AI · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Loopsy, a way for terminals and AI agents on different machines to talk

I've always had the urge to have my two macbooks communicate. Having one idle while working on the other felt like underutilization of resources. So I built Loopsy. Initially the goal was to do file transfer via local network, and then came running commands. I then tried running coding agents from one machine to the other, and it worked. Later I figured there should be a better way to continue my claude sessions remotely on my phone from the gym. So I did a cloudflare worker that connects to my local machine. I just need to ensure the laptop is plugged in. I know I might be reinventing the…

Loopsy enables terminals and AI agents to communicate across different machines over local networks and remote connections. It supports file transfers, remote command execution, and running AI coding agents between… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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   Humans in the Loop▲461

   A free community to talk all-things-agentic-coding-AI

   Jan 2026 · clawsyndicate.ai · its alternatives →

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   1Code▲569

   Just to clarify the background a bit. This project wasn’t planned as a big standalone release at first. On January 16, Ollama added support for an Anthropic-compatible API, and I was curious how far this could be pushed in practice. I decided to try plugging local Ollama models directly into a Claude Code-style workflow and see if it would actually work end to end. Here is the release note from Ollama that made this possible: https://ollama.com/blog/claude Technically, what I do is pretty straightforward: - Detect which local models are available in Ollama. - When…

   Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Claudy▲163

   A proper home for Claude Code — multi-session, multi-account

   May 2026 · claudy.markg.app · its alternatives →

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   Parallel Code▲159

   I kept running into a structural problem with AI coding tools. You try one agent. It makes changes. You try another. Now you're manually diffing branches and cleaning up experimental commits. The tools are powerful, but the workflow isn’t designed for comparison. So I built Parallel Code. It runs Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini CLI natively (no API wrapper, no feature abstraction), but isolates each agent in: its own terminal its own Git worktree its own feature branch The workflow becomes: Spawn N worktrees Assign one AI agent per worktree Let them implement independently Compare diffs Merge…

   Mar 2026 · parallelcode.app · its alternatives →

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   Termly▲82

   Hey HN! I'm one of the developers of Termly. Problem: I love using Claude Code for development, but being chained to my laptop all day wasn't working. SSH + terminal emulators felt clunky for interactive AI coding sessions. Solution: Built a WebSocket relay that mirrors your AI coding session to mobile with zero-knowledge E2E encryption. How it works: 1. npm install -g @termly-dev/cli 2. termly start (wraps your AI tool) 3. Scan QR code with mobile app 4. Your session syncs in real-time, encrypted end-to-end Tech stack: • Open source CLI (MIT licensed) - inspect the code yourself •…

   Nov 2025 · termly.dev · its alternatives →

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   Skill that lets Claude Code/Codex spin up VMs and GPUs▲138

   I've been working on CloudRouter, a skill + CLI that gives coding agents like Claude Code and Codex the ability to start cloud VMs and GPUs. When an agent writes code, it usually needs to start a dev server, run tests, open a browser to verify its work. Today that all happens on your local machine. This works fine for a single task, but the agent is sharing your computer: your ports, RAM, screen. If you run multiple agents in parallel, it gets a bit chaotic. Docker helps with isolation, but it still uses your machine's resources, and doesn't give the agent a browser, a desktop, or a GPU to…

   Feb 2026 · cloudrouter.dev · its alternatives →

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   A local merge queue for parallel Claude Code agents▲42

   I have been pushing up to 90 commits a day on a MacBook Air via 4-5 parallel agents. As you can imagine when all the agents try to build, test and run dev servers on an 8GB machine it is the fast lane to a force quit and restart. I also did not want to pay the CI minutes on 90 pushes a day. So I designed a local merge queue to have all commits land one at a time and fully tested. Hopefully this helps other folks with more modest machines. Appreciate any feedback.

   Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   flock▲79

   Run a flock of Claude Code (or other agents) in one window.

   Apr 2026 · baahaus.github.io · its alternatives →

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   Offrun – manage every coding agent from one workspace▲78

   Run Claude Code, Codex, AGY, and Grok Build side by side on your Mac. Every change gets reviewed by a second agent before you accept it.

   21d ago · offrun.dev · its alternatives →

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    Loop MCP by SimpliflowAI▲141

    The tools Appstore for your AI

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    AgentManager▲125

    Never miss a Claude Code session waiting for your input

    Jul 2026 · agentmgr.app · its alternatives →

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    Clusy ▲112

    Clusy is an AI notebook IDE for Jupyter: an agent plans, writes, runs, and branches computational notebooks on managed cloud CPUs and GPUs.

    Jul 2026 · clusy.io · its alternatives →

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    loopclub▲85

    The shared drum machine to jam with strangers or with Claude

    Jul 2026 · app.loopclub.xyz · its alternatives →

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    kimiflare▲96

    kimi k2.6 cli code editor hosted on cloudflare workers AI

    Apr 2026 · sinameraji.github.io · its alternatives →

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    AgentGrid▲77

    Hi HN, I’m Michael, I built AgentGrid with my friend Souren because we were tired of losing our coding sessions and couldn't keep track of what was actually being built across our many projects. Our approach was to use an infinite canvas desktop app for the TUIs we already know and love, mainly claude + codex. We drew inspiration from Figma and Railway. Overtime we added image nodes, notes, terminals, coding editors, source control, etc. I wasn't sure about it at first. It took me a month to give the first version Souren built a real try. What got me was an Apple System Update I've been…

    Jul 2026 · agentgrid.sh · its alternatives →

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    Aether▲26

    Since coding agents like Claude Code and Codex came out, I've been pretty obsessed with them. It's hard not to when you're getting a 20x discount on inference. I've also been frustrated by them a lot. I hated walking around with my laptop lid open while connected to a hotspot on my phone, having to tediously accept commands so I don't lose my root directory, and running out of RAM when running multiple agents that were spinning up dev servers in different worktrees at once. A lot of people would say existing cloud agents are the solution to this, as none of the above problems apply to any…

    Jul 2026 · runaether.dev · its alternatives →

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    Open-Source Animal Crossing–Style UI for Claude Code Agents▲48

    We posted here on Monday and got some great feedback. We’ve implemented a few of the most requested updates: - iMessage channel support (agents can text people and you can text agents) Other channels are simple to extend. - A built-in browser (agents can navigate and interact with websites) - Scheduling (run tasks on a timer / cron/ in the future) - Built in tunneling so that the agents can share local stuff with you over the internet - More robust MCP and Skills support so anyone can extend it - Auto approval for agent requests If you didn’t see the original: Outworked is a…

    Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Moshi▲38

    I built an iOS app to interact with coding agents from my phone. Most remote solutions I've seen require installing a server or relay on your machine. Moshi is just an app — SSH/Mosh into your Mac/PC/Sandbox and you're done. The use case isn't really "I need to get back to my computer." It's more like: - I'm curious how the agent is doing on that refactor - I want Claude Code to research something for me (it knows my codebase, unlike a fresh chatbot) - I have an idea and want to tell the agent before I forget I just type what I want — or speak it. Whisper transcribes locally,…

    Jan 2026 · getmoshi.app · its alternatives →

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    Give your coding agents the ability to message each other▲14

    I finally got around to making a tool I've wanted for a long time: you can basically think of it as being "like Gmail for coding agents." If you've ever tried to use a bunch of instances of Claude Code or Codex at once across the same project, you've probably noticed how annoying it can be when they freak out about the other agent changing the files they're working on. Then they start doing annoying things, like restoring files from git, in the process wiping out another agent's work without a backup. Or if you've tried to have agents coordinate on two separate repos, like a Python backend…

    Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Pluqqy – Terminal based context management tool for AI coding▲8

    I vibe-coded a terminal tool called Pluqqy (I had a dormant domain on hand) to help me keep LLM context organized while coding with AI. It’s my first time writing Go and my first terminal app, built almost entirely with Claude Code. • What it does: Pluqqy lets you manage prompts, rules, and context as small building blocks, then stitch them together into a single file (like AGENT.md or CLAUDE.md) that your coding agent can consume. It’s meant to reduce context drift and make iteration easier. • Why I built it: I was losing track of my agent context between sessions and wanted something…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Loop Engineering▲6

    Design safe, token-aware AI agent loops — free, no sign-up

    Jul 2026 · loopengineering.app · its alternatives →

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    ChatML - Run Claude Code Parallel Sessions in a Desktop app▲6

    Hey HN, Over the past 10 months I've been using Claude Code heavily, and one limitation kept coming up: you can really only run one coding agent at a time. While one agent is refactoring something, the rest of the repo is basically blocked unless you start manually juggling branches and working directories. The core issue is that AI coding agents operate directly in your filesystem. If two agents run in the same working directory they quickly start stepping on each other’s changes. Git worktrees turned out to be a surprisingly good primitive for solving this. So I built ChatML, a Desktop app…

    Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    LoopFlow▲4

    Loop engineering for Claude Code. Open-source YAML workflows with independent verification, budget caps, memory, and worktree isolation. - faisalishfaq2005/loopflow

    Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Omar – A TUI for managing 100 coding agents▲17

    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 →

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