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Herdr alternatives (2026)
Herdr is a coding tool: Runtime for running and managing many coding agents side by side. Pricing, as the maker states it: Open source. Its GitHub repo has 44,377 stars. We found 182 tools in the directory that do overlapping work (writing code, running coding agents in parallel); 134 of them are open source and 22 list a free or freemium plan. Below are the 10 closest, ranked by how many tasks and sub-tasks they share with Herdr, then by GitHub stars.
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Quick comparison Top 10 of 11 listed below. Pricing as the maker states it; blank means we don't have it.
| Tool | Pricing | Best for | Open source |
|---|---|---|---|
 Orca | Open source | Write code | Yes |
 Paseo | Open source | Write code | Yes |
 Superset | Source-available + cloud | Write code | Source-available |
 Worktrunk | Open source | Write code | Yes |
 Mission Control | Open source | Write code | Yes |
 Maestro | Open source | Write code | Yes |
 Lody | Open source + cloud | Write code | Yes |
 Imbue | Open source | Write code | Yes |
 Mirror CLI | See site | Write code | |
 Verdent | Paid | Write code |
- Orca (Open source): Agent development environment for running a fleet of parallel coding agents on your own subscriptions and reviewing their work. Consider it because it also covers local and self-hosted; it has more GitHub stars (94,443 vs 44,377).
- Paseo (Open source): Orchestrate multiple coding agents from desktop and mobile. Consider it because it also covers computer and desktop control and multi-agent orchestration.
- Superset (Source-available + cloud): Agentic IDE for orchestrating many coding agents in parallel. Consider it because it also covers multi-agent orchestration and IDE and editor agents.
- Worktrunk (Open source): CLI for managing Git worktrees so several AI agents can work in parallel. Consider it because it also covers terminal and CLI agents.
- Mission Control (Open source): Self-hosted control plane for dispatching tasks to agents, reviewing runs and tracking spend. Consider it because it also covers token usage and cost tracking and local and self-hosted.
- Maestro (Open source): Command center for orchestrating multiple coding agents. Consider it because it also covers multi-agent orchestration.
- Lody (Open source + cloud): A team workspace for running AI coding agents in parallel in isolated Git worktrees, with live diff review, GitHub integration and access from phone or desktop. Consider it because it also covers code review and voice and phone agents.
- Imbue (Open source): AI research company building tools for coding agents, including Sculptor for running parallel agents. Consider it because it also covers research and reports.
- Mirror CLI (See site): Reflection AI's terminal coding agent that reads code, edits files and runs commands in isolated git worktrees, using the open-weight Beam model by default. Consider it because it also covers sandboxes and secure execution and terminal and CLI agents.
- Verdent (Paid): AI coding agent that plans, codes and verifies tasks in parallel. Consider it because it is a managed commercial product, if you'd rather not run it yourself; it also covers planning and task tracking.
Herdr vs alternatives at a glance
| Tool | Pricing | Open source / licence | GitHub stars | Good for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Herdr | Open source | Apache License 2.0 | 44,377 | writing code, running coding agents in parallel |
| Orca | Open source | MIT | 94,443 | writing code, running coding agents in parallel |
| Paseo | Open source | Apache-2.0 (third-party components under their own licences) | 21,143 | writing code, controlling a computer |
| Superset | Source-available + cloud | Elastic License 2.0 (source-available) | 15,289 | writing code, building multi-agent systems |
| Worktrunk | Open source | dual MIT / Apache-2.0 | 9,263 | writing code, coding in the terminal |
| Mission Control | Open source | MIT | 6,358 | writing code, evaluating agents |
| Maestro | Open source | GNU AGPL v3.0 | 3,467 | writing code, building multi-agent systems |
| Lody | Open source + cloud | Yes | 1,442 | writing code, controlling a computer |
| Imbue | Open source | MIT | 239 | writing code, research |
| Mirror CLI | See site | No | 180 | writing code, coding in the terminal |
| Verdent | Paid | No | — | writing code, running coding agents in parallel |
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Alternatives are picked from directory data only: same category plus shared tasks and sub-tasks. Pricing is as each maker states it; GitHub stars as recorded on each listing.