Grokex vs Conductor
Conductor is a macOS app for running Claude Code and Codex in parallel git worktrees. Closed source.
Grokex is an app for orchestrating coding agents, with native clients on desktop, mobile, web, and the CLI. Open source (AGPL-3.0).
Why pick Grokex
Conductor runs on macOS, with Claude Code and Codex, in parallel git worktrees. Grokex does all of that. Pick Grokex if you want:
- Linux or Windows alongside macOS
- A native iOS and Android app
- Many more agents than Claude Code and Codex
- A CLI to script agent work and drive remote daemons
- A self-hosted daemon you can run on a server, VM, or homelab
- Open source you can audit and fork
Architecture
The Grokex daemon runs as its own process. Desktop, web, mobile, and CLI all connect to it over a websocket. Run the daemon on your laptop, on a VM, in Docker, or across a fleet, and connect to any of them from any client.
Conductor's desktop app is the host. Agents run inside it.
Providers
Grokex runs Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, and Pi natively, plus 30+ more agents through the in-app catalog including GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, and Amp. Grokex speaks the Agent Client Protocol, so any ACP agent works. Custom providers run any CLI agent. See Supported providers.
Conductor runs Claude Code and Codex.
Both tools launch the official CLIs as subprocesses with your own credentials. Neither extracts tokens or proxies model calls.
Panes
Grokex's app has split panes and tabs (⌘D for vertical, ⌘⇧D for horizontal). Panes include a terminal alongside your agents, a diff viewer, and a browser for testing running services.
GitHub
Grokex's app handles commit, push, opening PRs, watching checks and reviews, and merging.
CLI
Grokex has a CLI that mirrors the app:
paseo run --provider codex "implement OAuth"
paseo run --host devbox:6767 "run the test suite"
paseo ls
paseo send <agent-id> "add tests"
paseo schedule create --cron "0 9 * * 1" "audit the codebase"
paseo run --host connects to a remote daemon. paseo schedule runs an agent on a cron. paseo loop retries an agent until a verification command passes.
Conductor does not have a CLI.
Worktrees and services
Both tools isolate parallel agents in git worktrees.
Grokex also gives each worktree its own dev server URL. Two agents running their dev servers at the same time get web.fix-auth.my-app.localhost and web.add-search.my-app.localhost instead of port collisions.
Mobile
Grokex ships native iOS and Android apps with the same feature set as the desktop app. Conductor has no mobile app.
Voice
Grokex's speech-to-text and text-to-speech run locally on your device. Nothing leaves your network. Conductor does not have voice.
Comparison
| Grokex | Conductor | |
|---|---|---|
| License | Open source (AGPL-3.0) | Closed source |
| Platforms | macOS, Linux, Windows | macOS only |
| Native mobile | iOS, Android | — |
| Providers | Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Pi + 30+ via ACP catalog + custom | Claude Code, Codex |
| Git worktrees | Yes | Yes |
| Per-worktree dev server URLs | Yes | — |
| Split panes and tabs | Yes | — |
| In-app terminal | Yes | Yes |
| In-app browser | Yes | — |
| GitHub workflow in app | Commit, push, PR, checks, reviews, merge | Yes |
| CLI | Run, --host, ls, send, schedule, loop | — |
| Local voice (on-device) | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted daemon | Yes | — |
See also: Grokex vs Superset, Grokex vs OpenChamber, Grokex vs Happy Coder.