alternatives
Tegment alternatives
TL;DR
Tegment (tegment.app, by Flybring IT AB in Sweden) is a desktop app for macOS and Windows that takes a GitHub or Jira ticket, or a short task description, "from task to merged PR". Each task gets its own git worktree and terminal for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, Cursor CLI, OpenCode or Antigravity CLI. A second agent can review the branch before you merge.
People look elsewhere because you have to sign in even to use the free plan, the free Community plan covers public GitHub.com repos only, and private repos and Jira cost from €5 a user a month. There's also no Linux build.
Pane gives every task the same setup, a worktree (its own copy of your repo, on its own branch) and a terminal, on any repo you can clone, public or private, for free. There's no account, and it also runs on Linux and WSL (Linux inside Windows).
the alternatives
None of these asks you to sign in or charges for private repos. The chips show where each one runs: green is native, amber has a catch, red is no.
1.Pane
Best for a free worktree and terminal per task, on any repo and any OS.
Private and public repos work the same. Each task's diff waits in the Changes panel, and Ctrl/⌘+Shift+M squash-merges it to main. Free, AGPL-3.0, no account.
WindowsWSLmacOSLinux
Best for a Kanban that feeds CI and review back to agents.
Closest to Tegment's PR tab: failing checks and review comments flow back to the agent that wrote the code, without you relaying them. Apache-2.0. It won't run agents inside WSL.
WindowsWSLmacOSLinux
3.Emdash
Best for starting agents from GitHub and Jira tickets, for free.
The ticket-first habit carries over: it pulls tasks from 12 trackers, Jira and GitHub among them, into worktrees for about 35 agents. Apache-2.0, no account, no WSL mode.
WindowsWSLmacOSLinux
4.Orca
Best for Linux and documented WSL support, plus SSH hosts and a phone app.
Where Tegment stops at Mac and Windows, Orca adds Linux, documented support for repos inside WSL, and remote SSH hosts, with commit and PR buttons in the app. MIT.
WindowsWSLmacOSLinux
which one should you pick?
stay with tegment if
- → you work from GitHub or Jira tickets and want each one to become a worktree, an agent and a PR
- → you want a second agent to review the branch and let you pick which findings go back
- → you want to follow checks and merge the PR without leaving the app
- → your repos are public (Community is free, with no card and no telemetry), or €5 a month for private repos and Jira is fine
pick pane if
- → you work on private repos and don't want to pay for that
- → you don't want to sign in to an account
- → you're on Linux, or want documented support for repos inside WSL
- → you want an open-source app
pane vs tegment at a glance
yespartly, or with a catchno
| pane10 yes · 0 partly · 0 no | tegment4 yes · 2 partly · 3 no | |
|---|---|---|
| basics | ||
| what it is | a desktop app | a desktop app |
| platforms | ||
| Windows | yes, native (x64 and ARM64) | yes, 64-bit installer |
| repos inside WSL | yes, in the same app | not documented |
| macOS | yes, macOS 12 and up | yes, Universal build |
| Linux | yes (AppImage, .deb) | no |
| agents | ||
| agents | any CLI | 6 integrated; any other CLI in a plain terminal |
| how agents run | the agent's own terminal UI | the agent's own terminal UI |
| everyday work | ||
| worktree per task | yes | yes |
| safety and setup | ||
| license | AGPL-3.0, open source | closed source |
| price | free | free for public repos; Pro €5/user/month |
| account needed | no | yes, on every plan |
basics
what it is
pane
tegment
a desktop appplatforms
Windows
pane
tegment
yes, 64-bit installerrepos inside WSL
pane
tegment
not documentedmacOS
pane
tegment
yes, Universal buildLinux
pane
tegment
noagents
agents
pane
tegment
6 integrated; any other CLI in a plain terminalhow agents run
pane
tegment
the agent's own terminal UIeveryday work
worktree per task
pane
tegment
yessafety and setup
license
pane
tegment
closed sourceprice
pane
tegment
free for public repos; Pro €5/user/monthaccount needed
pane
tegment
yes, on every planTegment facts checked on November 5, 2026 (1.13.0), from its site, docs and changelog. Pane facts checked against Pane v2.4.214.
why people look for a tegment alternative
A sign-in for every plan, private repos behind Pro, and no Linux.
Tegment's docs say "You sign in to use Tegment, and the Community edition is free." Community covers public GitHub.com repos only. Private repos and Jira need Pro, at €5 a user a month billed yearly or €6 monthly, after a 14-day trial with no card. Code, terminals and git stay on your machine; the account is for licensing.
Builds exist for macOS and Windows only. The 1.13.0 release on November 3, 2026 also dropped the tiled grid view and free-text to-do tasks, and those tasks weren't carried over. We found no public reviews or complaints about Tegment itself.
moving from tegment to pane
One Tegment session, one pane: Pane's word for a task with its own branch and terminal.
Where you'd pick a ticket in Tegment, name a pane after it and paste the ticket's text into the agent. Claude Code and Codex start from presets; Gemini, OpenCode and Antigravity CLI run as saved custom commands (Cursor is a preset on Mac, Linux and WSL, not native Windows yet).
Tegment's worktrees are ordinary git worktrees, so Pane or git can pick up any branch you left half done. Tegment adds hooks and an MCP entry to the config of each agent you set up; use Remove setup on each agent's card in its Settings → Agents before you uninstall.
our verdict
Tegment is a tidy ticket-to-PR workflow with a second agent as reviewer, if you're on macOS or Windows and your repos are public or you'll pay for Pro. If you want private repos for free, no account, or Linux and documented WSL support, Pane is the most direct alternative. For a board that feeds CI back to agents, Agent Orchestrator. For many issue trackers and SSH remotes, Emdash. For an all-in-one with a phone app, Orca.
how we checked
Desk research on November 5, 2026. We read Tegment's homepage, pricing page, installation, getting-started, review, GitHub and transparency docs, and its changelog. We didn't install it for this page.
Facts about Agent Orchestrator, Emdash and Orca come from our October 2026 research files.
- What we ran
- → Desk research on November 5, 2026: Tegment's homepage, pricing page, docs and changelog. Nothing was installed for this page.
- Who wrote this
- We make Pane, so we have a stake in this. We checked every claim about Tegment 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. .