Compare · As of November 2026

Scape vs Paradev

Paradev, formerly Superset, is a desktop app for running CLI coding agents in parallel. Each task gets its own git worktree, branch and terminals.^[2]^[1] Here is how it compares with Scape, with a source for every claim about Paradev.

Feature	Scape	Paradev
Agents
Agents	Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, Cursor, OpenCode, pi, omp and Kimi Code, on your own subscriptions.	About 20 fully supported, including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor Agent, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode, Amp, Kimi Code and Pi, plus any other CLI agent.^[2]
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.	A skill for orchestrating parallel agents.^[2]
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.	A coordinator agent launches worker agents and uses the CLI to read their terminals and send them follow-ups.^[4]
Agent review	Adversarial review: a second agent reviews the first one's diff (/scape-codex-review ships with Scape).	An automation recipe where an agent reviews a pull request when your review is requested and posts a comment-only review. Automations need a Pro plan.^[5]
Watchdogs	Supervisors that spot stuck sessions and auto-answer questions and permission gates (Claude Code).	No.
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.	Automations on a schedule (Pro and up).^[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.	Automations on events such as PR review requests, Sentry and Slack (Pro and up).^[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.	Pages can be shared with your organization or anyone with the link. Remote Access reaches workspaces on other machines.^[6]
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.	Linear and Slack on Pro.^[3]
Dev tools
Worktrees	A git worktree per session, with a post-create hook you set per repo or globally.	One worktree per task.^[2]
Code editor	Monaco, with 60+ languages, a diff view, Vim mode and LSP.	A built-in file editor with a file explorer, save and optional auto save.^[7]
Browser	A built-in browser your agents can drive: screenshots, clicks, forms and scraping.	A browser pane that previews running services. Agents can open, read, screenshot and interact with pages in it.^[8]
Dev servers	A live browser preview paired with each server. Cmd+click jumps to the source, and each worktree gets its own port.	A browser preview per workspace.^[1]
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 desktop-v2.0.4 on 2026-11-04.^[9]
Where agents run	On your Mac. Claude Code sessions can also run on a saved SSH host. No hosted agents.	Locally for free, and in cloud workspaces as a paid beta.^[3]
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 (Apple Silicon and Intel), Linux as an experimental AppImage, and an iOS app on Pro. Not on Windows yet.^[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.	Free for local workspaces. Pro is $20 per user a month ($16 billed yearly) and adds cloud hours, automations, remote access, Linear, Slack and mobile.^[3]
Open source	No.	Open source under the MIT License.^[10]

Agents

Scape: Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, Cursor, OpenCode, pi, omp and Kimi Code, on your own subscriptions.

Paradev: About 20 fully supported, including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor Agent, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode, Amp, Kimi Code and Pi, plus any other CLI agent.^[2]

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.

Paradev: A skill for orchestrating parallel agents.^[2]

Agent rooms

Scape: Chat rooms where agents and people work one problem together, such as Claude and Codex debating an approach.

Paradev: No.

Messages between sessions

Scape: One agent can message or direct another session.

Paradev: A coordinator agent launches worker agents and uses the CLI to read their terminals and send them follow-ups.^[4]

Agent review

Scape: Adversarial review: a second agent reviews the first one's diff (/scape-codex-review ships with Scape).

Paradev: An automation recipe where an agent reviews a pull request when your review is requested and posts a comment-only review. Automations need a Pro plan.^[5]

Watchdogs

Scape: Supervisors that spot stuck sessions and auto-answer questions and permission gates (Claude Code).

Paradev: No.

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.

Paradev: No.

Scheduler

Scape: A per-project calendar that runs playbooks and messages Argus, once or daily, weekly or monthly, while Scape is open.

Paradev: Automations on a schedule (Pro and up).^[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.

Paradev: Automations on events such as PR review requests, Sentry and Slack (Pro and up).^[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.

Paradev: No.

Encrypted chat

Scape: End-to-end encrypted group and one-to-one rooms. Messages are never stored on a server.

Paradev: No.

Sharing

Scape: Drag notes, playbooks and tables into an encrypted chat to share them.

Paradev: Pages can be shared with your organization or anyone with the link. Remote Access reaches workspaces on other machines.^[6]

Workspace

Notes

Scape: Rich-text notes with version history, embedded charts and full-text search, synced through your iCloud.

Paradev: No.

Tables

Scape: SQLite-backed tables your agents and playbooks read and write, viewed as a table, kanban or gantt.

Paradev: No.

Charts

Scape: Bar, line, area, scatter, pie and KPI charts built from your tables, embeddable in notes.

Paradev: No.

Custom Apps

Scape: Small apps built from a JSON spec, kept in your project.

Paradev: No.

Integrations

Scape: Jira, GitHub, Slack, Notion, Linear, ServiceNow, Bugsnag, Datadog, or any HTTP source, in your sidebar.

Paradev: Linear and Slack on Pro.^[3]

Dev tools

Worktrees

Scape: A git worktree per session, with a post-create hook you set per repo or globally.

Paradev: One worktree per task.^[2]

Code editor

Scape: Monaco, with 60+ languages, a diff view, Vim mode and LSP.

Paradev: A built-in file editor with a file explorer, save and optional auto save.^[7]

Browser

Scape: A built-in browser your agents can drive: screenshots, clicks, forms and scraping.

Paradev: A browser pane that previews running services. Agents can open, read, screenshot and interact with pages in it.^[8]

Dev servers

Scape: A live browser preview paired with each server. Cmd+click jumps to the source, and each worktree gets its own port.

Paradev: A browser preview per workspace.^[1]

Spectator mode

Scape: Every file an agent edits opens live in the editor, so you can follow along.

Paradev: No.

The basics

Status

Scape: In active development.

Paradev: Latest release desktop-v2.0.4 on 2026-11-04.^[9]

Where agents run

Scape: On your Mac. Claude Code sessions can also run on a saved SSH host. No hosted agents.

Paradev: Locally for free, and in cloud workspaces as a paid beta.^[3]

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.

Paradev: macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel), Linux as an experimental AppImage, and an iOS app on Pro. Not on Windows yet.^[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.

Paradev: Free for local workspaces. Pro is $20 per user a month ($16 billed yearly) and adds cloud hours, automations, remote access, Linear, Slack and mobile.^[3]

Open source

Scape: No.

Paradev: Open source under the MIT License.^[10]

“No” means it isn’t in Paradev’s app or docs: we checked their own site, docs, changelog and repo on 2026-11-04, 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 Paradev is stronger

Cloud workspaces (paid beta).^[3]
An iOS app on Pro.^[2]

Sources

Facts about Paradev were checked on 2026-11-04 and may have changed since. Something wrong? Email contact@scape.work and we’ll fix it.