Not since October 11, 2026. The first five local worktrees are free. Then a one-time license is $99 for one Mac, $129 for two, or $79 a seat for teams of three or more. SSH worktrees stay free.

Is Supacode open source?

No. Its code is public under the Functional Source License (FSL-1.1-ALv2), which turns into Apache 2.0 later. It was GPL v3 until February 2026.

Does Supacode work on macOS 15 or Windows?

No. It needs macOS 26 Tahoe and has no Windows or Linux app. Pane runs on macOS 12 and up, Windows x64 and ARM64, WSL and Linux.

Is there a free native Mac alternative to Supacode?

Yes. Termio is free and MIT, built on libghostty like Supacode, and runs on macOS 14 and up.

alternatives

Supacode alternatives

TL;DR

Supacode (supacode.sh, by Supabit, LLC) is a native Mac app built in Swift on libghostty, Ghostty's terminal engine. Each coding task gets its own git worktree and a real terminal for any CLI agent. A background process keeps your sessions alive when you quit.

Since October 11, 2026 it's paid after five free local worktrees: $99 for one Mac or $129 for two, one time. It runs only on macOS 26 Tahoe. Its license is source-available, the Functional Source License, so you can read the code but it isn't open source.

Pane is the free, open-source path: every agent in a real terminal on its own worktree, with no limit, on macOS 12 and up, Windows, WSL and Linux.

Download*

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the alternatives

All four are free to use with your own agents. Chips: Windows, WSL, macOS, Linux.

1.Pane
Best for unlimited worktrees, free, on older Macs and every other OS.
A pane is one task: a real terminal on its own worktree and branch. Review and merge in the Changes panel, and run the host on another machine with Remote Pane. AGPL-3.0, no account, no license key.
WindowsWSLmacOSLinux
2.Termio
Best for the nearest native Mac twin, free and on macOS 14.
Also Swift on libghostty, with worktrees from the sidebar, agent status and a session daemon. MIT and free. Mac only; Windows is on its roadmap.
WindowsWSLmacOSLinux
3.Orca
Best for every OS plus SSH, if you'll trade native speed for features.
MIT, real terminals in worktrees, SSH servers, issue trackers and phone apps. An Electron app, heavy at about 1 GB installed.
WindowsWSLmacOSLinux
4.Paradev
Best for a free Mac workspace that doesn't require macOS 26.
The renamed Superset, MIT since November 2026. Terminals, worktrees, a PR pane and a browser. It has GitHub and Google sign-ins.
WindowsWSLmacOSLinux

which one should you pick?

stay with supacode if

→ you're on macOS 26 and want a native terminal per worktree
→ you work on remote SSH boxes, where worktrees stay free
→ you'd rather pay once than subscribe
→ you want sessions that survive quitting the app and dropped connections

pick pane if

→ you don't want to buy a license after five worktrees
→ you want a license the OSI recognizes as open source
→ you haven't moved to macOS 26, or you're on Windows or Linux
→ you want an orchestrator agent to run the others

pane vs supacode at a glance

yespartly, or with a catchno

	pane9 yes · 0 partly · 0 no	supacode2 yes · 4 partly · 3 no
basics
what it is	a desktop app	a native macOS app
platforms
Windows	yes, native (x64 and ARM64)	no
repos inside WSL	yes, in the same app	no
macOS	yes, macOS 12 and up	macOS 26 Tahoe only
Linux	yes (AppImage, .deb)	only as an SSH remote (beta)
agents
agents	any CLI	any CLI
everyday work
worktree per task	yes, unlimited	yes; 5 free local, then a license
safety and setup
license	AGPL-3.0, open source	FSL-1.1-ALv2, source-available
price	free	$99 to $129 one-time, or $79/seat for teams
account needed	no	no; a license key after the trial

basics

what it is

pane

a desktop app

supacode

a native macOS app

platforms

Windows

pane

yes, native (x64 and ARM64)

supacode

repos inside WSL

pane

yes, in the same app

supacode

macOS

pane

yes, macOS 12 and up

supacode

macOS 26 Tahoe only

Linux

pane

yes (AppImage, .deb)

supacode

only as an SSH remote (beta)

agents

pane

any CLI

supacode

any CLI

everyday work

worktree per task

pane

yes, unlimited

supacode

yes; 5 free local, then a license

safety and setup

license

pane

AGPL-3.0, open source

supacode

FSL-1.1-ALv2, source-available

price

pane

free

supacode

$99 to $129 one-time, or $79/seat for teams

account needed

pane

supacode

no; a license key after the trial

Supacode facts checked on November 5, 2026 (v0.11.6), from its site, license and releases.

why people look for a supacode alternative

macOS 26 only, source-available, and paid after five worktrees.

Supacode dropped macOS 15 in February 2026, and one user replied "I and many others refuse to install macOS 26". That same month it moved from GPL v3 to the Functional Source License. Then v0.11.0, titled "Licensing comes to Supacode", made it paid on October 11. Older reviews still call it free and open source.

A crash on closing a tab or removing a repo drew reports from 0.11.2 to 0.11.5. One user said asking for money "with this kind of basic issue completely unaddressed fully drove me away". A teardown crash fix shipped in v0.11.6. Separately, an October thread asked whether the app was in maintenance mode.

moving from supacode to pane

Your worktrees are plain git worktrees. Each one can become a pane.

Each Supacode worktree maps to a pane on its own branch. The libghostty terminal maps to Pane's terminal, and the PR state in the sidebar maps to the Changes panel. SSH repositories map to Remote Pane, where you run Pane's host on that server.

Your old worktrees stay on disk, so keep or remove them with git.

our verdict

On macOS 26, Supacode is a native, terminal-first worktree manager worth a one-time license. If you want it free and open source, or you're on another OS or an older macOS, use Pane. Termio is the closest native Mac match, Orca the broadest, and Paradev the free Mac workspace.

how we checked

Desk research on November 5, 2026. We read Supacode's homepage, pricing and license FAQ, README, license history, release notes and issue tracker. We didn't install it.

Termio and Paradev were researched the same day for their own pages. Orca facts come from our October 3 and 4, 2026 research, including a hands-on Windows install.

What we ran