Comparison
Orbit vs Conductor
Conductor orchestrates Claude Code and Codex in parallel. Orbit is a development environment with 200+ models, subagents, and a visual canvas. Different tools, different layers.
An orchestrator. Launches Claude Code and Codex agents in parallel, each in its own Git worktree.
An AI-native development environment. 200+ models across 20+ providers, editor, browser, terminal, canvas, and vault in one window.
Run multiple agents in parallel on the same repo. Dashboard view to review code as agents progress.
Conversational agent with subagents for parallel work. Skills Marketplace with 20K+ community skills.
Spawn agents in isolated Git worktrees, review diffs from a dashboard, merge the winner.
Describe what you want. Agent edits code, checks the browser, reads terminal output, spawns subagents for parallel tasks. You review.
None. Agents work on code only.
Embedded. Screenshots, navigation, click-to-select, form filling.
Free. You pay for your own Claude Code or Codex subscriptions.
Free during early access. Claude OAuth or bring your own API key.
macOS only (Apple Silicon).
macOS only (Apple Silicon). Windows and Linux coming.
Where Conductor is better
Parallel agents. Launch Claude Code and Codex side by side, each in its own Git worktree. Try different approaches and pick the best result.
Agent-agnostic. Works with Claude Code and Codex. Orbit supports 200+ models but uses its own agent runtime.
Dashboard review. See all agents at once, review code as they progress, merge the winner. Built for diff-based workflows.
Completely free. No subscription. You only pay for the underlying agents you already use.
Where Orbit is different
Visual agent. Embedded browser with screenshots and click-to-select. The agent sees your running app.
All-in-one. Editor, browser, terminal, canvas, and vault in one window. 200+ models across Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, AWS, Azure, and more.
Subagents + Skills. Spawn parallel sub-tasks and extend with 20K+ community skills from the marketplace.
Non-developers welcome. Founders and PMs can direct the agent visually. No CLI agents required.
The honest take
Conductor and Orbit operate at different layers. Conductor is an orchestrator — it launches Claude Code and Codex in parallel Git worktrees so you can compare approaches. If you already use those CLI agents, Conductor is a great free dashboard.
Orbit is a full development environment with its own agent, subagents for parallel work, 200+ models, a visual canvas, and an embedded browser. Both tools support parallelism in different ways — Conductor across external agents, Orbit with built-in subagents.
See how Orbit compares
Free during early access
Claude OAuth or bring your own API key. 200+ models across 20+ providers.