herdr
★ 48.1kA self-hosted alternative to Conductor
About
Herdr is a terminal-based runtime for coding agents, designed for people who run tools like Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Opencode, and similar agent workflows. It acts as a background server that owns...
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Features
- always-running background server
- session persistence across restarts and network loss
- pane status tracking
- agent-native CLI and socket API
- support for multiple coding agents
- keyboard and mouse controls
- pane splitting and reattachment
- plugins
- remote access over SSH
Details
- Last Updated
- Nov 5, 2026
- Created
- Mar 27, 2026
- Install Methods
- package-managerbinarysource
- Requirements
- Rusttmux-compatible terminal workflow
- API
- REST
- Backup & Export
- session-state
- Privacy & Independence
- No Cloud RequiredOffline Capable
- Deployment
Deployment: Container image available
Run herdr yourself
Pick how much you want to manage.
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A small server, then Docker Compose.
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A small server, then Docker Compose.
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A small server, then Docker Compose.
About 20 minutes with Docker
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