1. munder-difflin
9,064 stars+200 this week
an open-source alternative to the dots, bots and muses of the world, run an office of claude code/codex like agents on your laptop…
sidecar alternatives: 12 Claude Code plugins like marcus/sidecar
Flowy lists 17 other Agent Workspaces plugins like sidecar, ranked by shared technologies, then GitHub stars; nothing in this list is paid.
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How they compare
| Plugin | Stars | 7 days | Updated | License | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sidecarThis page | 1,091 | 0 | Oct 8, 2026 | MIT | 19 skills |
| 1munder-difflin | 9,064 | +200 | Oct 25, 2026 | MIT | 18 skills |
| 2clawd-on-desk | 6,545 | +67 | Oct 27, 2026 | AGPL-3.0 | 103 hooks |
| 3codeg | 4,096 | +148 | Oct 24, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 27 skills |
| 4happier | 2,060 | +69 | Oct 26, 2026 | MIT | 1 skill, 8 agents, 37 commands, 2 MCP servers |
| 5tty7 | 1,333 | +57 | Oct 26, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 1 skill |
| 6claude-hud | 28,943 | +238 | Oct 26, 2026 | MIT | 2 commands |
| 7superset | 15,551 | +252 | Oct 26, 2026 | not available | 35 skills, 1 agent, 1 command |
| 8untrivial-ai-agent-orchestrator | 13,844 | +380 | Oct 29, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 9 skills, 19 commands |
| 9generalaction-emdash | 6,105 | +56 | Oct 26, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 33 agents |
| 10jean | 1,361 | +22 | Oct 25, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 5 agents, 2 commands |
| 11claude-code-viewer | 1,301 | +2 | Aug 18, 2026 | MIT | 1 skill, 6 commands |
| 12agent-deck | 1,172 | +42 | Oct 26, 2026 | MIT | 2 skills, 2 agents |
The 12 closest alternatives
2. clawd-on-desk
6,545 stars+67 this week
A pixel desktop pet that watches Claude Code, Codex, Cursor & other AI coding agents — so you don't have to.
3. codeg
4,096 stars+148 this week
Collaborative multi-agent AI coding workspace: aggregate sessions from Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Pi, Grok Build, etc.
4. happier
2,060 stars+69 this week
Web, Desktop & Mobile client and orchestrator for Codex, Claude Code, OpenCode, Pi, Cursor, Grok, Antigravity, Kimi, Augment Code, Qwen…
5. tty7
1,333 stars+57 this week
The terminal that outlives its window.
6. claude-hud
28,943 stars+238 this week
A Claude Code plugin that shows what's happening: context usage, rate limits, active tools, running agents, and todo progress, always…
7. superset
15,551 stars+252 this week
Superset is an agentic IDE to orchestrate 100+ coding agents in parallel.
8. untrivial-ai-agent-orchestrator
13,844 stars+380 this week
Plan, run and supervise fleets of agents from task to merged PR.
9. generalaction-emdash
6,105 stars+56 this week
Emdash is the Open-Source Agentic Development Environment (🧡 YC W26).
10. jean
1,361 stars+22 this week
A dev environment for AI agents.
11. claude-code-viewer
1,301 stars+2 this week
A full-featured web-based Claude Code client that provides complete interactive functionality for managing Claude Code projects.
12. agent-deck
1,172 stars+42 this week
Your AI agent command center Install .
Questions about sidecar alternatives
What is the best alternative to sidecar?
munder-difflin is the first of 12 alternatives to sidecar by shared technologies: it has 9,064 stars (ahead of sidecar) and gained 200 stars this week.
Which sidecar alternative has the most skills?
superset has the most, with 35 skills of the 12 alternatives listed. sidecar has 19.
Is sidecar free?
Yes. sidecar is published under the MIT license, so it is free to use.