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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 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. | 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 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 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
- 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.
Where Claude Squad is stronger
- Open source.[1]
Sources
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