{
 "schema_version": 1,
 "generated": "2026-10-26",
 "url": "https://dedupedai.com/best-ai-repos-for/running-multiple-coding-agents/",
 "task": "running several coding agents in parallel",
 "question": "What is the best open-source tool for running several AI coding agents at once?",
 "answer": "The best open-source AI repos for running several coding agents in parallel right now are Orca, Herdr and Squadra. Orca runs several CLI coding agents side by side, each in its own git worktree; herdr keeps agent terminals alive in the background; Squadra coordinates Claude Code, Codex and Cursor windows with shared tasks.",
 "md": "https://dedupedai.com/best-ai-repos-for/running-multiple-coding-agents/index.md",
 "repos": [
  {
   "repo": "stablyai/orca",
   "title": "Orca",
   "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/stablyai-orca/",
   "github": "https://github.com/stablyai/orca",
   "what": "Orca is a desktop app, with a mobile companion, for running several CLI coding agents side by side, each in its own git worktree, and tracking them in one place.",
   "who": "Developers who already use CLI coding agents and want to run several at once without their work colliding.",
   "stars": 102221,
   "language": "TypeScript",
   "requirements": [
    "A desktop computer running macOS, Windows, or Linux",
    "A git repository to work in",
    "At least one CLI coding agent (such as Claude Code, Codex, or OpenCode) that you already have access to with your own subscription"
   ],
   "uc_count": 7,
   "use_cases": [
    {
     "title": "Compare agent results across parallel worktrees",
     "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/stablyai-orca/compare-agent-results-in-parallel-worktrees/"
    },
    {
     "title": "Review AI diffs line by line and send feedback back",
     "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/stablyai-orca/review-and-annotate-ai-diffs/"
    },
    {
     "title": "Check on and steer agents from your phone",
     "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/stablyai-orca/monitor-and-steer-agents-from-phone/"
    }
   ],
   "best": {
    "title": "Compare agent results across parallel worktrees",
    "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/stablyai-orca/compare-agent-results-in-parallel-worktrees/",
    "difficulty": "Intermediate",
    "time": "30 minutes",
    "agents": [
     "claude-code",
     "codex"
    ],
    "steps": [
     "Install Orca with brew install --cask stablyai/orca/orca on macOS, or download a build from https://onorca.dev/download for your system.",
     "Open your repository in Orca.",
     "Start one agent per worktree, such as Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode, using the same prompt.",
     "Review each worktree's changes and compare the results.",
     "Merge the winning worktree into your branch with git."
    ],
    "md": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/stablyai-orca/compare-agent-results-in-parallel-worktrees/index.md"
   }
  },
  {
   "repo": "herdrdev/herdr",
   "title": "Herdr",
   "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/herdrdev-herdr/",
   "github": "https://github.com/herdrdev/herdr",
   "what": "herdr is a terminal runtime for coding agents. It keeps terminals running in a background server when you close the client or lose SSH, restores layouts after a restart, marks every pane as working, blocked or idle, and puts local and remote machines in one window. It runs the agents you already use (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, Grok) without wrapping them, and agents can drive herdr through its CLI and socket API to spawn panes and wait on each other.",
   "who": "Developers running several coding agents at once, often over SSH, who lose track of which one is stuck.",
   "stars": 45730,
   "language": "Rust",
   "requirements": [
    "macOS or Linux terminal",
    "The coding agents you already use"
   ],
   "uc_count": 3,
   "use_cases": [
    {
     "title": "Run several coding agents and see which one is stuck",
     "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/herdrdev-herdr/run-several-coding-agents-and-see-which-is-stuck/"
    },
    {
     "title": "Keep agents running when your SSH connection drops",
     "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/herdrdev-herdr/keep-agents-running-after-ssh-drops/"
    },
    {
     "title": "Let one agent spawn and coordinate other agents",
     "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/herdrdev-herdr/let-one-agent-orchestrate-others-through-herdr/"
    }
   ],
   "best": {
    "title": "Run several coding agents and see which one is stuck",
    "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/herdrdev-herdr/run-several-coding-agents-and-see-which-is-stuck/",
    "difficulty": "Beginner",
    "time": "10 minutes",
    "agents": [],
    "steps": [
     "Install with curl -fsSL https://herdr.dev/install.sh | sh",
     "Start it with herdr",
     "Split panes with tmux-style prefix keys or the mouse and start an agent in each",
     "Answer whichever pane shows blocked"
    ],
    "md": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/herdrdev-herdr/run-several-coding-agents-and-see-which-is-stuck/index.md"
   }
  },
  {
   "repo": "dagoSte/squadra",
   "title": "Squadra",
   "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/dagoste-squadra/",
   "github": "https://github.com/dagoSte/squadra",
   "what": "Squadra is a free, local, MIT-licensed team toolkit that coordinates Claude Code, Codex and Cursor windows with shared tasks, proofs, reviews and a local dashboard.",
   "who": "Developers who run several AI coding windows on one project and need them to share tasks, hand off work and prove each step.",
   "stars": 250,
   "language": "Python",
   "requirements": [
    "Python 3.12 or newer",
    "macOS or another POSIX system",
    "Claude Code, Codex or Cursor installed",
    "A Git repository for the project the squad will work on"
   ],
   "uc_count": 4,
   "use_cases": [
    {
     "title": "Coordinate Claude, Codex and Cursor windows on one project",
     "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/dagoste-squadra/coordinate-ai-coding-windows-on-one-project/"
    },
    {
     "title": "Pick the next window for a task by token use and quota",
     "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/dagoste-squadra/pick-the-next-ai-window-by-token-use/"
    },
    {
     "title": "Prove each change with parallel tests and a source-bound proof",
     "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/dagoste-squadra/prove-changes-with-parallel-tests/"
    }
   ],
   "best": {
    "title": "Coordinate Claude, Codex and Cursor windows on one project",
    "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/dagoste-squadra/coordinate-ai-coding-windows-on-one-project/",
    "difficulty": "Intermediate",
    "time": "30 minutes",
    "agents": [
     "claude-code",
     "codex",
     "cursor"
    ],
    "steps": [
     "Paste this into Claude Code, Codex or Cursor: Install Squadra by following https://github.com/dagoSte/squadra/blob/main/SETUP.md: show me the plan first, wait for my yes, then install it and check that it works.",
     "Approve the plan the agent shows, then run /reload-plugins in Claude Code or start a new session in Codex or Cursor.",
     "Run squadra start in the project folder to open the squad.",
     "Create work with squadra task and check the short summary with squadra brief.",
     "Follow incoming messages in each Claude window with squadra inbox --follow, and check open waits with squadra status --all.",
     "Open the bilingual local dashboard to review progress, decisions and evidence."
    ],
    "md": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/dagoste-squadra/coordinate-ai-coding-windows-on-one-project/index.md"
   }
  },
  {
   "repo": "sno-ai/sno-station-skills",
   "title": "Sno Station Skills",
   "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/sno-ai-sno-station-skills/",
   "github": "https://github.com/sno-ai/sno-station-skills",
   "what": "Sno Station Skills is a set of 31 open source skills that install into Claude Code and Codex so they can review each other's work, hand off tasks when quota runs out, report each morning, delegate with written success checks, and learn from past sessions.",
   "who": "Developers and engineering leads who already run Claude Code or Codex and want the agents to work as a team with review, handoff and proof of done.",
   "stars": 568,
   "language": "Shell",
   "requirements": [
    "A shell and curl on the machine",
    "Claude Code or Codex already installed",
    "Optional: both Claude Code and Codex CLIs, so peer review can use the other vendor"
   ],
   "uc_count": 5,
   "use_cases": [
    {
     "title": "Get a cold second review from the other vendor's agent",
     "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/sno-ai-sno-station-skills/cross-vendor-peer-review/"
    },
    {
     "title": "Keep an overnight build going when one agent runs out of quota",
     "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/sno-ai-sno-station-skills/overnight-run-survives-quota/"
    },
    {
     "title": "Read a one-page brief when you come back to the desk",
     "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/sno-ai-sno-station-skills/morning-away-brief/"
    }
   ],
   "best": {
    "title": "Get a cold second review from the other vendor's agent",
    "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/sno-ai-sno-station-skills/cross-vendor-peer-review/",
    "difficulty": "Intermediate",
    "time": "30 minutes",
    "agents": [
     "claude-code",
     "codex"
    ],
    "steps": [
     "Install the skills with sh -c 'sno_installer_body=$(curl -fsSL https://sno.ai/install) && printf \"%s\\n\" \"$sno_installer_body\" | sh'",
     "If you add another agent later, run sno setup to connect it.",
     "In your agent, finish a change and say \"peer-review this\".",
     "Read the findings. The author fixes root causes and the review repeats until it is clean."
    ],
    "md": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/sno-ai-sno-station-skills/cross-vendor-peer-review/index.md"
   }
  }
 ]
}