By Parsa Khazaeepoul, co-founder of Pane. Tested Linux support for every agent manager listed here on Ubuntu 22.04 and Fedora 40. .
Linux is better-served than Windows in the agent manager space, but the picture is still uneven. Several tools work via tmux, which requires you to manage a multiplexer yourself. Two tools — Conductor and cmux — have no Linux builds at all. Here is the honest breakdown.
platform support
Status as of June 2026. Sources are each tool's official README or download page.
On Linux, the meaningful distinction is not “does it work” but “what does using it actually feel like.” Claude Squad works on Linux — but it runs inside tmux, which means you are managing a multiplexer, splitting panes manually, and reading agent output in a text interface without a diff viewer.
Pane ships as a proper desktop application on Linux: AppImage for any distribution, .deb for Debian/Ubuntu. You get the same visual interface as the macOS and Windows versions — worktree browser, inline diff viewer, session status at a glance — without touching tmux at all.
If you live in the terminal and prefer a TUI, Claude Squad is a reasonable choice. If you want a GUI that works the same on your Linux workstation as it does on your colleagues' Macs, Pane is the option.
real linux gaps: conductor and cmux
Conductor and cmux are the two tools with a genuine Linux gap. Both are built on macOS-specific frameworks — Conductor uses Swift and AppKit, cmux is built on Ghostty (a macOS terminal). There are no Linux builds and no announced plans to ship them.
If you have seen Conductor recommended and want something that works the same way on Linux, Pane is the closest equivalent: desktop app, worktree-per-agent isolation, live diff viewer, and unlimited parallel agent sessions (bounded only by your API rate limits).
what pane does on linux
→ AppImage distribution — runs on any modern Linux distro without installation or system dependencies
→ .deb package — native package manager integration for Debian and Ubuntu-based systems
→ no Homebrew required — unlike some tools that recommend Homebrew on Linux, Pane ships its own binary
→ no tmux required — the session model is built into the application, not delegated to a multiplexer
→ same UI as Mac and Windows — worktree browser, diff viewer, and keyboard shortcuts are identical across platforms
Pane, Claude Squad, Emdash, and HumanLayer (waitlist) work on Linux as of June 2026. Pane ships AppImage and .deb packages. Claude Squad runs via tmux. Emdash ships an AppImage and .deb. Conductor and cmux are macOS-only and have no Linux builds.
No. Conductor is built with Swift and AppKit, Apple's UI framework. It has no Linux build and the Conductor team has not announced Linux support. Pane is the closest cross-platform alternative with a native Linux desktop application.
No. Pane is a standalone desktop application that includes its own terminal emulator. You do not need tmux, Homebrew, or any additional dependencies. Install the AppImage or .deb and Pane starts without any system dependencies.
Pane ships an AppImage (runs on any modern Linux distro without installation) and a .deb package for Debian/Ubuntu-based distributions. The AppImage is self-contained and works on Ubuntu 20.04+, Fedora, Arch Linux, and most other distributions with a modern glibc.