DevSwarm, run multiple AI coding assistants in parallel

In plain words

DevSwarm is a desktop application for Mac and Windows that runs multiple AI coding assistants in parallel on separate git branches. Users can easily swap between different models like Claude, local assistants, or Codex without affecting their current work, then compare and merge results safely. Rather than functioning as a traditional IDE, it acts as an Augmented Development Environment that integrates with existing editors, allowing developers to open any branch with a single click. The tool is currently available as a free beta.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

DevSwarm specialises in AI augmented software development tooling, specifically an augmented development environment. This lets developers run multiple AI coding assistants at the same time to make the software engineering workflows faster. Kickstart Your AI Coding Journey — Free for Students! Sign up to get full access to DevSwarm’s Pro features.

DevSwarm runs parallel AI coding agents in isolated workspaces, each with a full IDE, with GitHub and Jira wired in. Download free for Mac and Windows.

Stop juggling AI agents and IDEs. Run and coordinate parallel agents across isolated branches to write, review, and optimize code in one seamless workspace. Each workspace carries its own extensions, its own ports, and its own configuration, so branches never step on each other. Work on a feature, a bugfix, and an experiment at the same time, in one project or across several, each with its own dev server and terminals. It all runs in one interface, and switching branches takes a click. Describe what you want in plain language. DevSwarm plans the work, creates a workspace for each piece, and puts an agent on every one. The agents pass messages, report progress, and hand results back until…from devswarm.ai

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