Cydonia and similar tools
How Cydonia compares with the Claude Code app, the Codex app, Conductor, Emdash, MonoCode, Nimbalyst, Orca, Superset, Vibe Kanban, Waku, Zed's agent panel and Zeron.
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| License | Platforms | Agents | ACP | Account | Documents and boards | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cydonia | MIT | macOS, Linux, Windows | Any ACP agent | Yes | None | Articles, boards and tables on disk |
| Claude Code desktop | Not checked | macOS, Windows; Linux in beta | Claude only | No | A paid Claude plan | No |
| Codex app | Not checked | macOS, Windows, Linux | Codex only | No | A ChatGPT account or an API key | No |
| Conductor | Not stated | macOS | Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode | No | Not checked | No |
| Emdash | Apache-2.0 | macOS, Linux, Windows | The agent CLIs it finds installed | No | Not stated | Tickets pulled from Linear, GitHub, Jira |
| MonoCode | MIT | macOS, Linux, Windows | Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, Pi and more | No | Not checked | Agent-kept notes; no boards |
| Nimbalyst | MIT | macOS, Linux, Windows | Claude Code, Codex; OpenCode and Copilot in alpha | No | Not checked | Markdown, a session kanban and a task tracker |
| Orca | MIT | macOS, Linux, Windows | Any CLI agent in a terminal | No | Not checked | Tasks from GitHub and Linear |
| Superset | Elastic License 2.0 | macOS; Linux experimental | Any CLI agent | No | Not checked | No |
| Vibe Kanban | Apache-2.0 | Runs with npx or Docker |
Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, Copilot, Amp, Cursor, OpenCode and more | No | Not checked | A kanban of issues; community-maintained since bloop shut down in April 2026 |
| Waku | GPL-3.0 | macOS, Linux, Windows | Amp, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, Pi and more, detected when installed | No | None | No |
| Zed agent panel | GPL-3.0 | macOS, Linux, Windows | Any ACP agent | Yes | Not checked | No; Zed is an editor |
| Zeron | MIT | macOS, Linux, Windows | Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Devin, Pi, OpenCode and more | No | None; optional, for sync | No |