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A Mac app that lets you run a bunch of Claude Codes at once

Shown by Charlieholtz on Jul 17, 2025. Click the card to turn it over.

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10 positive, 25 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 17 critical, out of 53 comments about the project. Thread score -0.13.

Privacy: 1 for, 6 againstExecution: 1 for, 5 againstIdea: 3 for, 2 againstDesign: 3 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against

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Clean simple extension of Claude Code workflow
From 1 comment
- I have been imagining something like this would be perfect for working with Claude Code. I tried a couple other apps but they seemed to change too much without providing enough…
  simonbw on HN
Useful UI for managing parallel worktrees
From 2 comments
- Oh cool, I was already doing this with git worktrees but a ui for it would be handy.
  jamil7 on HN
- Agree and disagree. Yes, the bottleneck is going to still be human review. But with only a single Claude Code (or Cursor), I spent a lot of time (a couple minutes at a time)…
  redhale on HN

Requires GitHub permissions and clones repos instead of using local checkout
From 3 comments
- I was really excited to try this but this does NOT work the way I expected. I wanted a simple git worktree manager for my existing, already-checked-out repository. Instead, it…
  _1tem on HN
- Full read-write access required to all your Github account's repos. Not just code. Settings, deploy keys. The works. Full access to your organisation settings. Not a privacy…
  itsalotoffun on HN
- Any way to have it not require full write access to your entire GitHub account?
  lachances on HN
Dependency reinstall per workspace is slow without setup script
From 2 comments
- I was really excited to try this but this does NOT work the way I expected. I wanted a simple git worktree manager for my existing, already-checked-out repository. Instead, it…
  _1tem on HN
- Yes I had a similar experience. the thing that tripped me up with git worktrees, which is maybe obvious in retrospect, is that they don’t include things that are not tracked by…
  pjm331 on HN
Doesn't work with enterprise GitHub repos
From 1 comment
- I like the concept, but I need the ability to interact with a repo I've already cloned. I can't connect this to my work GitHub enterprise repos.
  BewareTheYiga on HN

Local git support without GitHub access
From 2 comments
- Why not local git support?
  cloudking on HN
- I was really excited to try this but this does NOT work the way I expected. I wanted a simple git worktree manager for my existing, already-checked-out repository. Instead, it…
  _1tem on HN
Support for other agents like opencode or Codex
From 2 comments
- Would be cool if I can use this with opencode, Amazon Q or whatever. I reckon the logic would be quite similar. Seen a few of these tools but they're all Claude-centric.
  nsonha on HN
- Love the design. does it build on electron? and will it support other code agents, like gemini cli, codex, opencode ext.
  markli21 on HN
Multi-repo task support
From 1 comment
- I've been looking for a tool like this, that lets Claude operate on multiple repos. I work on a project that has frontend/packages and backend (separate repos instead of a…
  jerezzprime on HN
Plan mode and message queuing
From 1 comment
- Thank you! Yes, I agree, we're adding plan mode soon. For now I find Opus responds reliably to "plan this out and don't make any changes." > - Entering messages when the agents…
  Charlieholtz on HN

Does it work with VS Code SSH remotes?
From 1 comment
- We do our dev on Linux desktops using VS Code ssh remotes from our Macs. Is this possible with Conductor?
  davidbalbert on HN
Is data sent to servers or LLM providers?
From 2 comments
- Love it! Even just simply freeing my main branch would be a big win so I can keep working as well. But no way to find out if there’s any data sent to your servers etc, unless I’m…
  janpieterz on HN
- Doesn't using LLM for coding mean that your code and secrets leak to other companies? How can you be sure that they don't look at it or don't sell it?
  codedokode on HN

Crystal (open source)
From 2 comments
- Crystal is similar and works with existing checked out repos https://github.com/stravu/crystal
  jbentley1 on HN
- Crystal can do all of this and more, and unlike Conductor is open source. https://github.com/stravu/crystal
  jbentley1 on HN
Claude Squad
From 1 comment
- hey, co-creator of Claude Squad – imo the most popular+used of these "claude code multiplexers" and it's also open source and free :) works like you'd expect…
  moofeez on HN
Plandex
From 1 comment
- Hey, you might be interested in my project Plandex[1] which uses a shadow git repo approach to keep changes separate until you approve them. It solves the same problem as…
  danenania on HN
Cursor background agents and Codex
From 2 comments
- I was really excited to try this but this does NOT work the way I expected. I wanted a simple git worktree manager for my existing, already-checked-out repository. Instead, it…
  _1tem on HN
- Is it similar to what OpenAI Codex does with isolated environments per agent run?
  abdullin on HN