What to look for in a replacement
Conductor's strengths were a git worktree per workspace, a diff view and pull requests from the same window. Decide first which of these you used every day:
- Isolation. Separate worktrees so two agents never edit the same checkout.
- The real CLI or a chat view. Some tools wrap the agent in their own UI; others show the agent's own terminal.
- Agents working together. Whether one agent can hand work to another and get the answer back.
- Platform. Mac only, or Linux and Windows too.
Six tools, in short
| Tool | Shape | Worktrees | License |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overvibe | Mac web UI over the real CLIs in tmux | No | MIT |
| Claude Squad | Terminal app (TUI) over tmux | Yes | AGPL-3.0 |
| cmux | Native Mac terminal for agents | Not built in | GPL-3.0 |
| Vibe Kanban | Kanban board with agent workspaces | Yes | Apache-2.0 |
| CloudCLI | Web and mobile chat UI | Not mentioned | AGPL-3.0 |
| Agent Deck | tmux TUI with a web view | Yes | MIT |
If you want worktrees and diffs: Claude Squad or Agent Deck
Claude Squad gives each session its own tmux pane, git worktree and branch, with a diff tab and commit-and-push on one key. It runs on macOS, Linux and Windows and needs tmux and the GitHub CLI. Agent Deck (a separate project from Overvibe, which used that name before) adds forking, cost tracking and a web view on 127.0.0.1, and also creates worktrees.
Both are the closest match to Conductor's isolation model. Overvibe vs Claude Squad and Overvibe vs Agent Deck (asheshgoplani) go through the details.
If you live in the terminal: cmux
cmux is a native Mac terminal built on Ghostty with vertical tabs, a ring when an agent needs you and a scriptable browser pane. It runs any terminal agent. Its privacy policy lists crash reports and product analytics. More in Overvibe vs cmux.
If you plan work as cards: Vibe Kanban
Vibe Kanban puts issues on a board and starts a workspace with its own branch, terminal and dev server for each. It supports ten agents. Its makers announced in April 2026 that it is sunsetting into a community-maintained local edition, so weigh that before you move a team onto it. See Overvibe vs Vibe Kanban.
If you want it on your phone: CloudCLI
CloudCLI (Claude Code UI) is a chat interface for Claude Code, Cursor CLI and Codex with a file explorer and git panel, built for phone browsers too. Self-hosting is free; the hosted cloud starts at 7 euros a month. See Overvibe vs CloudCLI (Claude Code UI).
If you want the agents to work together: Overvibe
Overvibe is the one we make, so read this part with that in mind. It runs Claude Code, Codex and agy as the real CLIs in a local page on your Mac, and adds a small CLI so one agent can start the others, send each a part of the job and get the answers back in its own terminal. It does not manage worktrees: each session works in the folder you start it in. Overvibe vs Conductor compares it with Conductor line by line.
Questions
Is Conductor shutting down?
Conductor announced on 4 Nov 2026 that it is joining Meta. The cloud goes read-only on 13 Nov and shuts down on 20 Nov 2026; the local Mac app gets new models and critical fixes until early 2027.
Which Conductor alternative keeps git worktrees?
Claude Squad, Agent Deck and Vibe Kanban each create a worktree per session or workspace. Overvibe and cmux do not.
Which alternative is free and open source?
All six listed here are free to use. Overvibe and Agent Deck are MIT, Vibe Kanban is Apache-2.0, Claude Squad and CloudCLI are AGPL-3.0, and cmux is GPL-3.0.