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title: Open source Conductor alternative with Linux, Windows, and mobile
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description: Paseo is open source, runs on macOS, Linux, and Windows, ships native iOS and Android apps, and supports 30+ agents through the in-app catalog plus any ACP or CLI agent. Conductor is macOS only and Claude Code or Codex only.
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nav: Conductor
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order: 100
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---
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# Paseo vs Conductor
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Conductor is a macOS app for running Claude Code and Codex in parallel git worktrees. Closed source.
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Paseo is an app for orchestrating coding agents, with native clients on desktop, mobile, web, and the CLI. Open source (AGPL-3.0).
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## Why pick Paseo
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Conductor runs on macOS, with Claude Code and Codex, in parallel git worktrees. Paseo does all of that. Pick Paseo if you want:
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- Linux or Windows alongside macOS
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- A native iOS and Android app
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- Many more agents than Claude Code and Codex
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- A CLI to script agent work and drive remote daemons
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- A self-hosted daemon you can run on a server, VM, or homelab
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- Open source you can audit and fork
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## Architecture
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The Paseo daemon runs as its own process. Desktop, web, mobile, and CLI all connect to it over a websocket. Run the daemon on your laptop, on a VM, in Docker, or across a fleet, and connect to any of them from any client.
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Conductor's desktop app is the host. Agents run inside it.
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## Providers
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Paseo runs Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, and Pi natively, plus 30+ more agents through the in-app catalog including GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, and Amp. Paseo speaks the [Agent Client Protocol](https://agentclientprotocol.com), so any ACP agent works. Custom providers run any CLI agent. See [Supported providers](/docs/supported-providers).
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Conductor runs Claude Code and Codex.
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Both tools launch the official CLIs as subprocesses with your own credentials. Neither extracts tokens or proxies model calls.
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## Panes
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Paseo's app has split panes and tabs (⌘D for vertical, ⌘⇧D for horizontal). Panes include a terminal alongside your agents, a diff viewer, and a browser for testing running services.
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## GitHub
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Paseo's app handles commit, push, opening PRs, watching checks and reviews, and merging.
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## CLI
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Paseo has a CLI that mirrors the app:
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```bash
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paseo run --provider codex "implement OAuth"
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paseo run --host devbox:6767 "run the test suite"
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paseo ls
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paseo send <agent-id> "add tests"
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paseo schedule create --cron "0 9 * * 1" "audit the codebase"
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```
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`paseo run --host` connects to a remote daemon. `paseo schedule` runs an agent on a cron. `paseo loop` retries an agent until a verification command passes.
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Conductor does not have a CLI.
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## Worktrees and services
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Both tools isolate parallel agents in git worktrees.
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Paseo also gives each worktree its own dev server URL. Two agents running their dev servers at the same time get `web.fix-auth.my-app.localhost` and `web.add-search.my-app.localhost` instead of port collisions.
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## Mobile
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Paseo ships native iOS and Android apps with the same feature set as the desktop app. Conductor has no mobile app.
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## Voice
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Paseo's speech-to-text and text-to-speech run locally on your device. Nothing leaves your network. Conductor does not have voice.
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## Comparison
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| | Paseo | Conductor |
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| ---------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------ |
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| License | Open source (AGPL-3.0) | Closed source |
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| Platforms | macOS, Linux, Windows | macOS only |
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| Native mobile | iOS, Android | — |
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| Providers | Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Pi + 30+ via ACP catalog + custom | Claude Code, Codex |
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| Git worktrees | Yes | Yes |
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| Per-worktree dev server URLs | Yes | — |
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| Split panes and tabs | Yes | — |
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| In-app terminal | Yes | Yes |
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| In-app browser | Yes | — |
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| GitHub workflow in app | Commit, push, PR, checks, reviews, merge | Yes |
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| CLI | Run, `--host`, ls, send, schedule, loop | — |
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| Local voice (on-device) | Yes | — |
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| Self-hosted daemon | Yes | — |
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See also: [Paseo vs Superset](/docs/alternatives/superset), [Paseo vs OpenChamber](/docs/alternatives/openchamber), [Paseo vs Happy Coder](/docs/alternatives/happy-coder).
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