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Scape vs Claude Squad
Claude Squad is a terminal app that manages several local coding agents, each in its own workspace.[1] Here is how it compares with Scape, with a source for every claim about Claude Squad.
| Feature | Scape | Claude Squad |
|---|---|---|
| Agents | ||
| Agents | Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, Cursor, OpenCode, pi, omp and Kimi Code, on your own subscriptions. | Claude Code by default; Codex, Gemini, Aider and other local agents through -p or profiles.[1] |
| Manager agent (Argus) | Argus reads your mission, starts child agents in their own worktrees, checks on them, and keeps a log table. You choose which agent and model its children run on, and can restart it on another agent without losing them. | No. |
| Agent rooms | Chat rooms where agents and people work one problem together, such as Claude and Codex debating an approach. | No. |
| Messages between sessions | One agent can message or direct another session. | No. |
| Agent review | Adversarial review: a second agent reviews the first one's diff (/scape-codex-review ships with Scape). | No. |
| Watchdogs | Supervisors that spot stuck sessions and auto-answer questions and permission gates (Claude Code). | An experimental auto-yes mode.[1] |
| Automation | ||
| Playbooks | Step-by-step automations that chain shell commands, agent prompts, HTTP calls and Scape tools. Lock one and it runs as a fixed script. | No. |
| Scheduler | A per-project calendar that runs playbooks and messages Argus, once or daily, weekly or monthly, while Scape is open. | No. |
| Triggers | Run a playbook or prompt Argus when a webhook arrives, an integration record changes, a table query matches, or a calendar event happens. You arm each one. | No. |
| Working with people | ||
| Flight Plans | One shared, end-to-end encrypted document where you, a teammate and both your agents turn open questions into decisions and tasks. Share it by link and approve each person who asks to join. | No. |
| Encrypted chat | End-to-end encrypted group and one-to-one rooms. Messages are never stored on a server. | No. |
| Sharing | Drag notes, playbooks and tables into an encrypted chat to share them. | No. |
| Workspace | ||
| Notes | Rich-text notes with version history, embedded charts and full-text search, synced through your iCloud. | No. |
| Tables | SQLite-backed tables your agents and playbooks read and write, viewed as a table, kanban or gantt. | No. |
| Charts | Bar, line, area, scatter, pie and KPI charts built from your tables, embeddable in notes. | No. |
| Custom Apps | Small apps built from a JSON spec, kept in your project. | No. |
| Integrations | Jira, GitHub, Slack, Notion, Linear, ServiceNow, Bugsnag, Datadog, or any HTTP source, in your sidebar. | No. |
| Dev tools | ||
| Worktrees | A git worktree per session, with a post-create hook you set per repo or globally. | tmux keeps sessions separate and git worktrees give each its own branch.[1] |
| Code editor | Monaco, with 60+ languages, a diff view, Vim mode and LSP. | No. |
| Browser | A built-in browser your agents can drive: screenshots, clicks, forms and scraping. | No. |
| Dev servers | A live browser preview paired with each server. Cmd+click jumps to the source, and each worktree gets its own port. | No. |
| Spectator mode | Every file an agent edits opens live in the editor, so you can follow along. | No. |
| The basics | ||
| Status | In active development. | Latest release v1.0.20 on 2026-08-20.[3] |
| Where agents run | On your Mac. Claude Code sessions can also run on a saved SSH host. No hosted agents. | On your machine.[1] |
| Platform | macOS. Claude Code sessions can also be driven from the Claude mobile app through Remote Control, opt-in per project. There is no Scape mobile app yet. | A terminal app that needs tmux and gh. Releases include macOS and Linux builds.[1][2] |
| Price | 14-day free trial, no account or card. Then Pro at $9.99 a month or $99 a year; you bring your own agent subscriptions. | No price listed. |
| Open source | No. | Yes, AGPL-3.0.[1] |
Agents
- Agents
Scape: Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, Cursor, OpenCode, pi, omp and Kimi Code, on your own subscriptions.
Claude Squad: Claude Code by default; Codex, Gemini, Aider and other local agents through -p or profiles.[1]
- Manager agent (Argus)
Scape: Argus reads your mission, starts child agents in their own worktrees, checks on them, and keeps a log table. You choose which agent and model its children run on, and can restart it on another agent without losing them.
Claude Squad: No.
- Agent rooms
Scape: Chat rooms where agents and people work one problem together, such as Claude and Codex debating an approach.
Claude Squad: No.
- Messages between sessions
Scape: One agent can message or direct another session.
Claude Squad: No.
- Agent review
Scape: Adversarial review: a second agent reviews the first one's diff (/scape-codex-review ships with Scape).
Claude Squad: No.
- Watchdogs
Scape: Supervisors that spot stuck sessions and auto-answer questions and permission gates (Claude Code).
Claude Squad: An experimental auto-yes mode.[1]
Automation
- Playbooks
Scape: Step-by-step automations that chain shell commands, agent prompts, HTTP calls and Scape tools. Lock one and it runs as a fixed script.
Claude Squad: No.
- Scheduler
Scape: A per-project calendar that runs playbooks and messages Argus, once or daily, weekly or monthly, while Scape is open.
Claude Squad: No.
- Triggers
Scape: Run a playbook or prompt Argus when a webhook arrives, an integration record changes, a table query matches, or a calendar event happens. You arm each one.
Claude Squad: No.
Working with people
- Flight Plans
Scape: One shared, end-to-end encrypted document where you, a teammate and both your agents turn open questions into decisions and tasks. Share it by link and approve each person who asks to join.
Claude Squad: No.
- Encrypted chat
Scape: End-to-end encrypted group and one-to-one rooms. Messages are never stored on a server.
Claude Squad: No.
- Sharing
Scape: Drag notes, playbooks and tables into an encrypted chat to share them.
Claude Squad: No.
Workspace
- Notes
Scape: Rich-text notes with version history, embedded charts and full-text search, synced through your iCloud.
Claude Squad: No.
- Tables
Scape: SQLite-backed tables your agents and playbooks read and write, viewed as a table, kanban or gantt.
Claude Squad: No.
- Charts
Scape: Bar, line, area, scatter, pie and KPI charts built from your tables, embeddable in notes.
Claude Squad: No.
- Custom Apps
Scape: Small apps built from a JSON spec, kept in your project.
Claude Squad: No.
- Integrations
Scape: Jira, GitHub, Slack, Notion, Linear, ServiceNow, Bugsnag, Datadog, or any HTTP source, in your sidebar.
Claude Squad: No.
Dev tools
- Worktrees
Scape: A git worktree per session, with a post-create hook you set per repo or globally.
Claude Squad: tmux keeps sessions separate and git worktrees give each its own branch.[1]
- Code editor
Scape: Monaco, with 60+ languages, a diff view, Vim mode and LSP.
Claude Squad: No.
- Browser
Scape: A built-in browser your agents can drive: screenshots, clicks, forms and scraping.
Claude Squad: No.
- Dev servers
Scape: A live browser preview paired with each server. Cmd+click jumps to the source, and each worktree gets its own port.
Claude Squad: No.
- Spectator mode
Scape: Every file an agent edits opens live in the editor, so you can follow along.
Claude Squad: No.
The basics
- Status
Scape: In active development.
Claude Squad: Latest release v1.0.20 on 2026-08-20.[3]
- Where agents run
Scape: On your Mac. Claude Code sessions can also run on a saved SSH host. No hosted agents.
Claude Squad: On your machine.[1]
- Platform
Scape: macOS. Claude Code sessions can also be driven from the Claude mobile app through Remote Control, opt-in per project. There is no Scape mobile app yet.
Claude Squad: A terminal app that needs tmux and gh. Releases include macOS and Linux builds.[1][2]
- Price
Scape: 14-day free trial, no account or card. Then Pro at $9.99 a month or $99 a year; you bring your own agent subscriptions.
Claude Squad: No price listed.
- Open source
Scape: No.
Claude Squad: Yes, AGPL-3.0.[1]
“No” means it isn’t in Claude Squad’s app or docs: we checked their own site, docs, changelog and repo on , and only count a feature that’s built in and does the same job. If that’s changed, tell us and we’ll update the page.
Why people pick Scape
- Argus runs the fleet for you: it starts child agents on whichever agent and model you choose, checks on them, and can set one agent to review another's work.
- Everything around the agents is in one app: notes, tables, playbooks, Custom Apps, an editor, a browser paired with your dev servers, a scheduler and triggers, and Flight Plans and encrypted chat with your team.
- A worktree per session with a setup hook per repo, and dev servers that each get their own port.
Where Claude Squad is stronger
- Open source.[1]
Sources
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