alternatives
Agetor alternatives
TL;DR
Agetor (agetor.dev) is a free, MIT kanban app for Apple Silicon Macs, made by Alamo Saravali. A card holds a prompt, a repo and an agent. Hit Run and Agetor cuts a fresh git worktree for it, a separate checkout on its own branch, so two cards never edit the same files. Cards slide to Blocked or Review on their own, and Pipelines wire saved agents into Plan, Implement and Review steps.
Three things push people away. There's no Intel, Windows or Linux build yet. Claude Code is the only agent marked stable, with Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode and two more still experimental. And the main view is a rendered transcript, not the agent's own terminal.
Pane fits if you want the agent's terminal front and center on any OS, including Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Each task still gets its own worktree and branch, plus a diff view and git shortcuts. Agent Orchestrator keeps a board on Windows and Linux, Ouijit keeps a board with real terminals on any Mac or Linux, and Orca bundles the most into one window.
the alternatives
The board is what you'd give up leaving Agetor, so two of these keep one. Chips show Windows, WSL, macOS and Linux: green runs natively, amber works with a catch, red doesn't run.
1.Pane
Best for any CLI you can run in a terminal, on Windows, WSL, Intel Macs and Linux.
No board here. Tasks sit in a sidebar, each with a worktree, a terminal and a Changes tab for the diff. Commit, push and squash-merge are shortcuts. In place of Pipelines, a Session, Pane's orchestrator chat, can start worker agents and send them prompts. AGPL-3.0, free, no login. Product analytics are on by default, and you can turn them off in Settings, but a daily install ping with the install ID, app version and OS still goes out.
WindowsWSLmacOSLinux
Best for a live kanban of agents that runs on Windows and Linux.
Sessions move across a board as they work, each in its own worktree. When CI fails or a reviewer comments on the PR, AO routes that back to the agent that wrote the code, a bit like Agetor's Review step. Apache-2.0, 32 named agent harnesses, Windows x64, macOS and Linux x64. No WSL repos.
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3.Ouijit
Best for a kanban with real terminals, on Intel Macs and Linux too.
Each card gets a worktree and a real terminal, not a transcript. Dragging a card fires a hook you choose, like starting Claude Code with the task text. Claude Code, Codex, Pi and OpenCode get live status. AGPL-3.0, no account, macOS 13 or later on Apple Silicon or Intel, and Linux x64.
WindowsWSLmacOSLinux
4.Orca
Best for everything in one app, once you leave the Mac.
Worktrees, real terminals, a diff viewer, commit and PR buttons, a browser and phone apps, on Mac, Windows and Linux. It runs agents on WSL repos too, and its experimental orchestration lets agents split work into tasks for workers. MIT and free.
WindowsWSLmacOSLinux
which one should you pick?
stay with Agetor if
- → you're on an Apple Silicon Mac and Claude Code is your main agent
- → you plan in columns and like cards that move from Running to Review by themselves
- → you want Pipelines, a canvas that chains a planner, a builder and a reviewer with fan-out and loops
- → you want an app with no telemetry or cloud relay
pick pane if
- → your machine is Windows, Linux or an Intel Mac, or your code lives in WSL
- → you want to see and type into each agent's own terminal, whatever CLI it is
- → you'd like a diff view and git shortcuts next to every task
pane vs Agetor at a glance
yespartly, or with a catchno
| pane9 yes · 0 partly · 1 no | Agetor5 yes · 2 partly · 3 no | |
|---|---|---|
| basics | ||
| what it is | a desktop app | a kanban desktop app and CLI |
| platforms | ||
| Windows | yes, native (x64 and ARM64) | no |
| repos inside WSL | yes, in the same app | no |
| macOS | yes | Apple Silicon only |
| Linux | yes (AppImage, .deb) | no |
| agents | ||
| agents | any CLI | 8 CLIs; only Claude Code stable |
| how you see agents | the agent's real terminal | a structured transcript, plus terminal tabs |
| everyday work | ||
| worktree per task | yes, by default | yes, by default |
| review and git | Changes panel, diff tabs, commit, push, merge | diff review, commit, push, PRs |
| task board | no | yes, kanban with Pipelines |
| safety and setup | ||
| license | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| account needed | no | no |
basics
what it is
pane
Agetor
a kanban desktop app and CLIplatforms
Windows
pane
Agetor
norepos inside WSL
pane
Agetor
nomacOS
pane
Agetor
Apple Silicon onlyLinux
pane
Agetor
noagents
agents
pane
Agetor
8 CLIs; only Claude Code stablehow you see agents
pane
Agetor
a structured transcript, plus terminal tabseveryday work
worktree per task
pane
Agetor
yes, by defaultreview and git
pane
Agetor
diff review, commit, push, PRstask board
pane
Agetor
yes, kanban with Pipelinessafety and setup
license
pane
Agetor
MITaccount needed
pane
Agetor
noAgetor facts checked on November 5, 2026 (Agetor v1.1.1); Pane facts from Pane v2.4.214 and its docs.
why people look for an Agetor alternative
One build, for Apple Silicon, and one stable agent.
Every Agetor release is arm64 only: a .dmg, a CLI binary, an update bundle and an install script for them. The site says "Linux and Windows aren't built or tested yet," and Intel Macs aren't covered either. A phone companion and remote access are planned, but for now "Nothing can pair yet."
Of its eight harnesses, only Claude Code is stable. Adding an unlisted CLI means editing Agetor's source. The board shows each run as a rendered transcript, with questions as cards. A terminal tab and agetor attach exist, but they're side doors.
moving from Agetor to pane
Logins stay put. Each card becomes a Pane.
Agetor launches the CLIs on your PATH with your existing logins, and Pane does the same. Make one Pane per card. It gets its own branch and worktree, with .env and the .claude and .codex folders copied in. Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode have launch presets, Cursor has one outside native Windows, and other CLIs go in as custom commands.
Claude Code, Codex and Cursor can ask you questions through Pane Notify, a card that pops up over whatever app you're in. A desktop notification also tells you when an agent needs input. Read the diff in the Changes tab, then commit or merge with a shortcut.
our verdict
Agetor is a well-made board for Claude Code, and its Pipelines and restart-safe agents are its best ideas. If you aren't on Apple Silicon, or you want the raw terminal, Pane is the direct swap. Want to keep the board? Agent Orchestrator off the Mac, or Ouijit on any Mac or Linux. Want it all in one window? Orca.
how we checked
We didn't run Agetor. On November 5, 2026 we read its site, its README sections on features, harnesses, install, security and roadmap, its releases and its issue tracker.
Ouijit was researched the same day from its site, README and releases. Agent Orchestrator and Orca were researched on October 3, 2026 and rechecked on October 4.
- What we ran
- → Desk research: Agetor's site, README, GitHub releases and issue tracker, checked November 5, 2026. We didn't install or run Agetor.
- Who wrote this
- We make Pane, so we have a stake in this. We checked every claim about Agetor 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
- Sources
frequently asked questions
By Parsa Khazaeepoul, co-founder of Pane. .