What's the best Agent Teams AI alternative?

Pane, if you want each agent in its real terminal and its own worktree. Agent Orchestrator if you'd like to keep a board, Emdash for worktrees by default across many agents, and Orca to run Claude Code's own agent teams in panes.

Is Agent Teams AI the same as Claude Code's agent teams?

No. It's a separate desktop app that used to be called Claude Agent Teams UI. "Agent teams" is also a Claude Code feature, which Orca can launch with a pane per teammate.

Does Agent Teams AI give each agent a worktree and a terminal?

Not by default. You turn on a worktree per teammate at launch; otherwise they share your main checkout. And you see chat and task logs rather than the agent's terminal. Pane gives every task both.

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Agent Teams AI alternatives

TL;DR

Agent Teams AI (agentteams.live, once called Claude Agent Teams UI) is a free, AGPL-3.0 app for Windows, macOS and Linux. You build a team of agents with roles. They split a goal into tasks, message each other and review each other's work while you watch a kanban board. You can mix Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode and other providers, or start on a free built-in model with no signup.

You see the team through chat, task logs and the board, not each agent's terminal. Worktrees are opt-in per teammate, and users have reported an out-of-memory crash with a five-member team and a recent slowdown. Pane gives every agent its real terminal and its own worktree, and its orchestrator can still split a goal across them.

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the alternatives

Each of these shows you the agent's real terminal and keeps tasks in separate worktrees. Chip colors: green runs natively, amber has a catch, red doesn't run.

1.Pane
Best for a real terminal and worktree for every task, plus an orchestrator when you want one.
Every pane runs the agent's own CLI in a terminal you can type into, on a branch of its own. Sessions, Pane's orchestrator, starts agents in other panes and steers them toward one goal. Free, AGPL-3.0, no account.
WindowsWSLmacOSLinux
2.Agent Orchestrator
Best for a board of agents that still shows each one's terminal.
Like Agent Teams AI, it tracks agents on a Kanban, and a project-aware orchestrator can plan and hand out work. Each task gets its own worktree, and you watch the agent's real terminal or a chat view. Failing CI goes back to the agent automatically. Apache-2.0. No WSL repos.
WindowsWSLmacOSLinux
3.Emdash
Best for worktrees by default for about 35 agent CLIs.
Every task gets its own worktree unless you opt out, and the agent's real CLI runs in a terminal tab. Tasks can start from 12 issue trackers. It leaves coordination to you: agents don't hand work to each other. Apache-2.0. No WSL mode.
WindowsWSLmacOSLinux
4.Orca
Best for Claude Code's own agent teams, one terminal per teammate.
Every agent runs in a real terminal in its own worktree. If you like teams, Orca can launch Claude Code's agent teams feature with a pane per teammate (off by default). MIT, with SSH hosts and phone apps. About 1 GB installed in our Windows test.
WindowsWSLmacOSLinux

which one should you pick?

stay with agent teams ai if

→ you want to hand a goal to a team and watch a board
→ you like agents messaging and reviewing each other without you
→ you want to try multi-agent work on a free model with no signup

pick pane if

→ you want to see and type into each agent's own terminal
→ you want every task in its own worktree without choosing it each time
→ you'd rather steer agents yourself and call in an orchestrator only when it helps

pane vs agent teams ai at a glance

yespartly, or with a catchno

	pane8 yes · 0 partly · 0 no	agent teams ai5 yes · 2 partly · 0 no
platforms
Windows	yes, native (x64 and ARM64)	yes, x64 and arm64
repos inside WSL	yes, in the same app	not documented
macOS	yes, Intel and Apple Silicon	yes, Intel and Apple Silicon
Linux	yes (AppImage, .deb)	yes (AppImage, .deb, .rpm, .pacman)
agents
how agents run	the agent's own terminal	the app's process manager, shown as chat and a kanban
everyday work
worktree per task	yes, by default	optional, per teammate
multi-agent workflow	Sessions orchestrator	teams that assign and review tasks
safety and setup
license	AGPL-3.0	AGPL-3.0, with a contributor license agreement

platforms

Windows

pane

yes, native (x64 and ARM64)

agent teams ai

yes, x64 and arm64

repos inside WSL

pane

yes, in the same app

agent teams ai

not documented

macOS

pane

yes, Intel and Apple Silicon

agent teams ai

yes, Intel and Apple Silicon

Linux

pane

yes (AppImage, .deb)

agent teams ai

yes (AppImage, .deb, .rpm, .pacman)

agents

how agents run

pane

the agent's own terminal

agent teams ai

the app's process manager, shown as chat and a kanban

everyday work

worktree per task

pane

yes, by default

agent teams ai

optional, per teammate

multi-agent workflow

pane

Sessions orchestrator

agent teams ai

teams that assign and review tasks

safety and setup

license

pane

AGPL-3.0

agent teams ai

AGPL-3.0, with a contributor license agreement

Agent Teams AI facts checked on November 5, 2026 (v2.18.4), from its README and releases.

why people look for an agent teams ai alternative

Agents hide behind the app, worktrees are opt-in, and big teams get heavy.

Teammates run under the app's own process manager, with a tmux mode (a terminal multiplexer) kept for debugging. So you follow Claude Code or Codex through the app's chat and logs, not their own screens. Worktree isolation is a choice you make per teammate at launch; skip it and they share your checkout. Big teams strain it. A Windows 11 out-of-memory crash with five members drew 30 comments before closing in July. An open November report says a 2.18.4 session "slows to a crawl".

moving from agent teams ai to pane

Each teammate becomes a pane, and the team lead's job goes to Sessions.

Each teammate becomes a pane (one task: its own terminal, worktree and branch), so isolation is on from the start. The team lead's job goes to Sessions, which can have one agent plan, others build and another review. Per-hunk review becomes the Changes panel, where you commit, push and merge. Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode, the CLIs Agent Teams AI detects, are one-click presets. Pane ships no model of its own, so you bring your agent plans.

our verdict

Agent Teams AI is an ambitious free way to let a team of agents run itself. If you'd rather watch and type into each agent, with a worktree every time, pick Pane. Agent Orchestrator keeps a board with real terminals, Emdash makes worktrees the default across many agents, and Orca can run Claude Code's own teams in panes.

how we checked

Desk research on November 5, 2026. We read Agent Teams AI's README and FAQ, release assets and issue tracker. Its docs site returned an error (503). We didn't install it.

Agent Orchestrator, Emdash and Orca facts come from our October 3 and 4, 2026 research. Orca's install size is from our hands-on test of its Windows build in October 2026.

What we ran

→ Desk research on November 5, 2026: Agent Teams AI's README, FAQ, releases and issue tracker. Nothing was installed for this page.

Who wrote this

We make Pane, so we have a stake in this. We checked every claim about Agent Teams AI against its own site, docs, releases and issues on the dates above.

Corrections

If anything here is wrong or out of date, tell us and we'll fix it and update the date at the top. Open an issue on GitHub

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By Parsa Khazaeepoul, co-founder of Pane. Last reviewed November 5, 2026.