Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Crank – The SSH Terminal Manager for Engineers Who Refuse to Close Tabs
I've gone full vibe coder, and in doing so I replaced how I used to work with my own (and very buggy) SSH window manager. The world shifted for me, and it's unsettling... I haven't read the code yet, but I'm using it to manage 25 projects all running claude code on a very beefy server. Every single facet of this project was from claude.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.
- 1
The `boring` SSH tunnel manager. Contribute to alebeck/boring development by creating an account on GitHub.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 2
Mantel▲75Stop confusing your Claude Code sessions & terminal windows
May 2026 · getmantel.app · its alternatives →
- 3SA
Hello all :) I made this BBS for fun and thought you all would enjoy it. It's not perfect, but it's been a fun exercise! see it: https://asciinema.org/a/Emg6SWrXMV6cehfQxrw1GRu75 try it: ssh -p 2223 shhhbb.com host it: https://github.com/donuts-are-good/shhhbb/releases/latest why? Every year I challenge myself in some new way, this year it is to push one project per week. You might recognize my static site generator [0] or my releaser for go [1] from previous posts as one of these weekly projects. If you want to join me in doing this, it's…
2023 · donuts-are-good.github.io · its alternatives →
- 4
- 5
spacecake▲79Run Claude Code agents in terminal with a visual editor
Feb 2026 · spacecake.ai · its alternatives →
- 6
A terminal session manager for Claude Code, and more - pradipta/wallfacer
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 7
Scapefree tier, from $9.99/mo▲59Hey HN, we've been using Claude Code daily for months, and built Scape to fix our biggest pain point: managing multiple worktrees quickly & reducing the mental load of switching between them quickly. What we built: Scape is a macOS menu bar app that sits on top of Claude Code and gives you: - One-click worktrees: click a button, get a new git worktree with a Claude session already working on it. Develop in parallel without leaving your current branch. - Toolkit: per-session actions like "Create PR", "Commit & Push", "Run & Fix Tests." Add your own with bash scripts or prompts. -…
24d ago · scape.work · its alternatives →
- 8
AgentManager▲125Never miss a Claude Code session waiting for your input
Jul 2026 · agentmgr.app · its alternatives →
- 9
A persistent terminal for Codex and Claude side by side
Aug 2026 · its alternatives →
- 10
Termexo▲98A local Windows workbench for Claude Code and Codex
Aug 2026 · termexo.com · its alternatives →
- 11
After a year of producing all my code through Claude Code, I was growing frustrated with losing Terminal tabs and not noticing when sessions are ready to continue. I looked around at all the terminal managers people have been building for this type of workflow and couldn't find anything that worked for me. Cmux came close but was too buggy in the area I cared the most about: knowing when my sessions are ready for input. I also felt like the sidebar was too cluttered and hard to parse visually. So, I made my own Claude-first terminal manager and optimized it for the habits I've developed over…
Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 12
A floating WM of terminals inside your terminal
2018 · gitlab.com · its alternatives →
- 13
Hi everyone! Hope you had a great day so far, and maybe its about to get just a little bit better (thanks Winter ;) So I had way to many terminal windows flying about when using Claude, and kept losing track of which terminal / session / project im in right now. So I built a solution for that, presented it to my team, and now we're using our new tool all the time, and developing it to be the most helpful agents organization tool we can think of. Unfortunatelly, Claude Code only for now, will do Codex soon tho. What it does for you: Main features: - Overview of your projects, with…
Aug 2026 · episko.dev · its alternatives →
- 14
LLM-powered coding assistant — in your terminal
Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 15
So first, what are we? A Clubhouse inside the terminal, where people can take a break, chill, chat with others all around the globe, listen to music, play some games, or paint on a live artboard :). ssh late.sh (or use the companion CLI) That's all. No passwords. No OAuth. No accounts. Your SSH key is your identity. Honestly, I've been a little nervous to post this. I wanted the Clubhouse to be something I'm genuinely proud of before sharing, and I think we are finally there :) There is so much here, so I'll really try to focus on the core: - full-scale chat, mentions, rooms, public and…
Jun 2026 · late.sh · its alternatives →
- 16
Hi everyone! I built this because I wanted a little bit more organization around my Claude sessions, worktrees and plans while staying in the terminal and not relying on another SaaS tool. Since it's a command line tool, the added bonus is that Claude can use `td` directly. The td calendar was just a fun add-on but the Claude session stats have been pretty interesting! Let me know what you think!
Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 17
- 18
We were both genuinely impressed by Claude Code after it helped each of us fix nasty CI problems overnight. Doing those fixes manually would have taken days. After that experience, we each found ourselves struggling through Ctrl+Tab through multiple Claude Code windows in our terminals. While we enjoyed having agents working for us in parallel, context switching and cycling through each terminal tab was a real pain. So we thought: Can we design a TUI dashboard that manages a large swarm of agents in one place? Even better, can agents manage agents hierarchically, like how companies work?…
May 2026 · omar.tech · its alternatives →
- 19
I use Claude Code across multiple projects with different conventions and some shared repos just as it so happens to be the real world. Managing the config files (.claude/rules/, mcps.json, settings.json) by hand got tedious, so I built a local web UI for it. This one started out as claude-config but migrated to coder-config as I'm adding others (Gemini, AG, Codex, etc). Main features: - Visual editor for rules, permissions, and MCP servers - Project registry to switch between codebases - "Workstreams" to group related repos (frontend + API + shared libs) with shared context -…
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 20
I built this for myself but I figured why not share. The aim of CCM is to be able to fully manage all Claude Code configuration files, both globally and those in your project. Some neat features: - Manages your CLAUDE.md, rules, hooks, agents, memories and so on. - Elevate memories to rules - Copy/Move any asset from one scope to another, or elevate it to global scope - Install marketplaces and plugins The full app is embedded right on the site as a demo so you can try it out. I'm happy to receive feedback, I know it's not perfect. Thanks for taking a look.
Apr 2026 · claude.ldlework.com · its alternatives →
- 21FM
I built Frame to better manage the projects I develop with Claude Code, to bring a standard to my Claude Code projects, to improve project and task planning, and to reduce context and memory loss. In its current state, Frame works entirely locally. You don’t need to enter any API keys or anything like that. You can run Claude Code directly using the terminal inside Frame. Why am I not using existing IDEs? Simply because, for me, I no longer need them. What I need is an interface centered around the terminal, not a code editor. I initially built something that allowed me to place terminals in…
Jan 2026 · its alternatives →
- 22
SSH Client and connection manager in your favorite terminal - cuonggt/zzh
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 23
SSHift▲5Manage your SSH keys without touching the terminal
Jul 2026 · sshmanager.beauregardsolutions.com · its alternatives →
- 24
Vigil▲1A manager–worker tree for Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode
Sep 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
Also compare
Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →