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Claxedo vs. Conductor

The slickest fan-out-and-review experience on a Mac, well-funded and shipping fast. Claxedo trades native polish for harness-neutral, cross-platform, remote, open source, and multi-user.

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01 · Side by side

The capabilities that decide it.

Capability Conductor Claxedo
What it is Proprietary macOS parallel-agent app Open-source workspace + framework you self-host
Team / multi-user None — a per-developer Mac app Multi-user — accounts + org scoping (Clerk+Convex profile today)
Harnesses Claude Code, Codex, Cursor (no Gemini, no OpenCode) Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, + any CLI via ACP
Interfaces Native Mac dashboard + review UI Chat UI + first-class terminal
Platforms macOS only (Apple Silicon + Intel) Desktop (Mac/Win/Linux) + web + mobile web
Remote access None — local Mac Relay — reach the same session from any device
Durable work ledger None — ephemeral local sessions + worktrees WorkGraph — every task, attempt, and approval is a durable record that outlives sessions and restarts
Self-host No — closed, proprietary app Yes — single node, or Clerk+Convex on your own Cloudflare
License Closed source Open source
Backing $22M Series A (Spark + Matrix), YC S24 Independent · open source
Pricing Free Mac app + paid Cloud Free during beta; bring your own provider + sandbox

02 · Where Conductor is genuinely better

  • Best-in-class parallel-agent UX: dispatcher, at-a-glance status, isolated worktrees.
  • Excellent review flow — diffs, inline comments synced to GitHub, one-click merge.
  • Well-funded ($22M Series A) and shipping fast.
  • Free on top of the subscriptions you already pay for.

03 · Where Claxedo differs

  • Harness-neutral — adds Gemini CLI, OpenCode, and any CLI via ACP (Conductor is Claude Code / Codex / Cursor only).
  • Cross-platform vs macOS-only.
  • Relay remote/connected access.
  • WorkGraph durable coordination.
  • Open source + framework + self-host, and multi-user, vs a closed per-developer app.

04 · Which should you pick

Choose Conductor if

you're Mac-only and want the slickest fan-out and review for Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor.

Choose Claxedo if

you want harness-neutral, cross-platform, remote-capable, open, and a platform your team self-hosts.

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05 · Make your own call

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