optional sound. Held back while background subagents are still running.","Desktop: a notification when a session finishes a task and you are not viewing it. The sidebar filters by status, project and environment.","\u002Fdocs\u002Fstatus#getting-notified",{"topic":93,"plexus":94,"them":95,"sourceUrl":96,"plexusDocsPath":97},"Hooks","Create, Run and Teardown scripts at global, workspace and project level, with combine modes and repository hooks in .plexus\u002Fhooks.json.","Claude Code hooks cover many lifecycle events, including WorktreeCreate and WorktreeRemove, and can be shell commands, HTTP endpoints, MCP tool calls, prompts or subagents.","https:\u002F\u002Fcode.claude.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fen\u002Fhooks","\u002Fdocs\u002Fhooks",{"topic":99,"plexus":100,"them":101,"sourceUrl":65,"plexusDocsPath":102},"Where sessions run","On your machine, in the session's worktree.","Desktop sessions can run locally, in Anthropic's cloud, over SSH or in WSL. Cloud usage counts toward your plan's limits.","\u002Fdocs\u002Fagent",{"topic":104,"plexus":105,"them":106,"sourceUrl":107,"plexusDocsPath":108},"A terminal multiplexer","Not needed. Each session has its own terminal in the app.","tmux runs on OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux, macOS and Solaris.","https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Ftmux\u002Ftmux","\u002Fdocs\u002Fterminal",{"path":29,"title":110,"description":111,"competitor":112,"lastVerified":113,"rows":114},"Claude Squad and Nimbalyst (Crystal) alternative","Claude Squad is a tmux terminal UI over worktrees; Nimbalyst, Crystal's successor, is a visual workspace for coding agents. How both compare with Plexus.","Claude Squad and Nimbalyst","2026-10-15",[115,121,126,130,135,140,145,148,153,158,162,168,173,177],{"topic":116,"plexus":117,"them":118,"sourceUrl":119,"plexusDocsPath":120},"Form factor: Claude Squad","A native desktop app.","A terminal app that manages several local agents, each in its own tmux session and git worktree. Requires tmux and gh.","https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fsmtg-ai\u002Fclaude-squad","\u002Fdocs\u002Finstall",{"topic":122,"plexus":123,"them":124,"sourceUrl":125,"plexusDocsPath":48},"Form factor: Nimbalyst","A native desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux.","A desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux, plus an iOS companion.","https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002FNimbalyst\u002Fnimbalyst",{"topic":127,"plexus":128,"them":129,"sourceUrl":119,"plexusDocsPath":48},"Agents: Claude Squad","Claude Code.","Claude Code by default, plus Codex, Gemini, Aider and other local agents through profiles.",{"topic":131,"plexus":132,"them":133,"sourceUrl":134,"plexusDocsPath":48},"Agents: Nimbalyst","Always the Claude Code CLI you installed.","Claude Agent, Nimbalyst's integrated Claude coding agent. The raw Claude Code CLI provider is opt-in for new installations. OpenAI Codex is on by default, and OpenCode, Copilot, Cursor Agent and others are in alpha.","https:\u002F\u002Fnimbalyst.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fsetup-nimbalyst\u002Fai-provider-setup-and-notifications\u002F",{"topic":136,"plexus":137,"them":138,"sourceUrl":139,"plexusDocsPath":48},"Model access: Nimbalyst","Your existing Claude Code login. No API key.","Bring your own AI access: a Claude Code or Codex subscription, an API key, or local models through LM Studio.","https:\u002F\u002Fnimbalyst.com\u002Fpricing\u002F",{"topic":141,"plexus":142,"them":143,"sourceUrl":119,"plexusDocsPath":144},"Price: Claude Squad","Proprietary, not open source; free to download. The core app is free, and a paid plan adds sync, team features, GitHub issues, GitHub Projects boards and Plnnrly projects inside the app, and stacks with ordered merging.","Free, licensed AGPL-3.0.","\u002Fdocs\u002Fbilling",{"topic":146,"plexus":142,"them":147,"sourceUrl":139,"plexusDocsPath":144},"Price: Nimbalyst","The core is free for individual users and MIT-licensed. Teams (in beta) adds real-time collaboration and shared trackers; Enterprise adds a collaboration server that can run in your own cloud. See their pricing page.",{"topic":149,"plexus":150,"them":151,"sourceUrl":152,"plexusDocsPath":71},"Worktrees: Nimbalyst","Every session except one on the main checkout gets a worktree automatically, with env files copied in and a block of dev-server ports.","A worktree session starts from New Worktree, a tracker item or a pull request. Worktrees require Developer Mode.","https:\u002F\u002Fnimbalyst.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fdeveloper-features\u002Fworktrees\u002F",{"topic":154,"plexus":155,"them":156,"sourceUrl":157,"plexusDocsPath":60},"Knowing which agent needs you: Nimbalyst","A dot on every session, a dashboard of all sessions and a native notification when one is waiting.","A session list with an attention list that groups sessions by what they need, a kanban of sessions by phase, and desktop notifications.","https:\u002F\u002Fnimbalyst.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fsession-management\u002Fagent-window-and-session-management\u002F",{"topic":159,"plexus":160,"them":161,"sourceUrl":119,"plexusDocsPath":76},"Review: Claude Squad","A PR-style diff with comments sent to the agent, AI review and an unattended review-and-fix cycle.","A preview tab and a diff tab per session.",{"topic":163,"plexus":164,"them":165,"sourceUrl":166,"plexusDocsPath":167},"Review: Nimbalyst","Pull request conversations from GitHub and Bitbucket, with reply, resolve and new inline comments.","A Pull Request mode with conversation, files changed, commits, checks and Review with AI, through your gh login on GitHub and GitHub Enterprise. Inline review threads cannot be authored yet.","https:\u002F\u002Fnimbalyst.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fdeveloper-features\u002Fpull-request-reviews\u002F","\u002Fdocs\u002Freview#pull-request-comments",{"topic":169,"plexus":170,"them":171,"sourceUrl":119,"plexusDocsPath":172},"Git: Claude Squad","A git client per session and a project git client with a commit graph.","A key to commit and pause a session, and a key to commit and push the branch to GitHub.","\u002Fdocs\u002Fproject-git",{"topic":174,"plexus":84,"them":175,"sourceUrl":176,"plexusDocsPath":86},"Issue tracking: Nimbalyst","A built-in tracker with bugs, tasks, plans and other item types, kept in its local database or in markdown files, on a kanban board. Agents create and update items, and items link to sessions.","https:\u002F\u002Fnimbalyst.com\u002Fdocs\u002Ftask-management\u002Foverview\u002F",{"topic":178,"plexus":179,"them":180,"sourceUrl":181,"plexusDocsPath":97},"Automation: Nimbalyst","Create, Run and Teardown hooks at global, workspace and project level.","Automations: scheduled prompts defined in markdown files.","https:\u002F\u002Fnimbalyst.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fsession-management\u002Fautomations\u002F",{"path":32,"title":183,"description":184,"competitor":185,"lastVerified":113,"rows":186},"Conductor alternative for Claude Code","Plexus and Conductor both run coding agents in parallel git worktrees. How they differ on platforms, the claude binary, review, hooks, git hosts and cloud.","Conductor",[187,192,196,201,204,209,214,219,224,229,233,238,243,246],{"topic":188,"plexus":189,"them":190,"sourceUrl":191,"plexusDocsPath":48},"Platforms","macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel), Windows x64 and Linux x86_64.","macOS. Conductor says it is not available for Windows or Linux yet.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.conductor.build\u002Fdocs\u002Finstallation",{"topic":193,"plexus":128,"them":194,"sourceUrl":195,"plexusDocsPath":48},"Agents","Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and OpenCode, in parallel.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.conductor.build\u002Fdocs",{"topic":197,"plexus":198,"them":199,"sourceUrl":200,"plexusDocsPath":48},"The Claude Code binary","The claude you installed yourself, found on your PATH.","Ships its own bundled copy of Claude Code and Codex, which you should not update or modify, and adds Conductor system prompts that you can customise per repository.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.conductor.build\u002Fdocs\u002Ffaq",{"topic":202,"plexus":137,"them":203,"sourceUrl":200,"plexusDocsPath":48},"Model access","Uses the auth already on your machine: a Claude Pro or Max login or an API key. Cursor sessions need a Cursor API key.",{"topic":205,"plexus":206,"them":207,"sourceUrl":208,"plexusDocsPath":102},"Where agents run","On your machine.","Local workspaces, plus Conductor Cloud: an isolated cloud sandbox per agent, with your repos and dependencies pre-installed, that keeps working after you close the laptop.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.conductor.build\u002Fdocs\u002Fcloud",{"topic":210,"plexus":211,"them":212,"sourceUrl":213,"plexusDocsPath":144},"Price","The core app is free. A paid plan adds sync, team features, GitHub issues, GitHub Projects boards and Plnnrly projects inside the app, and stacks with ordered merging.","A free plan for local workspaces. Paid plans add Conductor Cloud, multiplayer, the Conductor API and a mobile app. See their pricing page.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.conductor.build\u002Fpricing",{"topic":215,"plexus":216,"them":217,"sourceUrl":218,"plexusDocsPath":71},"Worktree location","Inside the project, at \u003Cproject>\u002Fworktrees\u002F\u003Csession> by default. Configurable, always under the project root.","A worktree per workspace, usually under ~\u002Fconductor\u002Fworkspaces\u002F\u003Crepo>\u002F\u003Cworkspace>.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.conductor.build\u002Fdocs\u002Fconcepts\u002Fgit-worktrees",{"topic":220,"plexus":221,"them":222,"sourceUrl":223,"plexusDocsPath":71},"Env files and ports","Copies a list of files into each worktree (.env and .env.local by default) and reserves a block of 10 ports per session.","A Files to copy setting for gitignored files, and a port range per workspace in CONDUCTOR_PORT.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.conductor.build\u002Fdocs\u002Fconfigure-your-project",{"topic":225,"plexus":226,"them":227,"sourceUrl":228,"plexusDocsPath":97},"Scripts and hooks","Create, Run and Teardown hooks at global, workspace and project level, with combine modes, plus hooks committed in .plexus\u002Fhooks.json.","Setup, run and archive scripts, edited in the app or in .conductor\u002Fsettings.toml, which you commit to share them with teammates.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.conductor.build\u002Fdocs\u002Freference\u002Fscripts",{"topic":9,"plexus":230,"them":231,"sourceUrl":232,"plexusDocsPath":76},"A PR-style diff with comments sent to the agent, AI review, an unattended review-and-fix cycle, and the pull request conversation.","A Diff Viewer with line comments sent to the agent, and GitHub review comments shown in Conductor.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.conductor.build\u002Fdocs\u002Freference\u002Fdiff-viewer",{"topic":234,"plexus":235,"them":236,"sourceUrl":237,"plexusDocsPath":81},"Before merging","PR status and aggregate CI status on every session.","A Checks tab that gathers git status, PR metadata, CI checks, deployments, GitHub comments and todos, and can block or discourage a merge while work is open.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.conductor.build\u002Fdocs\u002Freference\u002Fchecks",{"topic":239,"plexus":240,"them":241,"sourceUrl":191,"plexusDocsPath":242},"Git hosts","GitHub and Bitbucket, with a one-click sign-in. The gh CLI is not needed.","Setup requires GitHub authentication in the terminal (gh auth status).","\u002Fdocs\u002Fconnections",{"topic":83,"plexus":84,"them":244,"sourceUrl":245,"plexusDocsPath":86},"Create a workspace from a GitHub or Linear issue, and the agent inherits the issue's title, description and context.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.conductor.build\u002Fdocs\u002Fguides\u002Fissue-to-pr",{"topic":247,"plexus":248,"them":249,"sourceUrl":213,"plexusDocsPath":250},"Team features","Organization workspaces, managed settings and a shared prompt library, on paid seats.","Multiplayer and live collaboration on paid plans, and an admin portal on Teams.","\u002Fdocs\u002Fshared-workspaces",{"path":35,"title":252,"description":253,"competitor":254,"lastVerified":41,"rows":255},"Cursor and IDE agents alternative for Claude Code","Plexus runs the Claude Code CLI; Cursor, Copilot in VS Code and Claude Code's IDE extensions put an agent in an editor. Compared on models and billing.","Cursor",[256,262,266,271,276,281,286,290,294,299,304],{"topic":257,"plexus":258,"them":259,"sourceUrl":260,"plexusDocsPath":261},"What it is","A desktop app that runs and organizes Claude Code CLI sessions. It has an explorer and editor, but it is not a full IDE.","Cursor is an AI code editor. Its Agents Window is a workspace for agents across repositories and environments: local, cloud, remote SSH and more.","https:\u002F\u002Fcursor.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fagent\u002Fagents-window","\u002Fdocs\u002Fexplorer",{"topic":188,"plexus":263,"them":264,"sourceUrl":265,"plexusDocsPath":48},"macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel), Windows x64, Linux x86_64.","macOS (ARM64, x64, Universal), Windows (x64, ARM64), Linux (.deb, RPM, AppImage on x64 and ARM64).","https:\u002F\u002Fcursor.com\u002Fdownload",{"topic":267,"plexus":268,"them":269,"sourceUrl":270,"plexusDocsPath":48},"Models and billing","Claude Code with your existing Claude login. No API key.","Cursor's own plans, a free Hobby tier and paid tiers with included usage plus on-demand usage.","https:\u002F\u002Fcursor.com\u002Fpricing",{"topic":272,"plexus":273,"them":274,"sourceUrl":275,"plexusDocsPath":48},"Your own API keys","Not used. Sessions run on your Claude Code login.","Your own Anthropic, OpenAI and other keys work for chat models in the model picker. Tab completion keeps using Cursor's built-in models.","https:\u002F\u002Fcursor.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fsettings\u002Fapi-keys",{"topic":277,"plexus":278,"them":279,"sourceUrl":280,"plexusDocsPath":71},"Parallel agents locally","A git worktree per session, with files copied in, a port block and Create hooks.","Local agents in worktrees, each with its own files and dependencies, set up through .cursor\u002Fworktrees.json. Bring results back with \u002Fapply-worktree or commit from the worktree.","https:\u002F\u002Fcursor.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fconfiguration\u002Fworktrees",{"topic":282,"plexus":283,"them":284,"sourceUrl":285,"plexusDocsPath":102},"Cloud agents","None. Agents run on your machine.","Cloud Agents run in isolated cloud VMs, clone from GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps or Bitbucket Cloud, and can be started from the web, the desktop app, the iOS app, Slack, Linear, a GitHub issue or pull request, a Bitbucket pull request and the API. Charged at API pricing for the selected model.","https:\u002F\u002Fcursor.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fbackground-agent",{"topic":83,"plexus":287,"them":288,"sourceUrl":289,"plexusDocsPath":86},"GitHub issues, GitHub Projects boards and Plnnrly projects (backlog, board and sprints) as tabs in the app, on a paid plan. Start a local session from any issue or work item, linked to it.","Assign a Linear issue to Cursor, or mention @Cursor in it, to start a Cloud Agent that opens a pull request when it finishes. A Cursor admin connects Linear.","https:\u002F\u002Fcursor.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fintegrations\u002Flinear",{"topic":9,"plexus":291,"them":292,"sourceUrl":293,"plexusDocsPath":76},"A PR-style diff with comments sent to the agent, AI review, an unattended review-and-fix cycle and the pull request conversation.","Bugbot reviews every pull request update automatically on GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and Azure DevOps, with project rules in .cursor\u002FBUGBOT.md.","https:\u002F\u002Fcursor.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fbugbot",{"topic":295,"plexus":296,"them":297,"sourceUrl":298,"plexusDocsPath":102},"VS Code with GitHub Copilot","Runs the Claude Code CLI itself.","VS Code offers several agent harnesses, including Copilot, Anthropic Claude and OpenAI Codex, and can hand tasks to cloud agents that return pull requests.","https:\u002F\u002Fcode.visualstudio.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fcopilot\u002Fagents\u002Foverview",{"topic":300,"plexus":301,"them":302,"sourceUrl":303,"plexusDocsPath":48},"Claude inside VS Code's agents","Your Claude Code login.","Third-party Claude sessions use Anthropic's Claude Agent SDK and authenticate through a GitHub Copilot subscription or your own Claude API key. They can run in a new worktree or in the folder directly.","https:\u002F\u002Fcode.visualstudio.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fcopilot\u002Fagents\u002Fthird-party-agents",{"topic":305,"plexus":306,"them":307,"sourceUrl":47,"plexusDocsPath":102},"Claude Code's own IDE extension","A separate app next to your editor.","Claude Code installs as an extension in VS Code and Cursor, with multiple conversations in tabs, on a paid Claude subscription or a Console account.",1792695505283]