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title: "Conductor vs Fredrin"
description: "Conductor runs agents in git worktrees on your Mac. Fredrin is the alternative when work needs a ticket board, PR and CI status, and Windows or Linux."
url: "https://fredrin.com/compare/conductor"
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# Conductor vs Fredrin

Conductor gives every parallel agent its own isolated worktree on your Mac. Fredrin puts those parallel agents on a board where each one ships as a pull request. Here's the honest comparison, and where a desktop board of parallel agents pulls ahead.

## What each tool is for

### Conductor (Mac agent workspace)

Conductor gives every parallel agent its own isolated worktree on your Mac.

### Fredrin (desktop agent board)

Fredrin puts those parallel agents on a board where each one ships as a pull request.

## Fredrin vs Conductor, side by side

Conductor earns partial credit where it legitimately covers a row. Nothing here is stacked against it.

| Capability | Conductor | Fredrin |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Runs many coding agents in parallel | Yes | Yes |
| Each task in its own git worktree | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own AI subscription | Yes | Yes |
| Kanban board from backlog to review | Partial — workspace list | Yes |
| GitHub PR + CI status on the card | Partial — review & merge | Yes |
| Runs on Windows | No | Yes |
| Runs on Linux | No | Yes |
| Open source | No | No |
| Free to use | Yes | Partial — free tier, then $20 |
| Paid team plan, shared board | No | Yes |

## Why teams move from Conductor to Fredrin

### A backlog, not just what's running

Conductor shows you the workspaces you started. Fredrin holds the work you haven't started yet too (a backlog, a planning column, a review column), so the board is where you decide what to run next, not just a window onto what is already running.

### The PR comes back to the card

Both tools end with a change you review. In Fredrin the pull request and its CI status live on the ticket, so a red check is visible on the board and merging the PR closes the ticket, instead of tracking that state in GitHub separately.

### Not Mac-only, and not solo-only

Conductor is a macOS app with no published team tier. Fredrin runs on macOS, Windows and Linux, and its Team plan puts several people on the same board, so the work is shared rather than sitting in one person's dock.

## An honest read

### Choose Conductor

You're on a Mac, you want the most polished way to fan Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or OpenCode across isolated git worktrees, and you're happy reviewing and merging in the app. Conductor does exactly that, it's free, and it's very good at it.

### Choose Fredrin

You want those parallel runs to sit on a board with a backlog and a review column, PR and CI status on every card, and teammates on the same board. Or you're on Windows or Linux, where Conductor doesn't run.

## Conductor vs Fredrin: FAQ

### Is Fredrin a Conductor alternative?

Yes, and they overlap more than most pairs on this site: both run several coding agents at once, each in its own git worktree, on your own machine, on a subscription you already pay for. The difference is the surface around them. Conductor is a Mac app organised around the workspaces you have running; Fredrin is a kanban board organised around tickets, where each ticket carries its branch, its pull request and its CI status.

### Does Conductor have a kanban board?

Not a backlog-to-review kanban. Conductor's main surface lists the workspaces you've started so you can see what each agent is doing and review its changes. Fredrin's surface is a board with columns, so work that hasn't started yet lives there too.

### Can I use Fredrin on Windows or Linux?

Yes to both. Fredrin runs on macOS 13+, Windows 10+ (x64) and Linux on x64, where it ships as an AppImage. Conductor is macOS-only, so off a Mac this comparison stops being a comparison.

### Is Conductor cheaper than Fredrin?

Today, yes: Conductor is free and you bring your own Claude or Codex subscription, and Fredrin has a free tier with paid plans above it. We'd rather say that plainly than pretend otherwise. What you get for the paid plan is the board, PR and CI status on the card, and a Team plan several people can share (as of July 2026; check both sites for current terms).