openharness
Openharness is a desktop command center that runs and watches multiple coding agents across your computers from one window.
What it is good for
- Running several coding agents side by side on different machines
- Keeping agent sessions running after closing the app
- Connecting your laptop and home server without SSH or port forwarding
- Building CAD, circuit, robotics, game, or music projects with an agent
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, Blender, tmux
Momentum
- Rank this week
- Not ranked yet
- Best rank
- None yet
- GitHub stars
- 1,409
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 openharness free?
- Yes. It is free and open source (MIT license).
- Do I need to know how to code to use openharness?
- No. Download and install it like any other app or extension.
- What does openharness work with?
- According to its own documentation, it works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, Blender, and tmux.
- What is openharness good for?
- Running several coding agents side by side on different machines, keeping agent sessions running after closing the app, connecting your laptop and home server without SSH or port forwarding, and building CAD, circuit, robotics, game, or music projects with an agent.
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