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Continue alternatives in 2026

Coding session managers to compare when you look past Continue: Claude Squad, Conductor, ccusage, opcode, and AgentHydra.

By SupaKeeper · 2026-10-13

SupaKeeper is published by LunarWerx, which makes some of the tools compared here.

Looking past the Continue coding assistant? This page lists five session managers, what each does, and what to check before you pick. Continue itself has no verified facts in this comparison, so the options here are judged on their own sourced claims.

Option	What it does	Platform	Price
Claude Squad	Manages multiple agents in separate workspaces, each with an isolated git workspace. ^[1] ^[1]	Terminal app installed as the command cs. ^[1]	Not published
Conductor	Runs a team of coding agents in the cloud on isolated microVMs. ^[2] ^[2]	macOS, iOS and API. ^[2]	Not published
ccusage	Analyzes coding agent CLI token usage and costs from local data into reports. ^[3]	Command line, runnable without a global installation. ^[3]	Not published
opcode	GUI app and toolkit for Claude Code, with custom agents and background sessions. ^[4] ^[4]	Windows 10/11, macOS 11+, Linux (Ubuntu 20.04+). ^[4]	Not published
AgentHydra	Shows and steers Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode sessions in one list, with cost, quota and account moves. ^[5] ^[5] ^[5]	Windows tray app; macOS and Linux builds exist but are not verified. ^[5]	Free, no account or subscription. ^[5]

Why developers look past Continue

Continue is a coding assistant, and the tools on this page are session managers that work alongside Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode and other coding agents. A developer who searches for Continue alternatives is usually deciding how to run and watch several coding sessions at once, and the options below cover different parts of that job. Some focus on running agents in isolated workspaces, some on tracking usage and cost, and some on watching and steering sessions from one place. No verified facts about Continue itself are available for this comparison, so this page does not describe it. Read each option against the question you actually have, and check the tool's own page before you decide.

Claude Squad: terminal app that runs agents in separate workspaces

Claude Squad is a terminal app that manages multiple AI agents, including Claude Code, Codex, Gemini and other local agents such as Aider, in separate workspaces. ^[1] It installs as the command cs, via Homebrew or a manual curl command. ^[1] ^[1] ^[1] Its prerequisites are tmux and gh. ^[1]

Conductor: runs a team of coding agents in the cloud

Conductor lets teams run a team of coding agents in the cloud. ^[2] Its cloud runs agents on isolated microVMs. ^[2] It is available on macOS, iOS and via API. ^[2]

ccusage: reads coding agent usage and cost from local data

ccusage analyzes coding agent CLI token usage and costs from local data. ^[3] It reads local usage data from coding agent CLIs and turns it into daily, weekly, monthly and session reports. ^[3] It supports many sources, including Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode and others. ^[3] It offers a 5-hour blocks report that tracks usage within Claude's billing windows with active block monitoring. ^[3] It has an offline mode that uses pre-cached pricing data without network connectivity. ^[3] It tracks and displays cache creation and cache read tokens separately. ^[3] It can hide cost columns and cost fields. ^[3] It is licensed under MIT. ^[3]

opcode: a GUI app and toolkit for Claude Code

opcode is a GUI app and toolkit for Claude Code. ^[4] It does not collect or track data. ^[4] It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Anthropic. ^[4] It is built with Tauri 2. ^[4] It is licensed under the AGPL License. ^[4] It requires Windows 10/11, macOS 11+ or Linux (Ubuntu 20.04+), at least 4GB of RAM (8GB recommended) and 1GB of free space. ^[4] ^[4] ^[4] Its release executables will be published soon. ^[4]

AgentHydra: watches and steers Claude, Codex and OpenCode sessions

AgentHydra is made by the team that publishes this site. It shows Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode sessions on your machine in one searchable list, updated live while they run. ^[5] It lets you type a reply into a Claude session's own desktop chat, or send one message to several sessions. ^[5] It can move a Claude chat, history included, to another of your accounts. ^[5] It splits a task's pieces across Claude Code CLI sessions on your accounts, and moves a worker to another account when one nears its limit. ^[5] It shows cost at API list prices by day, model, project and account, and prints the same numbers as JSON from the command line. ^[5] ^[5] It pairs each failed shell command with the command that fixed it, and can copy those pairs out as a rules file for your agents. ^[5] It lists each Claude and Codex account with its plan and 5-hour and weekly quota, and can open, focus, quit, create and delete Claude Desktop instances. ^[5] Its features are exposed as MCP tools, including checks that tell an agent which account it is on and how much quota is left. ^[5] It packs a task and its repository into a Markdown file, leaving out common secret files, then copies a prompt and opens ChatGPT for you to send yourself. ^[5]

How to pick the right Continue alternative

Pick the tool that matches the part of the session manager job you care about, since the options cover different work.

Choose Claude Squad when you want several agents running in separate terminal workspaces at once. ^[1] Check that you can install tmux and gh, since they are prerequisites. ^[1]

Choose Conductor when you want a team of coding agents running in the cloud on isolated microVMs. ^[2] ^[2] Check how its macOS and iOS apps and its API fit the way you work. ^[2]

Pick ccusage when the question is what Claude Code and other agents have been costing from local usage data, with daily, weekly, monthly and session reports. ^[3] Check the offline mode if you want pricing data without a network connection. ^[3]

Pick opcode when you want a GUI on top of Claude Code. ^[4] Check that your operating system and hardware meet its requirements, and that its release executables match your setup. ^[4] ^[4]

Choose AgentHydra when you want one live list of Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode sessions on your machine, with replies, cost at API list prices, quota views and account moves in the same tool. ^[5] ^[5] ^[5] ^[5] It is free, with no account or subscription. ^[5]

Things to check before you choose: how the options handle the coding agents you actually run, which operating system each supports, and where each stores or sends your data.

The table below compares the options side by side. Since no verified facts cover Continue itself, Continue is not a row here. Check each tool's own page for details its source does not give.

Things to check before you choose

Before choosing, check which coding agents each tool works with, since the options name different agent sets. ^[1] ^[3] ^[5] Check what each tool needs to be installed: Claude Squad needs tmux and gh, and opcode lists specific operating systems and hardware. ^[1] ^[4] Check where each tool keeps your data: opcode says it does not collect or track data, while Conductor runs agents in the cloud. ^[4] ^[2] Ask where price is shown, because ccusage reports cost from local usage data. ^[3]

Frequently asked questions

What is the best Continue alternative?

There is no single best option, because the tools cover different parts of the session manager job. Claude Squad runs agents in separate workspaces, Conductor runs a team in the cloud, ccusage reports usage and cost from local data, opcode is a GUI for Claude Code, and AgentHydra shows and steers sessions in one list. Match the tool to the work you want done.

Which Continue alternative runs agents in separate workspaces?

Claude Squad is a terminal app that manages multiple agents in separate workspaces, including Claude Code, Codex, Gemini and other local agents such as Aider. ^[1] It installs as the command cs and needs tmux and gh as prerequisites. ^[1] ^[1]

Which Continue alternative reports coding agent cost?

ccusage analyzes coding agent CLI token usage and costs from local data, turning it into daily, weekly, monthly and session reports. ^[3] ^[3] It has an offline mode using pre-cached pricing data, and it tracks cache creation and cache read tokens separately. ^[3] ^[3]

Is AgentHydra free?

AgentHydra is free, with no account or subscription. ^[5] It is open source under the MIT License. ^[5] The tray app needs Windows, and macOS and Linux builds exist but have not been verified. ^[5]

Can these alternatives run sessions in the cloud?

Conductor lets teams run a team of coding agents in the cloud, on isolated microVMs, and is available on macOS, iOS and via API. ^[2] ^[2] ^[2] The other options on this page run from the terminal or the machine rather than the cloud.

Free, with no account or subscription. ^[5]

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