Jean
★ 1.4kA self-hosted alternative to Conductor
About
Jean is an opinionated workspace for AI-assisted software development. It is aimed at developers who want to run several coding agents at once, keep each task isolated in its own git worktree, and...
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Features
- multi-project worktree management
- parallel AI sessions
- multiple AI backends
- MCP server support
- GitHub/Linear/Sentry integrations
- built-in terminal
- diff review with line comments
- file browser with editing
- web access over HTTP/WebSocket
- customization and themes
Details
- Last Updated
- Oct 28, 2026
- Created
- Jan 23, 2026
- Install Methods
- dockerbinarypackage-managersource
- Requirements
- Node.jsRustVisual Studio Installer Desktop development with C++ workload (Windows only)glibcOpenSSL 3
- Authentication
- local
- API
- RESTWEBSOCKET
- Privacy & Independence
- No Cloud RequiredOffline Capable
- Deployment
Deployment: Container image available
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