Claude Squad Alternative: A Desktop App for Multiple Coding Agents

Claude Squad is a terminal app that runs several coding agents at once, each in its own git worktree. Foxpit runs the same kind of team from a desktop window: a 3D office, real terminals and one project memory shared by every agent.

Claude Squad in short

Its README says it plainly: "Claude Squad is a terminal app that manages multiple Claude Code, Codex, Gemini (and other local agents including Aider) in separate workspaces, allowing you to work on multiple tasks simultaneously." The interface is a TUI — "Manage instances and tasks in one terminal window" — and isolation comes from git worktrees, so each session works on its own branch.

It is open source under AGPL-3.0, with no paid plan listed. The releases page shows v1.0.20 marked "20 Aug" (that page does not show the year), and the release notes are bug fixes, so the project is still being maintained. You install it with Homebrew or an install.sh script, and it expects tmux and gh to be present. Sources: the repository, the releases page and its site.

The pages we checked do not list supported operating systems; they only describe the install paths and prerequisites above. If your setup depends on that, check the repository rather than trusting a comparison page, including this one.

Foxpit vs Claude Squad at a glance

When Claude Squad is the better choice

• You already live in a terminal. A TUI over tmux adds no window to manage, and the keys you already know keep working. If alt-tabbing to a GUI feels like overhead, this is the lighter tool.
• You want the source. AGPL-3.0 means you can read, fork and patch the tool, and there is no subscription to justify.
• You want background runs and hands-off acceptance. Its README lists "Complete tasks in the background (including yolo / auto-accept mode!)", which suits isolated branches you plan to review later.
• You review before pushing, not before merging. It offers "review changes before applying them, checkout changes before pushing them", which is a simple, explicit gate.

When Foxpit fits better

Foxpit is for the same multi-agent workflow when you would rather see the team than type at it. Agents are still real interactive shells, so nothing is hidden behind a chat box — the difference is what surrounds them.

• Several projects side by side. Each project is a room in a 3D office; rooms in the background keep working and you click one to fly in, instead of keeping a session list in your head.
• One memory for the whole team. Every agent reads the same project memory, so a new session already knows yesterday's decisions, files and open threads — no repeated briefing between seats.
• Limits and approvals in the open. When Claude Code hits its 5-hour limit, Fox parks the turn, shows the reset and sends "continue" by itself; permission requests arrive as desktop notifications, and blocked agents move to the top of the team panel.

Moving from Claude Squad to Foxpit

1. Download Foxpit for Windows, macOS or Linux from Getting Started. Your Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLIs and subscriptions stay exactly as they are.
2. Add the project as a room. Pick the repository folder; that room becomes the project's team and its shared memory.
3. Open a worktree for each agent. Switch on per-agent Git worktrees, the same isolation Claude Squad gives each session, and use the task cards to hand one piece to one agent.
4. Keep your CLI setup. Agents run in real shells with your existing CLI settings, so your MCP servers, skills and CLAUDE.md keep working.

More options are on Alternatives, and the lead-agent pattern is explained in the orchestrator guide.

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