# Herdr

A native home for coding agents that keeps running after you close the window, and can be reshaped by the agents themselves.

HTML: https://softbests.com/software/herdr
Markdown: https://softbests.com/software/herdr.md
Website: https://herdr.dev

- Category: [Coding agents](https://softbests.com/category/coding-agents)
- Pricing: Open source
- Platforms: macOS, Windows, Linux, CLI
- Underrated

## Best for

Developers running several Claude Code or Codex sessions who want one persistent workspace instead of a pile of terminals.

## Why it deserves attention

Herdr pairs a native desktop app with a local core that keeps agent sessions alive after the window closes, then restores them when you come back. Layouts and mods are plain files the agent can edit, so you can ask it to add a Linear board, a plan-usage meter, or a git graph. An agent can also hand work to a background helper with hc run --bg and receive the report straight in its input, and a TUI client covers terminal-only machines. It is Apache-2.0 with about 48,000 GitHub stars and builds for macOS, Linux, and Windows; it is still early, assumes terminal comfort, and running many agents at once needs some resource planning.

## Can replace

- [tmux](https://softbests.com/software/tmux)
- Conductor

## Related and alternatives

- [Claude Code](https://softbests.com/software/claude-code)
- [Paseo](https://softbests.com/software/paseo)