Open source alternatives to Claude Code Agent View

By GitHub stars it is Herdr, with 50,846 stars and a commit on 7 Nov. Choose Herdr when you want a free terminal workspace that runs coding agents from different makers and flags which one needs you. Next come Jean (1,417 stars) and Dray (131 stars).

Yes. The code of all 3 is public under Apache 2.0, so you can use them with no licence fee. Running one yourself costs the server and your time to look after it, and some makers also sell a hosted plan.

Start from the job you use Claude Code Agent View for. Choose Dray when you want a native Mac window with diffs, pull request checks and a browser for every agent session. Choose Jean when you want a graphical workspace for many agent sessions, with diffs, terminals and Linear issues beside them.

2 of the 3: Jean and Dray. Each tool's page says what it needs to run.

All 3 we track had a commit in the last 30 days, among them Herdr, Jean and Dray. A recent commit shows the project is kept up, not that it will stay that way.

Apache 2.0 (3). MIT, BSD and Apache let you change and reuse the code freely.

The hosting. Claude Code Agent View's maker runs the servers for you; with an open source tool the updates, backups, security fixes and support are yours, unless you take the maker's hosted plan. Features differ too, so check what each one imports and exports before you move your data.