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Conductor alternatives for Windows

TL;DR

Conductor only runs on macOS, and its waitlist says it might add Windows at some point, with no date. Four agent managers run natively on Windows today: Pane, Emdash, T3 Code and Paseo. All four run several agents in parallel worktrees, but only Pane runs repos inside WSL with the agents and git inside the distro, and only Pane has a Windows ARM64 build. If your code lives in WSL or you're on a Snapdragon laptop, pick Pane; otherwise, any of the four is a real Windows option.

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the alternatives

Every tool here runs several coding agents at once, each in its own git worktree. The chips show where each one runs: green is native, amber has a catch, red is no.

  1. 1.Pane

    Best for Windows with WSL, any CLI agent, free and open source.

    Native on Windows x64 and ARM64. Repos inside WSL run their agents, terminals and git in the distro. Each agent runs in its real terminal, with diffs, git buttons and an orchestrator.

    WindowsWSLmacOSLinux

  2. 2.Emdash

    Best for ticket-driven work and scheduled automations.

    Signed Windows x64 installer and 35 supported agents, with issue intake from 12 trackers. WSL repos aren't supported, and it used 2.9 GB of memory at idle in our test.

    WindowsWSLmacOSLinux

  3. 3.T3 Code

    Best for a polished chat view and phone apps.

    Signed one-click Windows installer and a lovely commit flow. Its WSL backend crash-looped on our machine, and it's still at version 0.0.x.

    WindowsWSLmacOSLinux

  4. 4.Paseo

    Best for phone control and agents that start other agents.

    Opens straight to work on Windows with no account. It couldn't run agents in a WSL repo from the Windows app, and there's no commit button.

    WindowsWSLmacOSLinux

which one should you pick?

stay with conductor if

  • → you can work on a Mac
  • → you want Conductor's chat view and its pull request review loop
  • → your team wants its paid cloud workspaces or multiplayer

pick pane if

  • → your code lives inside WSL
  • → you're on a Windows ARM64 laptop
  • → you want any CLI agent in its real terminal, not a fixed list
  • → you want free and open source, with no account

pane vs conductor at a glance

yespartly, or with a catchno

pane11 yes · 0 partly · 0 noconductor3 yes · 2 partly · 6 no
platforms
Windows x64yes, native installerno
Windows ARM64yes, native buildno
repos inside WSLyes: agents, terminals and git run in the distrono
macOSyesyes
Linuxyesno
agents
agentsany CLI; Claude Code, Codex, Cursor built inClaude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode
everyday work
worktree per taskyesyes
review and gitChanges panel, diff tabs, git buttonseditable diff, PR page, automerge
safety and setup
licenseAGPL-3.0, open sourceproprietary
pricefreefree locally; cloud and teams from $50/month
account needednoyes, in practice

platforms

Windows x64

pane

yes, native installer

conductor

no

Windows ARM64

pane

yes, native build

conductor

no

repos inside WSL

pane

yes: agents, terminals and git run in the distro

conductor

no

macOS

pane

yes

conductor

yes

Linux

pane

yes

conductor

no

agents

agents

pane

any CLI; Claude Code, Codex, Cursor built in

conductor

Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode

everyday work

worktree per task

pane

yes

conductor

yes

review and git

pane

Changes panel, diff tabs, git buttons

conductor

editable diff, PR page, automerge

safety and setup

license

pane

AGPL-3.0, open source

conductor

proprietary

price

pane

free

conductor

free locally; cloud and teams from $50/month

account needed

pane

no

conductor

yes, in practice

Facts checked on October 3 and 4, 2026: Conductor 0.90.1 and Pane v2.4.157.

why there's no conductor for windows

Conductor is a native Mac app, and its makers haven't committed to Windows.

Conductor's install docs say it isn't available for Windows or Linux yet and link to a waitlist form that says it "might" add them at some point. There's no WSL support either. The only way to use it from Windows is its paid cloud API, which doesn't give you the desktop app. A macOS virtual machine isn't a practical workaround for day-to-day agent work.

the wsl question

If your code lives inside WSL, only Pane handled it properly in our tests.

A lot of Windows developers keep their code inside WSL for speed and Linux tooling. That's where the Windows options differ most. Emdash rejected a \\wsl$ repo with a git "dubious ownership" error. T3 Code has a WSL backend, but it crash-looped on our machine without showing an error. Paseo added the WSL path but its agents couldn't run commands there.

Pane opened the same WSL repo and ran Claude Code, its terminals and git inside the distro, with nothing to configure.

moving from conductor to pane

The workflow carries over: one task, one worktree, one agent, then review and merge.

Conductor organizes work as workspaces backed by git worktrees, and Pane does the same with panes. Open your repository in Pane, from Windows or from WSL, and create a pane per feature; Pane makes the worktree and branch. Start Claude Code, Codex or Cursor with a click, or any other agent as a custom command. Review in the Changes panel, then commit, push and merge with shortcuts. Your agents keep their own settings and logins, so your Claude or ChatGPT plan works as before.

our verdict

There's no Conductor for Windows, and none is scheduled. Of the Windows options, Pane is the one that also handles WSL repos and Windows on ARM, and it's free and open source.

If you don't use WSL, Emdash, T3 Code and Paseo are all real alternatives with different strengths; their comparison pages go into detail.

how we checked

On October 3 and 4, 2026 we installed Pane, Emdash, T3 Code and Paseo on one Windows 11 PC with WSL2 (Ubuntu 24.04), gave each the same task in a private test repo, and tried a WSL repo in each. Conductor is Mac-only, so its facts come from its docs, changelog and pricing.

Facts about each product come from its own docs, release notes, issue tracker and source code, checked on the same dates.

What we ran
  • → Pane 2.4.155 on Windows 11, native and WSL2 (Ubuntu 24.04) repos
  • → Each alternative checked against its own docs, releases and issue tracker on October 3 and 4, 2026, and run hands-on where it runs on Windows or WSL
Who wrote this
We make Pane, so we have a stake in this. We tried to be fair: Conductor's strengths are listed as plainly as Pane's, every claim was checked against the product itself or its docs and source, and the screenshots are unedited captures from our own runs.
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. .