Managing multiple AI coding agents in parallel can quickly become messy—especially when juggling isolated tasks, projects, and models. That’s where Claude Squad enters the scene: a terminal-native workspace orchestrator built to streamline the management of Claude Code and other local agents like Aider.
Claude Squad creates an organized multi-agent setup directly in your terminal, leveraging tmux for session isolation and git worktrees to keep workspaces separate and conflict-free. Each task gets spun up in its own branch and terminal instance, allowing you to toggle, monitor, and manage agent interactions independently.
Once installed—either via the install script or built from source—you can launch a new session with a single command:
cs -p "aider --model ollama_chat/gemma3:1b"
This spins up an isolated workspace where the specified agent runs, allowing you to iterate without stepping on your other projects. You can also set this default via the config file (accessible by running cs debug).
The terminal UI supports intuitive navigation:
– n spawns a new session
– D kills a session
– o attaches to the session
– s commits and pushes code to GitHub
– c checkpoints and pauses the session
All while maintaining full control via keyboard shortcuts. For instance, hitting tab toggles between a diff and preview pane, while ctrl-q detaches the current session. Even scrolling through diffs is streamlined with shift-↑/↓.
One of its standout features is background processing with --autoyes, enabling agents to run autonomously by auto-accepting prompts—ideal for asynchronous workflows.
Under the hood, the project keeps things clean. It uses structured Tmux session handling, reduces goroutine leaks, and refines the window sizing behavior when attached or detached. Still, its authors caution that error handling during corrupted states is a work in progress.
Claude Squad is open source under AGPL-3.0 and embraces the Unix philosophy: composable, scriptable, and minimal. If you’re juggling multiple AI agents in your development flow, it’s worth a spin right in your terminal.