# 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.

Each row was checked against the product's own site or repository, which its page lists under Sources. A cell reading "Not checked" could not be confirmed there.

| | 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](https://cydonia.sh/compare/claude-code-desktop.md) | Not checked | macOS, Windows; Linux in beta | Claude only | No | A paid Claude plan | No |
| [Codex app](https://cydonia.sh/compare/codex-app.md) | Not checked | macOS, Windows, Linux | Codex only | No | A ChatGPT account or an API key | No |
| [Conductor](https://cydonia.sh/compare/conductor.md) | Not stated | macOS | Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode | No | Not checked | No |
| [Emdash](https://cydonia.sh/compare/emdash.md) | Apache-2.0 | macOS, Linux, Windows | The agent CLIs it finds installed | No | Not stated | Tickets pulled from Linear, GitHub, Jira |
| [MonoCode](https://cydonia.sh/compare/monocode.md) | MIT | macOS, Linux, Windows | Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, Pi and more | No | Not checked | Agent-kept notes; no boards |
| [Nimbalyst](https://cydonia.sh/compare/nimbalyst.md) | MIT | macOS, Linux, Windows | Claude Code, Codex; OpenCode and Copilot in alpha | No | Not checked | Markdown, a session kanban and a task tracker |
| [Orca](https://cydonia.sh/compare/orca.md) | MIT | macOS, Linux, Windows | Any CLI agent in a terminal | No | Not checked | Tasks from GitHub and Linear |
| [Superset](https://cydonia.sh/compare/superset.md) | Elastic License 2.0 | macOS; Linux experimental | Any CLI agent | No | Not checked | No |
| [Vibe Kanban](https://cydonia.sh/compare/vibe-kanban.md) | 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](https://cydonia.sh/compare/waku.md) | GPL-3.0 | macOS, Linux, Windows | Amp, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, Pi and more, detected when installed | No | None | No |
| [Zed agent panel](https://cydonia.sh/compare/zed.md) | GPL-3.0 | macOS, Linux, Windows | Any ACP agent | Yes | Not checked | No; Zed is an editor |
| [Zeron](https://cydonia.sh/compare/zeron.md) | MIT | macOS, Linux, Windows | Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Devin, Pi, OpenCode and more | No | None; optional, for sync | No |