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One app for the things you'd otherwise split across four

There are good tools for running parallel AI agents, and we are not going to pretend otherwise. What vord does is bundle the pieces that usually sit in several of them into one Mac app: five agent CLIs in one grid, a status engine that knows why an agent is waiting, an encrypted iPhone remote, live session sharing with another person, and a git inspector. Here is where everything lands.

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vord — cockpit
vord cockpit — every AI coding session in one grid, sorted by status

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The tools, on the dimensions that matter

Columns: Tool · Platform · Agents supported · Parallel sessions + status · Remote / mobile · Live session sharing · Native app. Comparison reflects public information as of 2026-07-09.

vord Conductor Claude Code Remote Vibe Kanban Claude Squad
Platform macOS 15+ (Apple Silicon & Intel) macOS iOS / web (controls local Claude) Local web UI (cross-platform) Terminal TUI (tmux)
Agent CLIs supported Claude Code, Codex, Kimi, OpenCode, Grok Claude, Codex, Cursor Claude only Many agents Claude, Codex, Gemini, Aider
Parallel sessions + status Yes — live status grid (working / waiting on you / idle / limited / exited), sorted waiting-first Yes — parallel agents in isolated workspaces, glanceable Server mode up to 32 sessions Yes — board-style, with git worktrees Yes — multiple sessions via tmux
Remote / mobile Yes — encrypted iPhone remote (Pro; iPhone app on TestFlight, invite-only) No mobile control documented — Conductor Cloud hosts your own agents Yes — official mobile/web control None None
Live session sharing Yes — hand a running session to another person (Pro, beta) No — single-user; collaboration only planned per FAQ No — connects your own devices to your own session No — async task board, no live sharing No — local single-user TUI
Native app Yes — native Swift app Yes — native Mac app No standalone app (a Claude feature) No — runs in the browser No — terminal-based

the real difference

No single line wins it. The combination does.

Look down any one column and someone matches vord. Conductor is also native. Claude Code Remote Control also does mobile. The open-source tools are flexible about which agent they drive. vord's case is the row, not the cell. It is the only one that puts all of it in a single Mac-native app: five agent CLIs in one grid, a status engine that knows why an agent is waiting, an end-to-end encrypted iPhone remote, live session sharing with a second person, and a git inspector deep enough to review the work. If you only need one of those, one of the others may suit you better. If you want them together, that is vord.

Any one feature has a match somewhere. Native? Conductor. Mobile? Claude Code Remote. Multi-vendor? Vibe Kanban or Claude Squad. Live sharing with another person? None of them, as of today.
vord is the row, not the cell. All of it together, in one native Mac app, is the thing nothing else does.

an honest read on each

Where each one is genuinely good

Conductor
The closest comparison: a native Mac app running Claude, Codex and Cursor in parallel isolated workspaces, glanceable. Conductor Cloud (announced spring 2026) keeps your own agents running in hosted environments after you close the laptop. It stays a single-user tool though — its FAQ says collaboration features are planned for later, and there is no mobile control documented. If you do not need a phone remote or live sharing, it is a strong pick.
Claude Code Remote Control
Anthropic's official way to drive a local Claude session from your phone or browser, with server mode up to 32 sessions. The mobile app is genuinely good. The honest differences: it is Claude-only, and it connects you to your own session on your own devices, with no way to hand a live session to another person. vord runs five agent CLIs, adds a dedicated status grid, and shares sessions across people.
Vibe Kanban
Open source, board-style management of many agents with git worktrees. Web-based, no native Mac polish, no notifications, no mobile, no live sharing. Worth knowing: Bloop, the company behind it, wound down in April 2026 — the project lives on community-maintained under Apache-2.0, rebuilt to a fully local architecture. If you live in a browser tab, it still delivers.
Claude Squad
Open-source (AGPL) terminal TUI over tmux, supporting Claude, Codex, Gemini and Aider. Terminal-native, no mobile, no notifications, no sharing. If your whole workflow already lives in the terminal, it fits right in.

The combination, in one app

If "all of it, native, in one window" is what you have been wanting, that is what we are building. Join the waitlist and we will let you know when there is something to try.

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