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Emdash alternatives.

Emdash is free, open source and runs on every desktop. Each task gets its own git worktree and the agent’s own CLI in a terminal, with diff review, issue trackers, automations and SSH hosts built in. People look elsewhere when they want every agent in view at once on a canvas, recaps and handoffs, their agents on a phone, or a chat view instead of a terminal.

Download for macOS Starkomand vs Emdash

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The short version.

The alternatives.

8 apps for running coding agents. Starkomand is ours, so it comes first; the rest follow the order of the comparison table.

  1. StarkomandOurs

    Your CLIs in real terminal windows on one canvas, with the tools around them.

    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.
    Platform
    macOS on Apple silicon.
    The CLI
    The real TUI in a real pty. Flags, slash commands, keybindings and config, untouched.

    Pick it if you want every CLI you run in a real terminal, all of them in view on one canvas, with recaps, diagrams, briefs, voice and issue notes around them, for one price per Mac.

    Starkomand vs Emdash, row by row

  2. AgentGrid

    Master and worker agents in panes on a canvas, with a coordinator chat.

    Price
    Free: 3 projects, up to 10 agents each. Pro $16 a month, billed $192 a year.
    Platform
    macOS, Windows, Linux.
    The CLI
    Terminal panes.

    Pick it if you work on Windows or Linux, want a master agent coordinating workers from one chat, or need cloud sync between machines.

    Starkomand vs AgentGrid

  3. Maestri

    Agents as connected terminals on a canvas that message each other.

    Price
    Free: 1 workspace. Pro $18 once, up to 2 Macs.
    Platform
    macOS 15.4 and later. Windows and Linux listed.
    The CLI
    Terminals.

    Pick it if the lowest price wins, you want a native Swift app, or portals to simulators and devices beside the agents.

    Starkomand vs Maestri

  4. Conductor

    Parallel agents in a chat pane, one git worktree each.

    Price
    Free locally. Pro $50 a month for cloud hours and multiplayer.
    Platform
    macOS. Windows on a waitlist.
    The CLI
    A chat pane built on the SDK, with a terminal in the side panel.

    Pick it 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.

    Starkomand vs Conductor

  5. Superset

    Workspaces for coding agents, a git worktree each, with a status list, diff review, automations and remote hosts.

    Price
    Free for one user with local workspaces. Pro $20 a user a month, or $15 billed yearly, for remote access, automations and mobile.
    Platform
    macOS. Linux as an experimental AppImage. An iPhone and iPad app to check in.
    The CLI
    The agent’s own CLI in terminal panes.

    Pick it if you want a git worktree and diff review for every task, agents on remote hosts or on a schedule, a phone app to check in from, or one plan your whole team shares.

    Starkomand vs Superset

  6. CNVS

    Agent terminals on a native Mac canvas, directed by voice, with a fleet briefing and iPhone alerts.

    Price
    Founder seats $99 once, then $129 and $169 by seat number. All 1.x updates. No trial advertised.
    Platform
    macOS, native Swift.
    The CLI
    Terminals.

    Pick it if you want to talk to your agents all day, want a push to your iPhone when one needs you, or a native Swift app matters more to you than the rest.

    Starkomand vs CNVS

  7. 49Agents

    Terminals, git graphs, issue tables and files on one web canvas, across your machines.

    Price
    Free to self-host for individuals and small teams (BSL 1.1). Company plan with hosting: talk to sales. Coworking marked coming soon.
    Platform
    Any browser against a self-hosted server (Node, tmux, ttyd). Mac menu bar app, not notarized.
    The CLI
    Real tmux sessions through ttyd, in the browser.

    Pick it 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.

    Starkomand vs 49Agents

  8. Zeron

    Agent sessions as chats in tabs of one native window, listed across all your machines, with a live branch diff.

    Price
    Free and open source (MIT). Funded by sponsors.
    Platform
    macOS (Apple silicon), Windows, Linux, native Rust. iPhone and iPad coming.
    The CLI
    Its own chat view over each agent’s protocol (stream-json, app-server, ACP), with a terminal panel beside it.

    Pick it if you want free and open source, work on Windows or Linux too, prefer a chat view with a diff sidebar to the terminal, or want to start an agent at your desk and steer it from another machine.

    Starkomand vs Zeron

Alternatives toAgentGridMaestriConductorSupersetCNVS49AgentsZeron

GuideRun multiple Claude Code agents in parallel

Prices and features are from each product’s public pages on 28 September 2026 (Superset on 9 October 2026) and may have changed since; product names belong to their owners. Spotted a change? Tell us.

Questions

Which Emdash alternatives are free?

AgentGrid is free for 3 projects, Maestri is free for 1 workspace, Conductor is free locally, Superset is free for one user, 49Agents is free to self-host (BSL 1.1) and Zeron is free and open source (MIT). Starkomand is one payment per Mac, after 3 free days with every feature.

Which Emdash alternatives run on Windows or Linux?

Beyond macOS: AgentGrid (Windows and Linux), Maestri (Windows and Linux builds), Superset (Linux, as an experimental AppImage), 49Agents (any browser, against a server you host) and Zeron (Windows and Linux). Starkomand runs on macOS with Apple silicon only, for now.

Which Emdash alternatives keep the agent’s own CLI?

Starkomand, AgentGrid, Maestri, Superset, CNVS and 49Agents run the agent’s own CLI in a terminal. Conductor and Zeron draw their own chat view over it instead.

What is the closest alternative to Emdash?

Superset: a git worktree per workspace, the agent’s own CLI in terminal panes, diff review, automations and remote hosts. It is free for one user and source-available rather than open source, and runs on macOS, with Linux in testing.

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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v1.0.6 · Apple silicon · no account