Alternatives to Waku

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cmux

Open-source Ghostty-based macOS terminal built for coding agents: vertical tabs, notification rings when agents need attention, split panes, an in-app browse...

#Claude Code

350000DR: 78AS: 80

Superset

Agent Infra

Source-available desktop app (Elastic License 2.0) to run an army of CLI coding agents in parallel — Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, and more — each in its own...

#Claude Code

250000DR: 72AS: 75

Emdash

Agent Infra

YC W26 ADE. Rechecked: Apache-2.0, 5,421 stars. Desktop $0; Cloud is contact. Not a 25+ agent census.

#Claude Code

200000DR: 70AS: 72

VelaTerm

Development Tools

Open-source terminal and agent manager built for the AI-agent era: organize Claude Code, Codex, and seven more agents into a project tree with live status, s...

#Claude Code

30000DR: 50AS: 45