Superset
Hacker ApprovedRanked 3 of 26 agent orchestrators by recommenders
Developers use it to run many worktree-based coding agents in parallel, and to resume sessions easily. Critics cite lag, rendering glitches and opinionated workflows.
Developers use it to run many worktree-based coding agents in parallel, and to resume sessions easily. Critics cite lag, rendering glitches and opinionated workflows.
49 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 33
- criticize it
- 16
- approval share
- 67%
Recommended in 8 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Owned for 2 months
Median of the 4 owners who said how long they have had it.
Each square is one year.
Why it carries the badge
- 33 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 2.1 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 8 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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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
Runs many worktrees in parallel
“It's built exactly around my workflow with many worktrees in various repos open at the same time”
Comment from 22 May 2026 in “Launch HN: Superset (YC P26) – IDE for the agents era” “this is a drop-in terminal replacement that'll make it easier for you to run them in parallel”
Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Superset – Terminal to run 10 parallel coding agents” “I find when working in a worktree the agent has a much easier time solving merge conflicts”
Comment from 23 May 2026 in “Launch HN: Superset (YC P26) – IDE for the agents era” - Comment from 22 May 2026 in “Launch HN: Superset (YC P26) – IDE for the agents era”
- Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Superset – Terminal to run 10 parallel coding agents”
- Comment from 29 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Superset – Terminal to run 10 parallel coding agents”
- Comment from 26 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Beehive – Multi-Workspace Agent Orchestrator”
Flexible across CLI agent harnesses
“it's really nice to be able to use the native Codex/Claude Code TUIs without any of the bloat”
Comment from 22 May 2026 in “Launch HN: Superset (YC P26) – IDE for the agents era” “As a terminal first we give you the flexibility to work between the different CLI agents”
Comment from 23 May 2026 in “Launch HN: Superset (YC P26) – IDE for the agents era” “Superset will be a good alternative for someone who is using only ClaudeCode or CLIs”
Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Superset – Terminal to run 10 parallel coding agents” - Comment from 2 Feb 2026 in “The Codex App”
- Comment from 23 May 2026 in “Launch HN: Superset (YC P26) – IDE for the agents era”
Sessions persist and resume easily
“we've put a lot of time into giving a good terminal experience, with baked in notifications and a daemon that runs in the background”
Comment from 23 May 2026 in “Launch HN: Superset (YC P26) – IDE for the agents era” “I can switch context much easier and can also resume working on something days later”
Comment from 22 May 2026 in “Launch HN: Superset (YC P26) – IDE for the agents era” “The background service keeping the terminals alive is lovely stuff.”
Comment from 26 May 2026 in “Launch HN: Superset (YC P26) – IDE for the agents era” - Comment from 22 May 2026 in “Launch HN: Superset (YC P26) – IDE for the agents era”
Agents run on remote machines
“The frontend/backend are decoupled so you can run the agents on a totally separate machine than the GUI is running.”
Comment from 22 May 2026 in “Launch HN: Superset (YC P26) – IDE for the agents era” “exactly what I've been looking for a while now, especially the remote dev box part”
Comment from 22 May 2026 in “Launch HN: Superset (YC P26) – IDE for the agents era” “Binding the shell local git clone automatically feels like the future.”
Comment from 22 May 2026 in “Launch HN: Superset (YC P26) – IDE for the agents era”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Lag, slowness and rendering glitches
“in long running terminal sessions I'm getting rendering issues. Like some characters show as something else.”
Comment from 22 May 2026 in “Launch HN: Superset (YC P26) – IDE for the agents era” “we really messed up on the performance and balancing that with more features”
Comment from 22 May 2026 in “Launch HN: Superset (YC P26) – IDE for the agents era” “Very excited about the remote workspaces! ... the typing is quite laggy”
Comment from 22 May 2026 in “Launch HN: Superset (YC P26) – IDE for the agents era” - Comment from 22 May 2026 in “Launch HN: Superset (YC P26) – IDE for the agents era”
Opinionated toward specific workflows
“I've tried superset + conductor and those have some improvements but are opinionated towards a specific set of workflows”
Comment from 24 Mar 2026 in “So where are all the AI apps?” “seemed like way overkill / unintuitive to use agents like I prefer”
Comment from 7 Aug 2026 in “Herdr is joining Y Combinator. The runtime stays open” Unclear value; solves few problems
“I think it still needs to solve more issues whan just filesystem conflicts.”
Comment from 29 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Superset – Terminal to run 10 parallel coding agents” “I also watched the demo video, and I don't understand the value here.”
Comment from 29 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Superset – Terminal to run 10 parallel coding agents” “Still misses entirely the way software is constructed.”
Comment from 23 May 2026 in “Launch HN: Superset (YC P26) – IDE for the agents era” Expensive for what it offers
“It is really hard to justify tools like these”
Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Superset – Terminal to run 10 parallel coding agents” “taxing it 20$/m is a bit steep”
Comment from 22 May 2026 in “Launch HN: Superset (YC P26) – IDE for the agents era” “10x the cost with 0 to show”
Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Superset – Terminal to run 10 parallel coding agents”
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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.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gas Town | 95 | 212 | 31% | 10 | 1 mo3 owners | — |
| Conductor | 58 | 25 | 70% | 11 | — | Approved |
| SupersetThis page | 33 | 16 | 67% | 8 | 2 mo4 owners | Approved |
| Scion by Google | 28 | 32 | 47% | 8 | — | — |
| Agent Swarm | 16 | 3 | 84% | 6 | 8 mo3 owners | Approved |
What people said
40 of the 71 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“seemed like way overkill / unintuitive to use agents like I prefer”
“The background service keeping the terminals alive is lovely stuff.”
“we've put a lot of time into giving a good terminal experience, with baked in notifications and a daemon that runs in the background”
“I find when working in a worktree the agent has a much easier time solving merge conflicts”
“biggest thing is flexibility on what harness you use”
“As a terminal first we give you the flexibility to work between the different CLI agents”
“looks awesome! very interesting how similar these tools all look.”
“Just realized that I have done all my work in @superset_sh since Dec 26.”
“Still misses entirely the way software is constructed.”
“Very excited about the remote workspaces! ... the typing is quite laggy”
“in long running terminal sessions I'm getting rendering issues. Like some characters show as something else.”
“I can switch context much easier and can also resume working on something days later”
“can resume the work much easier than before having terminal tabs”
“exactly what I've been looking for a while now, especially the remote dev box part”
“A bit too slow, a bit too choppy, a bit hand wavy.”
“Definitely some exciting stuff coming with better automations, mobile and remote workspaces”
“The frontend/backend are decoupled so you can run the agents on a totally separate machine than the GUI is running.”
“it's really nice to be able to use the native Codex/Claude Code TUIs without any of the bloat”
“we really messed up on the performance and balancing that with more features”
“there's a set of tasks where having 5-6 running in parallel is still productive for me”
“if you care more about the terminal and cloud and more new integrations we are shipping superset is better”
“taxing it 20$/m is a bit steep”
“It's built exactly around my workflow with many worktrees in various repos open at the same time”
“Binding the shell local git clone automatically feels like the future.”
“Conductor/Composer/Superset etc realized making the sidebar PRs/worktree focused rather than chat focused can feel great.”
“I started to use superset 2 days ago. Which seems similar. It's pretty nice”
“I've tried superset + conductor and those have some improvements but are opinionated towards a specific set of workflows”
“it has worked really well to automate creating & deleting worktrees”
“well positioned to help you if you work in cli like I do”
“10x the cost with 0 to show”
“this is a drop-in terminal replacement that'll make it easier for you to run them in parallel”
“Superset will be a good alternative for someone who is using only ClaudeCode or CLIs”
“It is really hard to justify tools like these”
“I think our UI is a nice way to make the git worktree workflow a bit easier to manage”
“I also watched the demo video, and I don't understand the value here.”
“For bug fixes and quick changes I can definitely get to 5-7 in parallel”
“we're totally open source too! so you can check us out on github too”
“please give it a try and let me know if you encounter anything you want us to improve”
“nice job with the project architecture btw, I appreciate the cleanness”
“I think it still needs to solve more issues whan just filesystem conflicts.”
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