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bb vs stagewise: catalog facts
bb	stagewise
Free Free and described as fully open source; the agents it drives may have their own costs.	Freemium Works with your own model keys or local models; stagewise Cloud Inference and enterprise…
macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux
Works with many coding agents from one interface Runs tasks in isolated Git worktrees	Runs several coding agents in parallel Works with frontier, open-weight and locally run models
No native Windows build; Windows needs WSL Relies on external agents and their subscriptions or API keys	Supported operating systems are not stated clearly on the homepage Cloud Inference and enterprise features depend on a stagewise account
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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