Starkomand vs Maestri.
Both run terminals on a Mac canvas and neither takes a subscription. Maestri is native Swift, costs less and lets agents message each other over PTY. Starkomand adds the tools around the windows: briefs, recaps, diagrams, issue notes and voice.
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Where they differ.
Starkomand next to Maestri, from both products’ public pages on 27 September 2026.
| Criterion |  Starkomand |
Maestri |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Your CLIs in real terminal windows on one canvas, with the tools around them. | Agents as connected terminals on a canvas that message each other. |
| The CLI you know | The real TUI in a real pty. Flags, slash commands, keybindings and config, untouched. | Terminals. |
| 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, OpenCode, plain shells. |
| 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: 1 workspace. Pro $18 once, up to 2 Macs. |
| Hand work to another agent | A saved brief with the objective and criteria, bounded review rounds, then Ready for human review. | Agents message each other over PTY. |
| 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. | Sketch tools and agent-written sticky notes. |
| Issues and pull requests | Drop a GitHub issue on a window. The Flight board shows pull requests by stage. | — |
| 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. | 1 free. Unlimited on Pro. |
| Platform | macOS on Apple silicon. | macOS 15.4 and later. Windows and Linux listed. |
Same on both. Your code stays on your Mac, browser previews on the canvas.
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 Maestri if
the lowest price wins, you want a native Swift app, or portals to simulators and devices beside the agents.
Pick Starkomand if
you want every CLI you already run, unlimited workspaces on one license, and briefs, recaps, diagrams, issue notes and voice around the terminals.
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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