Compare hob
hob brings the coding agents you already use into one workspace: Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, and Grok Build, on your own accounts. Most tools start agents and show you their state. In hob, agents work with you and with each other, and every result stays linked to the conversation behind it. See how hob compares.
- hob vs ConductorA Conductor alternative for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Run Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode in parallel worktrees, and let agents work with you and each other.
- hob vs OrcaAn Orca alternative where Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode agents work with you and with each other, and every commit links back to the conversation behind it.
- hob vs PaseoA Paseo alternative for Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode. Reach your agents from desktop, browser, or phone, and let them work with you in one shared workspace.
- hob vs Claude Code desktopA Claude Code GUI that also runs Codex, OpenCode, and Grok Build, on macOS, Windows, Linux, or a headless server, with every agent in one workspace.
- hob vs the Codex appRun Codex and Claude Code together in one app. hob puts the Codex CLI beside Claude Code, OpenCode, and Grok Build, with one history and one review flow.
- hob vs CursorA Cursor alternative for agent work. Run Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode on the subscriptions you already pay for, and let agents take you straight to the code.
Orchestration or collaboration
Most tools in this category orchestrate agents. They start sessions, isolate them, and show you their state. hob does that too. Its larger aim is collaboration: people and agents operate the same workspace.
In hob, an agent opens the preview, diff, or file beside its conversation. It reads and operates a live web page while you watch, annotates an image or PDF at the detail you need to judge, and asks you a question in place. It starts a second agent for a bounded task, such as a review, messages another agent pane, and files the issue it found. When it commits through hob, the commit links to the turn that produced it, so the reasoning is one click away months later.
It works in the other direction too. Mark up an image, PDF, web page, or spreadsheet to show an agent exactly what you mean, and send the markup with your request.
You choose how involved you are. Stay hands-on and review every step. Or go hands-off: give a task to a team of agents, let them divide and review the work, and run the repeatable parts as a scheduled automation. hob keeps the record either way.