herdr
herdr is a terminal app that keeps your coding agents running in the background and shows which ones need your answer for developers running several coding agents.
What it is good for
- Keeping coding agents running after closing the terminal
- Spotting which coding agent is stuck and waiting for input
- Running several coding agents side by side in one window
- Connecting local and remote machines in one agent list
At a glance
- Who it is for
- Setup
- Install a desktop app or browser extension
Level 3 of 5. Download and install it like any other app or extension.
- Cost
- Free and open source
- Type
- Agent app
- Tasks
- Works with
- Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, Grok, tmux
Momentum
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- None yet
- GitHub stars
- 47,456
GitHub numbers as of Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Official links
Setup steps are on the official pages. We do not repeat them here, since they change.
Questions
- Is herdr free?
- Yes. It is free and open source (Apache-2.0 license).
- Do I need to know how to code to use herdr?
- No. Download and install it like any other app or extension.
- What does herdr work with?
- According to its own documentation, it works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, Grok, and tmux.
- What is herdr good for?
- Keeping coding agents running after closing the terminal, spotting which coding agent is stuck and waiting for input, running several coding agents side by side in one window, and connecting local and remote machines in one agent list.
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