Alternatives to Claude Squad
A terminal app for running several AI coding agents at once, each in its own workspace. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Claude Squad
A terminal app for running several AI coding agents at once, each in its own workspace.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Claude Squad.
Vibe Kanban
A Kanban board for planning, running and reviewing work done by AI coding agents such as Claude Code and Codex.
Vibe Kanban replaces the terminal interface with a Kanban board for tracking and reviewing several agents, runnable via npx or Docker, though it is not open source.
opcode
A desktop GUI and toolkit for Claude Code for managing sessions, creating custom agents and running background agents.
opcode is a desktop GUI for managing Claude Code sessions and background agents, but it only works with Claude Code rather than many different agents.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Claude Code
Agentic coding tool that reads a codebase, edits files and runs commands.
Aider
AI pair programming in a terminal, working directly on your git repository and committing as it goes.
Codebuff
Terminal-based AI coding agent that edits your codebase and runs commands from natural-language instructions.
OpenCode
Work with an AI coding assistant from your terminal.
Gemini CLI
Google's open source AI agent for the terminal, powered by Gemini.
Google Antigravity
Google's agent-first development platform with a desktop IDE and a terminal CLI for AI-assisted coding.
