Agent-Manager
Shares rank 16 of 26 agent orchestrators by recommenders
People recommend it for a fast, keyboard-driven tmux workflow for running several coding agents at once; some would rather have a desktop app.
People recommend it for a fast, keyboard-driven tmux workflow for running several coding agents at once; some would rather have a desktop app.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Looks good and promising
“This looks nice, but I think a screenshot or three in the README would help bring it to life better”
Comment from 30 Jul 2026 in “Agent-Manager: A Tmux TUI for Running Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode” “This looks good, but I prefer a desktop application”
Comment from 31 Jul 2026 in “Agent-Manager: A Tmux TUI for Running Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Prefers a desktop application
“This looks good, but I prefer a desktop application”
Comment from 31 Jul 2026 in “Agent-Manager: A Tmux TUI for Running Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode” Little change on bad connection
“they don't change much when the connection is bad”
Comment from 31 Jul 2026 in “Agent-Manager: A Tmux TUI for Running Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode”
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The four most recommended other agent orchestrators, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gas Town | 95 | 212 | 31% | 10 | 1 mo3 owners | — |
| Conductor | 58 | 25 | 70% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Superset | 33 | 16 | 67% | 8 | 2 mo4 owners | Approved |
| Scion by Google | 28 | 32 | 47% | 8 | — | — |
| Agent-ManagerThis page | 7 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
All 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I tried multiple TUIs and desktop apps, but none had a fast, keyboard driven workflow”
“they don't change much when the connection is bad”
“This looks good, but I prefer a desktop application”
“Please continue developing this”
“It's useful for running multiple long running tasks alongside your "primary" work.”
“mine sits on tmux and doesn't try to replace it, sessions stay normal tmux sessions”
“This looks nice, but I think a screenshot or three in the README would help bring it to life better”
“Like Docker, but pure shell — no daemon, no container runtime.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.