Starkomand vs Conductor.
Conductor gives each agent a chat pane and a git worktree, with diff review and merge built in. Starkomand keeps the CLI itself in a real terminal and puts recaps, diagrams, briefs and voice around it, for one price.
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Where they differ.
Starkomand next to Conductor, from both products’ public pages on 27 September 2026.
| Criterion |  Starkomand |
Conductor |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Your CLIs in real terminal windows on one canvas, with the tools around them. | Parallel agents in a chat pane, one git worktree each. |
| The CLI you know | The real TUI in a real pty. Flags, slash commands, keybindings and config, untouched. | A chat pane built on the SDK, with a terminal in the side panel. |
| 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. | Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode. |
| Where your code runs | Your Mac. No account. The local server listens on 127.0.0.1 only. | Your Mac. Cloud workspaces on Pro. |
| 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 locally. Pro $50 a month for cloud hours and multiplayer. |
| 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. | — |
| Diagrams | An agent draws the architecture beside its terminal. Editable. | — |
| 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. | Diff review, open a PR, merge. |
| 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 worktree per workspace. |
| Platform | macOS on Apple silicon. | macOS. Windows on a waitlist. |
A dash means the product’s own site does not advertise it. Prices and features are from each product’s public pages on 27 September 2026 and may have changed since; product names belong to their owners. Spotted a change? Tell us.
Which one.
Pick Conductor if
you prefer a chat pane to the terminal, want a worktree per agent with diff review and merge built in, or need cloud workspaces and multiplayer.
Pick Starkomand if
the CLI’s flags, slash commands and permissions matter to you, you run more than Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and OpenCode, or you want one price instead of a monthly plan.
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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