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24 alternatives to Rook
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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.
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Novi Notes▲107Your notes become AI memory. Local-only, no subscription.
Mar 2026 · rhcwlq89.github.io · its alternatives →
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Infinite clipboard for Claude, Codex and other AI tools
Jun 2026 · pasteapp.io · its alternatives →
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PMB▲211PMB gives Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and Zed a real memory. Decisions, lessons and facts in one SQLite file on your disk. Offline, no API keys, no cloud.
Jun 2026 · pmbai.dev · its alternatives →
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Open-source Computer Use MCP for AI agents
May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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MCP Defender▲152Hi HN, MCP Defender is an open source desktop app that automatically proxies your MCP traffic in AI apps like Cursor, Claude, Windsurf and VSCode. It then scans all requests and responses between the apps and the MCP tools they call. If it detects anything malicious, it alerts you and lets you allow or block the tool call. While the threat landscape of MCP is still being actively researched, there are dangerous things that MCP Defender can block today. For example, a developer asks Cursor to fix a Github issue with an attached crash log. However, the Github issue was created by an attacker…
2025 · mcpdefender.com · its alternatives →
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Context Sync▲95Persistent AI memory across Claude Desktop & Cursor IDE
Oct 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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ShioriCode▲119Open-source alternative to Codex & Claude Code
May 2026 · shiori.ai · its alternatives →
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Claunnector▲78Connect your Mac's Mail, Calendar, and more to AI
Apr 2026 · claunnector.com · its alternatives →
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Give your agent tools to create beautiful, codebase-aware UI
Apr 2026 · aidesigner.ai · its alternatives →
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Vibe Pocket▲135Run AI agents like Claude Code, Codex, Opencode on mobile
Dec 2025 · vibepocket.com · its alternatives →
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Doing▲135Voice and visual context for AI builders. No subscription.
Apr 2026 · doing.tools · its alternatives →
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AgentManager▲125Never miss a Claude Code session waiting for your input
Jul 2026 · agentmgr.app · its alternatives →
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flock▲79Run a flock of Claude Code (or other agents) in one window.
Apr 2026 · baahaus.github.io · its alternatives →
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AgentQuartz▲94Claude & Cursor usage in your macOS menu bar
Jul 2026 · agentquartz.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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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. -…
23d ago · scape.work · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I built Retain as the evolution of claude-reflect (github.com/BayramAnnakov/claude-reflect). The original problem: I use Claude Code/Codex daily for coding, plus claude.ai and ChatGPT occasionally. Every conversation contains decisions, corrections, and patterns I forget existed weeks later. I kept re-explaining the same preferences. claude-reflect was a CLI tool that extracted learnings from Claude Code sessions. Retain takes this further with a native macOS app that: - Aggregates conversations from Claude Code, claude.ai, ChatGPT, and Codex CLI - Instant full-text…
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Memo MCP▲6Local-first memory for AI agents — offline, no keys
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Your AI agent's favorite todo app for macOS
Feb 2026 · devglow.app · its alternatives →
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monthlet▲3The note app where AI writes the note — layout and all
Aug 2026 · monthlet.ai · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I run a few Claude Code sessions in parallel and kept cmd-tabbing around just to find out one of them had been sitting on a permission prompt for ten minutes. There's a hardware gadget I liked (called SidePulse.io) so before waiting to get my shipment I built the software version instead :D I hope you like it and find it useful as I do!
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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