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Scape vs Claude Code desktop
Claude Code desktop is the Code tab in Anthropic's Claude app: parallel Claude Code sessions with git isolation, a terminal, file editor, diff review and a browser pane. Scape runs Claude Code too, so you can use the two together.[1] Here is how it compares with Scape, with a source for every claim about Claude Code desktop.
| Feature | Scape | Claude Code desktop |
|---|---|---|
| Agents | ||
| Agents | Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, Cursor, OpenCode, pi, omp and Kimi Code, on your own subscriptions. | Claude Code, including with third-party model providers such as Bedrock.[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. | Projects (public beta, rolling out): one ongoing conversation where Claude starts a thread for each task and runs them in parallel, mostly as cloud sessions. Shown in the desktop app's Code tab.[5] |
| 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. | Messages between sessions.[1] |
| Agent review | Adversarial review: a second agent reviews the first one's diff (/scape-codex-review ships with Scape). | Diff view to review changes file by file, and a /code-review command that has Claude review your changes before you commit.[6] |
| Watchdogs | Supervisors that spot stuck sessions and auto-answer questions and permission gates (Claude Code). | Auto mode: Claude runs without routine prompts while a background classifier checks actions such as shell commands before they run.[6] |
| 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. | Dynamic workflows: a script Claude writes that runs many subagents. A run can be saved as a command and rerun. Available in the desktop app.[7] |
| Scheduler | A per-project calendar that runs playbooks and messages Argus, once or daily, weekly or monthly, while Scape is open. | Local scheduled tasks while the app is open, cloud scheduled tasks with your machine off, and /loop.[2] |
| 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. | Cloud scheduled tasks can be triggered by the API or GitHub.[2] |
| Working with people | ||
| Flight Plans | One shared, end-to-end encrypted plan for any number of people and their agents. Every open question is a thread; answers land in the doc as decisions and tasks, and you can hand a task straight to an agent. 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. | Connectors (MCP servers with a setup screen) for tools such as GitHub, Slack and Linear.[6] |
| Dev tools | ||
| Worktrees | A git worktree per session, with a post-create hook you set per repo or globally. | An optional worktree per session, in .claude/worktrees/ by default. They're deleted about 30 days after a session is archived.[1] |
| Code editor | Monaco, with 60+ languages, a diff view, Vim mode and LSP. | A file editor and diff review.[1] |
| Browser | A built-in browser your agents can drive: screenshots, clicks, forms and scraping. | A browser pane, and computer use (research preview).[1] |
| Dev servers | A live browser preview paired with each server. Cmd+click jumps to the source, and each worktree gets its own port. | Claude can start a dev server and open it in the Browser pane, then click, fill forms and take screenshots to check its changes.[6] |
| Spectator mode | Every file an agent edits opens live in the editor, so you can follow along. | No. |
| The basics | ||
| Status | In active development. | Actively developed. Latest Claude Code release 2.1.318 on 2026-11-04.[8] |
| Where agents run | On your Mac. Claude Code sessions can also run on a saved SSH host. No hosted agents. | Locally, over SSH, in WSL, or in Anthropic's cloud.[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. | macOS and Windows, with Linux in beta.[1] |
| 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. | Comes with a Claude plan that includes Claude Code, from Pro at $20 a month ($17 a month billed yearly).[4] |
| Open source | No. | Not open source. The claude-code GitHub repo's licence says all rights reserved, use under Anthropic's Commercial Terms.[9] |
Agents
- Agents
Scape: Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, Cursor, OpenCode, pi, omp and Kimi Code, on your own subscriptions.
Claude Code desktop: Claude Code, including with third-party model providers such as Bedrock.[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 Code desktop: Projects (public beta, rolling out): one ongoing conversation where Claude starts a thread for each task and runs them in parallel, mostly as cloud sessions. Shown in the desktop app's Code tab.[5]
- Agent rooms
Scape: Chat rooms where agents and people work one problem together, such as Claude and Codex debating an approach.
Claude Code desktop: No.
- Messages between sessions
Scape: One agent can message or direct another session.
Claude Code desktop: Messages between sessions.[1]
- Agent review
Scape: Adversarial review: a second agent reviews the first one's diff (/scape-codex-review ships with Scape).
Claude Code desktop: Diff view to review changes file by file, and a /code-review command that has Claude review your changes before you commit.[6]
- Watchdogs
Scape: Supervisors that spot stuck sessions and auto-answer questions and permission gates (Claude Code).
Claude Code desktop: Auto mode: Claude runs without routine prompts while a background classifier checks actions such as shell commands before they run.[6]
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 Code desktop: Dynamic workflows: a script Claude writes that runs many subagents. A run can be saved as a command and rerun. Available in the desktop app.[7]
- Scheduler
Scape: A per-project calendar that runs playbooks and messages Argus, once or daily, weekly or monthly, while Scape is open.
Claude Code desktop: Local scheduled tasks while the app is open, cloud scheduled tasks with your machine off, and /loop.[2]
- 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 Code desktop: Cloud scheduled tasks can be triggered by the API or GitHub.[2]
Working with people
- Flight Plans
Scape: One shared, end-to-end encrypted plan for any number of people and their agents. Every open question is a thread; answers land in the doc as decisions and tasks, and you can hand a task straight to an agent. Share it by link and approve each person who asks to join.
Claude Code desktop: No.
- Encrypted chat
Scape: End-to-end encrypted group and one-to-one rooms. Messages are never stored on a server.
Claude Code desktop: No.
- Sharing
Scape: Drag notes, playbooks and tables into an encrypted chat to share them.
Claude Code desktop: No.
Workspace
- Notes
Scape: Rich-text notes with version history, embedded charts and full-text search, synced through your iCloud.
Claude Code desktop: No.
- Tables
Scape: SQLite-backed tables your agents and playbooks read and write, viewed as a table, kanban or gantt.
Claude Code desktop: No.
- Charts
Scape: Bar, line, area, scatter, pie and KPI charts built from your tables, embeddable in notes.
Claude Code desktop: No.
- Custom Apps
Scape: Small apps built from a JSON spec, kept in your project.
Claude Code desktop: No.
- Integrations
Scape: Jira, GitHub, Slack, Notion, Linear, ServiceNow, Bugsnag, Datadog, or any HTTP source, in your sidebar.
Claude Code desktop: Connectors (MCP servers with a setup screen) for tools such as GitHub, Slack and Linear.[6]
Dev tools
- Worktrees
Scape: A git worktree per session, with a post-create hook you set per repo or globally.
Claude Code desktop: An optional worktree per session, in .claude/worktrees/ by default. They're deleted about 30 days after a session is archived.[1]
- Code editor
Scape: Monaco, with 60+ languages, a diff view, Vim mode and LSP.
Claude Code desktop: A file editor and diff review.[1]
- Browser
Scape: A built-in browser your agents can drive: screenshots, clicks, forms and scraping.
Claude Code desktop: A browser pane, and computer use (research preview).[1]
- 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 Code desktop: Claude can start a dev server and open it in the Browser pane, then click, fill forms and take screenshots to check its changes.[6]
- Spectator mode
Scape: Every file an agent edits opens live in the editor, so you can follow along.
Claude Code desktop: No.
The basics
- Status
Scape: In active development.
Claude Code desktop: Actively developed. Latest Claude Code release 2.1.318 on 2026-11-04.[8]
- Where agents run
Scape: On your Mac. Claude Code sessions can also run on a saved SSH host. No hosted agents.
Claude Code desktop: Locally, over SSH, in WSL, or in Anthropic's cloud.[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 Code desktop: macOS and Windows, with Linux in beta.[1]
- 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 Code desktop: Comes with a Claude plan that includes Claude Code, from Pro at $20 a month ($17 a month billed yearly).[4]
- Open source
Scape: No.
Claude Code desktop: Not open source. The claude-code GitHub repo's licence says all rights reserved, use under Anthropic's Commercial Terms.[9]
“No” means it isn’t in Claude Code desktop’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
- Hand an Argus the whole job. Give it the goal and your guardrails. It starts your agents with the routine permissions already granted, checks on them, and only brings you the decisions that are yours to make.
- Solve the problem in front of you. Ask your agents for a Custom App, a playbook or a table that does the job: a morning incident triage, a launch tracker that refreshes itself on a schedule, a report that lands in your notes. Code is only part of the work.
- Let your agents talk to each other. Put Claude and Codex in one room to argue out a fix while you read along, or have one session hand work to another. Any agent, any model, on the subscriptions you already pay for.
- Work with your team, privately. Bring your whole team and everyone's agents into a Flight Plan. Each open question is a thread, the answers land in the doc as decisions and tasks, and a task can go straight to an agent. Talk in end-to-end encrypted rooms: messages aren't stored on a server, and you can run the relay yourself.
- Own your AI setup. Your apps, playbooks and tables live on your Mac, and your notes sync through your own iCloud. Switch the agent or model underneath them whenever you like, and everything you built keeps working.
Using Scape with Claude Code desktop
Scape runs the same Claude Code CLI in its own terminal tabs, on the same subscription. Use Scape when you want Claude Code next to Codex or another agent in one window, or when you want playbooks, tables and Argus around your sessions.
Where Claude Code desktop is stronger
- Cloud sessions and cloud scheduled tasks keep going with your computer off.[2][3]
- Dispatch work from your phone.[1]
Sources
Facts about Claude Code desktop were checked on and may have changed since. Something wrong? Email contact@scape.work and we’ll fix it.
- Claude Code docs: desktop
- Claude Code docs: desktop scheduled tasks
- Claude Code docs: Claude Code on the web
- Claude: pricing
- code.claude.com/docs/en/claude-projects.md
- code.claude.com/docs/en/desktop.md
- code.claude.com/docs/en/workflows.md
- code.claude.com/docs/en/changelog.md
- github.com/anthropics/claude-code/blob/main/LICENSE.md