Alternatives to Cadre
Cadre: Local Kanban board for handing tasks to coding agents like Claude Code and Codex, then reviewing plans and diffs before merging. Here are 24 other products that do a similar job. Of these, 19 have a free plan, 1 sells for a one-off price.
- Multica
A task tracker where software teams assign issues to AI coding agents and follow their progress next to human work.
Free trial · Projects and tasks · Developers
- Yokka
A kanban board that shows what each AI coding agent is doing and alerts you when one needs your input.
Since 2026
Free plan · Projects and tasks · Developers
- Lific
Self-hosted issue tracker where coding agents keep plans and issues across sessions through MCP, with a web view for people.
Since 2026
Free · Projects and tasks · Developers
- AQ
A shared workspace where teams run Claude Code, Codex and other coding agents on tasks, scheduled bots and reviewed pull requests.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Gitsu
A Mac and web app for triaging and planning GitHub Issues and Projects from the keyboard, which AI agents can use as well.
Since 2026
Free plan · Projects and tasks · Developers
- Paradev
Desktop workspace where developers run several coding agents side by side and review their changes in one place.
Since 2025
Subscription · Developer tools · Developers
- Clor
Runs Claude Code and Codex jobs in parallel inside isolated containers, locally or on cloud runners, with memory shared across them.
Since 2018
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Baton
Desktop app that runs several AI coding agents in separate git worktrees and tells you when each needs input.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Twill
Lets developers move Claude Code or Codex tasks from their Mac to cloud sandboxes and get pull requests back.
Since 2026
Subscription · Developer tools · Developers
- bb
Open source desktop workspace for running several coding agents side by side, extended with plugins and prompts.
Developer tools · Developers
- boxes.dev
Gives each AI coding agent its own cloud Linux machine, started from Slack, Linear or an API and managed from any device.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Choji
A set of AI agents that turn customer requests into tickets, code changes and reviewed pull requests for software teams.
Since 2026
Subscription · Developer tools · Developers
- CoIsland
Mac app that pulls builds, deploys, pull requests and errors into one small inbox and hands fixes to a coding agent.
Since 2026
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- Concord
Lets coding agents across a team claim files, message each other and hand off work so they stop clashing.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Cord
Runs Claude Code and OpenCode sessions side by side in cloud sandboxes, started from Slack, Linear, GitHub or a phone.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Handoff
Chrome extension that grabs a screenshot, selector and console log from a page and passes the bug to your coding agent.
Since 2026
Free · Developer tools · Agencies
- Nautex AI
Tool for turning rough ideas into product specs and design plans that coding agents like Claude Code and Cursor follow.
Since 2025
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Nimbalyst
A desktop workspace and agent-written wiki for people using Claude Code or Codex, keeping tasks, docs and decisions in one place.
Since 2025
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Parley
Lets a team's AI coding agents pass work to each other over MCP and pings a person in Slack when stuck.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Stele
Gives coding agents like Claude Code, Cursor and Codex a shared project memory that carries over between sessions and tools.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Cont3xt.dev
Gives a team one shared set of coding rules for all its AI assistants and agents, with review and audit logs.
Since 2025
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Dorothy
Mac app for developers to run, watch and coordinate several AI coding agents side by side with a task board.
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- It's a Plan
A self-hosted issue tracker where your team and AI agents work from the same board, priced flat instead of per seat.
Since 2026
Free plan · Projects and tasks · Developers
- TaskPeace
A ranked task queue that Claude Code, Cursor and other MCP agents pull work from and report back to.
Since 2026
Free · Projects and tasks · Developers