What you can use with a Claude subscription
A Claude Pro, Max or Team subscription includes Claude Code. Anything that runs the Claude Code binary with your login, an orchestrator, an editor over ACP, the desktop app, costs nothing extra for model usage. Tools that call the Anthropic API with a key bill separately.
Part of the plan (2)
No extra bill, it is what you are paying for.
Signs in with it (3)
Separate products that accept this account for model access.
Hermes Agent
Nous Research
Nous Research's open source general purpose agent with a terminal TUI, file and shell tools, git worktrees and subagents. Any provider, or a Nous Portal login for 300 plus models.
Signs in with your Claude plan
Free tier2026-08-23
Runs a tool on this plan (21)
Hosts and orchestrators that reuse the login of a tool included in the plan. The chip is what they cost on top.
Claude Squad
smtg-ai
Terminal app on top of tmux that runs Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, Aider and other agents in separate git worktrees, with a background auto-accept mode and a diff view.
+$0, uses your Claude plan
Free2026-08-23
cmux
Manaflow
Native macOS terminal on libghostty with vertical tabs, notification rings and a scriptable browser for running Claude Code, Codex, Gemini and other CLI agents at once.
+$0, uses your Claude plan
Free tier2026-08-23
Conductor
Conductor
A Mac app that runs Claude Code, Codex and Cursor agents side by side, one git worktree per workspace, with your own subscriptions and keys.
+$0, uses your Claude plan
Free tier2026-08-23
dmux
FormKit
FormKit's open source tmux pane manager. Each pane gets its own git worktree and branch, launches the agents you pick, and merges or opens a pull request from the pane menu.
+$0, uses your Claude plan
Free2026-08-23
Emdash
General Action
Open source desktop app from General Action that runs coding agents in parallel worktrees, schedules repeat work, previews apps in a built-in browser and reviews diffs.
+$0, uses your Claude plan
Free tier2026-08-23
goose
Block / Agentic AI Foundation
Open source agent from Block under the Agentic AI Foundation. CLI and desktop app, MCP extensions, runs with your own keys or your Claude and ChatGPT subscriptions over ACP.
+$0, uses your Claude plan
Free2026-08-23
Herdr
Herdr
Rust single binary with a background server that keeps agent terminals running after you disconnect, marks each pane working, blocked or idle and reattaches over SSH.
+$0, uses your Claude plan
Free2026-08-23
JetBrains AI
JetBrains
AI Assistant and the Junie agent in JetBrains IDEs. Completions on JetBrains models are free, cloud agents draw from monthly AI Credits. Claude Agent and Codex plug in over ACP.
+$0, uses your Claude plan
Free tier2026-08-23
Nimbalyst
Nimbalyst
MIT licensed desktop workspace that puts Claude Code and Codex sessions on a kanban board, with optional worktrees, inline diff review and visual editors for markdown and mockups.
+$0, uses your Claude plan
Free tier2026-08-23
opcode
Asterisk
Asterisk's open source Tauri desktop app for Claude Code. Browses your sessions, runs custom agents in the background, manages MCP servers, tracks usage and checkpoints sessions.
+$0, uses your Claude plan
Free2026-08-23
OpenHands
OpenHands
MIT licensed coding agent and control center. Runs in Docker, on your servers or on OpenHands Cloud, and drives Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI over ACP with their own logins.
+$0, uses your Claude plan
Free tier2026-08-23
Orca
Stably AI
Stably AI's desktop app that runs Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other CLI agents side by side in isolated worktrees, with SSH worktrees, Design Mode and a mobile companion.
+$0, uses your Claude plan
Free tier2026-08-23
Paseo
Paseo
Self-hosted daemon that spawns coding agents on your machine and streams them to desktop, web, mobile and CLI clients, with voice mode and an end-to-end encrypted relay.
+$0, uses your Claude plan
Free2026-08-23
Sculptor
Imbue
Imbue's desktop app for running parallel Claude Code agents in isolated containers, jumping into each one to test, then reviewing and merging. An experimental research preview.
+$0, uses your Claude plan
Free2026-08-23
Superset
Superset
Source-available desktop app that runs many CLI agents in parallel, one git worktree per workspace, with a diff dashboard, SSH workspaces and scheduled automations.
+$0, uses your Claude plan
Free tier2026-08-23
T3 Code
Ping Labs
Ping Labs' open source control surface for the agents already installed on your machine. Desktop, web, iOS and Android clients over one local harness, with native git worktrees.
+$0, uses your Claude plan
Free2026-08-23
Vibe Kanban
Bloop
Kanban board that runs Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI and other agents in parallel worktrees with diff review. Bloop shut down in April 2026, the project is community maintained.
+$0, uses your Claude plan
Free2026-08-23
Vibe Notch
Farouq Aldori
Open source macOS menu bar app that shows Claude Code sessions in the MacBook notch. Tracks several sessions at once, approves or denies tool calls and shows the chat history.
+$0, uses your Claude plan
Free2026-08-23
Visual Studio Code
Microsoft
Microsoft's free editor. Agent mode, chat and inline suggestions come from GitHub Copilot, and Claude Code, Codex, Cline and other agents install as extensions.
+$0, uses your Claude plan
Free2026-08-23
