Best open-source tools to run multiple AI coding agents in parallel: Orca, herdr and Squadra

Description and use

<p>Once one coding agent is useful, the next step is obvious: run three. One refactors, one writes tests, one chases a bug. Then reality hits. They edit the same files, you lose track of which terminal is waiting for an answer, an SSH drop kills an hour of work, and nobody reviews what the agents wrote.</p> <p>A new group of open-source tools fixes exactly this. Three of them cover most needs:</p> <ul> <li> <strong><a href="https://github.com/stablyai/orca" rel="noopener noreferrer">Orca</a></strong>: a desktop app that runs several CLI agents side by side, each in its own git worktree.</li> <

Problem

<p>Once one coding agent is useful, the next step is obvious: run three. One refactors, one writes tests, one chases a bug. Then reality hits. They edit the same files, you lose track of which terminal is waiting for an answer, an SSH drop kills an hour of work, and nobody reviews what the agents wrote.</p> <p>A new group of open-source tools fixes exactly this. Three of them cover most needs:</p> <ul> <li> <strong><a href="https://github.com/stablyai/orca" rel="noopener noreferrer">Orca</a></strong>: a desktop app that runs several CLI agents side by side, each in its own git worktree.</li> <

Outcome

<p>Once one coding agent is useful, the next step is obvious: run three. One refactors, one writes tests, one chases a bug. Then reality hits. They edit the same files, you lose track of which terminal is waiting for an answer, an SSH drop kills an hour of work, and nobody reviews what the agents wrote.</p> <p>A new group of open-source tools fixes exactly this. Three of them cover most needs:</p> <ul> <li> <strong><a href="https://github.com/stablyai/orca" rel="noopener noreferrer">Orca</a></strong>: a desktop app that runs several CLI agents side by side, each in its own git worktree.</li> <

Evidence

Best open-source tools to run multiple AI coding agents in parallel: Orca, herdr and Squadra

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