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Manage multiple AI agents like Claude Code, Aider and Codex in your terminal. Version 1.0.19 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-25.
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Manage multiple AI agents like Claude Code, Aider and Codex in your terminal
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Project history and usage
Claude Squad is a terminal TUI for managing multiple AI coding agents in separate workspaces. The official README describes it as a way to run Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, Aider, and other local agents simultaneously, using tmux sessions and git worktrees to isolate each task.
Project history
Claude Squad belongs to the agent-orchestration layer that appeared after terminal coding agents became practical daily tools. Instead of providing a model or coding agent itself, it manages several agent sessions, previews their diffs, and helps users check out or push the resulting branches.
The README documents a deliberately Unix-native architecture: tmux for isolated terminal sessions, git worktrees for conflict-free branches, and the GitHub CLI for pull-request-oriented workflows. Its default program is `claude`, but users can launch Codex, Aider, Gemini, or custom programs with the `-p` flag or profiles in the config file.
Adoption history
The project is distributed through Homebrew and a manual shell installer. Homebrew packages stable version 1.0.19 from the official GitHub tag archive and also exposes a `head` build from the main branch.
The official GitHub release API records v1.0.19 published on June 17, 2026. The README also documents installation as `claude-squad` with an optional `cs` symlink, plus a manual installer that places the binary in `~/.local/bin`.
How it is used
Users run `cs` to open the TUI, create or attach to sessions, review diffs, commit and push branches, pause or resume sessions, and switch between preview and diff tabs. The default agent command is `claude`, while `cs -p "codex"`, `cs -p "aider ..."`, and `cs -p "gemini"` launch other assistants.
Configuration lives at `~/.claude-squad/config.json`; the README documents `cs debug` as the way to find the exact path and profiles as the way to persist named agent commands.
Why package nerds care
Claude Squad is package-nerd significant because it packages orchestration around existing local CLIs rather than yet another model client. It treats tmux, git worktrees, gh, and agent binaries as composable dependencies in a single TUI workflow.
Its Homebrew formula is also an example of the new AI-agent tooling stack entering conventional package managers: users install one binary, then combine it with separately packaged agents such as Claude Code, Codex, Aider, and Gemini.
Timeline
- 2026-06-17: GitHub release API records Claude Squad v1.0.19.
- 2026: Homebrew formula `claude-squad` packages v1.0.19 from the official GitHub tag archive.
- 2026: The README documents Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, and Aider profiles with tmux and git-worktree isolation.
Related projects
- Claude Code is the default program Claude Squad launches.
- Codex, Gemini CLI, and Aider are named by the README as supported local agent programs.
- tmux, git worktrees, and the GitHub CLI are required or central tools in the documented architecture.
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green risk · low confidence · appliance
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~/.claude-squad/config.json
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page generated2026-08-03
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manager updated2026-07-25
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Package metadata
| Package key | brew:claude-squad |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.19 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://smtg-ai.github.io/claude-squad/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/smtg-ai/claude-squad |
| Last updated | 2026-07-25T14:20:50-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
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