Claude Code GUIs, compared.
Honestly.

The honest version

We're not going to tell you we invented every feature. Opcode and Nimbalyst can search your history too. Conductor is genuinely great at what it does. Ghostty is faster than us at being a terminal, because that's all it's trying to be. What follows is what each tool is really for.

Claudia — now Opcode

Free and open source (AGPL), built on Tauri like ours. Its signature is session checkpoints — a git-like timeline you can branch and diff — plus custom sub-agents. If you want a power-user cockpit and don't mind building from source, it's excellent. AGI for Anyone trades some of that depth for a native Mac app that installs Claude Code for you, works the moment you open it, and never asks you to touch a build step.

Conductor

A free, native Mac app for running several agents at once — Claude Code, but also Codex and Cursor — each in its own isolated git worktree, with a clean diff-and-merge view. If your day is "kick off five agents and review the diffs," Conductor is built for exactly that. We're built for the opposite shape: one Claude Code you actually work alongside, made calm and searchable, for people who don't want five of anything yet.

Nimbalyst — formerly Crystal

Free and open source (MIT). It grew from a parallel-sessions manager into a broader visual workspace with editors, a session board, and a mobile companion — and yes, it searches your transcripts and sends notifications. It's the most feature-broad option here. AGI for Anyone goes the other way: fewer surfaces, one focused thing done simply — the Claude Code terminal, made welcoming — so a first-timer isn't staring at a dashboard.

Warp

A polished, commercial AI terminal with its own agent, and since 2026 it can run Claude Code as one of several "harnesses." Free tier, then paid plans up to $200/month for heavy agent use. It's a strong tool if you want one app to drive many different agents. The difference is intent: Warp brings its own AI and asks Claude Code to fit inside it; we do the reverse — the whole app is shaped around Claude Code, at a flat $19/year, and we don't put another agent between you and it.

Terminal.app, Ghostty, iTerm2

These are terminals, not Claude Code tools — and they're good ones. Ghostty is blazingly fast; iTerm2 is endlessly scriptable; Terminal.app is already on your Mac. But they're generic: you install Claude Code yourself, you run it yourself, and when it finishes you find out by looking. AGI for Anyone is a terminal built around Claude Code — it installs it, keeps your projects and past sessions in a sidebar, searches every conversation, and taps your shoulder when it's your turn.

So where does AGI for Anyone fit?

Not as "the one with the most features." As the one that makes Claude Code's power feel simple on a Mac — it installs Claude Code and spots your login on first launch, runs it in a real terminal (not a chat wrapper), keeps every past session one ⌘K away, notifies you when Claude needs you, and lets you decide whether it acts on its own or asks first. Powerful for pros, simple for anyone. And if you'd rather not pay, the whole thing is open source — build it yourself for free.