Starkomand vs 49Agents.
49Agents is open source and free to self-host: tmux terminals, git graphs, issue tables and files on one web canvas, with your other machines joining over Tailscale. Starkomand is a paid Mac app that keeps each CLI in a real terminal and adds recaps, diagrams, briefs, voice and issue notes around it.
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Where they differ.
Starkomand next to 49Agents, from both products’ public pages on 28 September 2026.
| Criterion |  Starkomand |
49Agents |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Your CLIs in real terminal windows on one canvas, with the tools around them. | Terminals, git graphs, issue tables and files on one web canvas, across your machines. |
| The CLI you know | The real TUI in a real pty. Flags, slash commands, keybindings and config, untouched. | Real tmux sessions through ttyd, in the browser. |
| Agents | Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Grok CLI, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode, Amp, Pi, Aider, Goose, and any CLI you configure.Several sessions of the same provider, each signed in as you. | Whatever runs in a tmux session. Claude Code is the one it names. |
| Where your code runs | Your Mac. No account. The local server listens on 127.0.0.1 only. | Your machines when self-hosted, or the hosted app. Other machines join over Tailscale or LAN, no SSH. |
| Price | $49 to $169 once, per Mac, with a year of updates. Free for 3 days.Launch prices, set by seats sold. See the ladder. | Free to self-host for individuals and small teams (BSL 1.1). Company plan with hosting: talk to sales. Coworking marked coming soon. |
| Hand work to another agent | A saved brief with the objective and criteria, bounded review rounds, then Ready for human review. | — |
| Catch up on every window | Hold Space. Every window flips to a recap of what it did and where it is. | Status only: panes glow blue while Claude works and pulse when it needs you. |
| Diagrams | An agent draws the architecture beside its terminal. Editable. | Markdown notes, no drawing. |
| Browser previews | A browser window beside the agent, on the canvas. | — |
| Issues and pull requests | Drop a GitHub issue on a window. The Flight board shows pull requests by stage. | Beads issue tables and a git graph on the canvas. |
| Voice and hands | Hold ⌥ and speak to an agent by name. Pinch, pan, clap to tidy. On-device, and optional. | — |
| Workspaces | Unlimited. Each keeps its crew, folder, layout and backdrop, your own image included. | One canvas across projects and machines. Shared team canvases are marked coming soon. |
| Platform | macOS on Apple silicon. | Any browser against a self-hosted server (Node, tmux, ttyd). Mac menu bar app, not notarized. |
A dash means the product’s own site does not advertise it. Prices and features are from each product’s public pages on 28 September 2026 and may have changed since; product names belong to their owners. Spotted a change? Tell us.
Which one.
Pick 49Agents if
you want open source and free, run agents on several machines and want them all on one canvas without SSH, or want a shared team canvas once coworking ships.
Pick Starkomand if
you want a Mac app that is running in a minute rather than a server to keep up, recaps, diagrams, briefs and voice beside the terminals, or browser previews on the canvas.
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Try it against your own setup.
Every feature, every provider, free for 3 days. Your CLIs are already installed; the canvas takes a minute.
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