Paradev is a free desktop app for running several AI coding agents at the same time without them overwriting each other's work. Every task gets its own Git worktree and branch, with its own terminal, diff viewer and browser preview, so you can have one agent fixing a bug while another builds a feature.
Paradev at a glance
Price | Free desktop app (Paradev Pro needed for mobile) |
|---|---|
Platforms | macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel), Linux x64 AppImage (experimental). No Windows yet. |
Works with | Claude Code, OpenAI Codex CLI, OpenCode, Cursor Agent and about 20 more |
License | Elastic License 2.0 |
Formerly | Superset |
What Paradev does
Paradev is an agentic IDE. You create a workspace for each task and Paradev sets up a separate Git worktree and branch for it. Inside each workspace you get a terminal for the agent, a diff viewer to review its changes, and browser previews to check the result. It doesn't ship its own model: you run the agents you already pay for. A CLI, a TypeScript SDK and an MCP server let scripts and agents create and manage workspaces too.
What you can do with it
Run two or three agents on separate tasks at once without merge conflicts piling up.
Give the same task to two different agents and compare the diffs before you pick a winner.
Review every change in a diff view before anything touches your main branch.
Let an agent spin up new workspaces through the MCP server.
Is Paradev free?
Yes. The project's README says the desktop app is "free forever," and any future charges would be for optional services. Two costs to know about: you still pay for the coding agents you run (Claude, Codex and so on), and the iPhone and iPad companion app requires Paradev Pro and iOS or iPadOS 26.
What to know before you install
There's no Windows build yet, and the Linux build is marked experimental.
The Elastic License 2.0 lets you use, fork, modify and self-host Paradev, but not sell it as a hosted service.
It's a coordinator, not an agent. It won't help much if you only ever run one agent on one task.
Our take
If you already use more than one coding agent, Paradev is the traffic controller you've been missing. Worktrees are the right way to keep parallel agents from stepping on each other, and Paradev makes them painless. If you run a single agent on a single task at a time, you don't need it yet.
Paradev alternatives
Zellij: a free terminal workspace with an inbox that flags which agent is waiting on you.
Project OS: shared task files and PM, developer and QA roles for Claude Code and Codex.
OpenSandbox: isolated sandboxes so agents can run code safely.
Frequently asked questions
Does Paradev work on Windows?
Not yet. It ships for macOS and as an experimental Linux AppImage.
Which coding agents does it support?
About two dozen are listed as fully supported, including Claude Code, OpenAI Codex CLI, OpenCode and Cursor Agent. Other CLI agents work without configuration.
Do I need to pay for the agents separately?
Yes. Paradev runs the agents you already have, using your own subscriptions.
As featured in World of AI
Google's new API scores answers instead of writing them (Nov 11, 2026)
Facts checked against the official Paradev repository on November 13, 2026.
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