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Splash and Agent Teams AI, compared.

Splash and Agent Teams AI are free desktop apps for running several coding agents at once. In Agent Teams AI, a lead agent turns your goal into kanban tasks for teammate agents that message and review each other. In Splash, each session is one agent, driven over the Agent Client Protocol in its project folder or a git worktree.

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Splash

Helge Sverre

A desktop app for running several coding agents at once, each session in its project folder or its own git worktree. It drives agents over the Agent Client Protocol.12

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Agent Teams AI

777genius

A free, AGPL-licensed desktop app in which a lead agent splits your goal into tasks on a kanban board, and teammate agents work them in parallel, messaging and reviewing each other while you oversee.345

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Side by side

SplashAgent Teams AI
The basics
What it is Desktop app, plus a headless server you open in a browser16 Electron desktop app where a lead agent turns your goal into board tasks for teammates; a web dashboard is in development347
Release status v0.2.1, early development18 v2.17.10 of 9 October 2026, the 32nd release counting from 1.0.0 in March 2026; the docs’ Release Notes page names v1.2.0 as current93101112
License Open source (MIT)13 Open source (AGPL-3.0) with a commercial-sublicensing CLA; the bundled runtime that starts agents is closed source, shipped as binaries571415
Price Free16 Free, with no paid tier; one free model works without a login, and other model use is billed by its provider31718
Platforms macOS 14+ (Apple silicon and Intel), Windows 11 x64, Ubuntu 24.04 x6419 macOS 13+ (Apple silicon and Intel), Windows x64 and ARM64, Linux x64 (AppImage, .deb, .rpm, .pacman)20219
Agents
Agents Ships launch commands for 20 agents, including Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, Gemini, Goose, OpenCode2223 Runtimes for Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode; Cursor, SuperGrok, GitHub Copilot, Kiro, Z.AI, MiniMax and local models connect through OpenCode3172425262728
How it runs agents Agent Client Protocol over stdio, natively or through a pinned adapter for the vendor’s CLI222 A bundled runtime binary launches agents as app-managed processes; Codex runs through its SDK, most other providers through opencode serve297303117
Agent sign-in Who pays for the model You install and sign in to each agent’s CLI yourself; Splash runs it with that login23 Each runtime’s CLI on your PATH, with its login or an API key; guided setup connects Copilot, Cursor and Kimi plans322026
Account required Splash has no accounts; splash-server asks for a token it keeps in its data folder336 No Agent Teams account or signup; providers beyond the free model need their own login or API key320
Model and mode pickers Yes: Model, mode and effort pickers when the agent offers them34 Yes: Provider, model and effort level per teammate, with Fast mode and Limit context options; one team can mix providers24
Permission requests When an agent asks before it acts Yes: Shown in the transcript and answered with the 1–9 keys; pending ones wait in Needs attention34 Yes: Chosen per launch: auto-approve tools, preselected unless you last switched it off, or confirm each supported action, notified per request73512
MCP servers Partly: Read-only list of MCP servers from Claude Code, Codex, Pi, Pool and Glue config files3436 Yes: A built-in agent-teams server for coordination, plus your own from ~/.claude.json, .mcp.json or an in-app registry with diagnostics37
Working in parallel
Isolation per session Yes: The project folder, or a git worktree on its own branch per session34 Partly: Shared project checkout by default; an optional git worktree per teammate, which several docs pages restrict to OpenCode members38739
Setup scripts and dev servers No: A worktree is a plain git checkout; Splash runs no setup scripts or dev servers3440 Partly: No setup scripts documented; dev servers that agents start are registered and listed with their URLs, ready to open or stop41377
Terminal Yes: A terminal in the session folder34 Yes: A terminal workspace per team and project, with team and local shell tabs, saved history and autocomplete; agents run outside it37
What needs you Yes: One queue for permission requests, connection failures and finished turns, kept across restarts3442 Yes: A task card gets a distinct badge while its agent waits for your input; agents can ask questions with answer buttons712
Notifications Yes: Notifies when a background session needs permission or finishes a turn; can be turned off4344 Yes: Configurable alerts for finished tasks, agents waiting on you, new comments, errors and monthly token or cost budgets73
Agents handing off work One agent launching or messaging another No: Each session is one agent in one folder; sessions don’t hand work to each other134 Yes: A lead splits your goal into tasks for up to 30 teammates, who message and review each other; linked teams can message each other too34541
Review and shipping
Review changes Yes: Latest response, failed tools and every changed file as a diff, with a box to send feedback34 Yes: Per-task Changes view: accept or reject files or single hunks, edit, undo, comment inline; the lead reviews by default346
Files and diffs Partly: File tree, git changes and diff tabs; files open read-only, with no editor3447 Yes: A project file editor with Git support, which since v2.17.10 also previews PDF, Word, Excel and PowerPoint files79
GitHub Yes: Issues, pull requests and Actions runs across repositories, through the gh CLI3448 No: No pull request, CI or GitHub account features documented; you merge worktree output after review, and can add an issue tracker as an MCP server3837
Where it runs
Cloud execution No: Agents run as child processes on your computer, or on your own server with splash-server16 No: Teams run on your own computer; 24/7 cloud teams are a roadmap item marked in progress749
Remote access Yes: splash-server runs on the machine with your code; you use it in a browser over an SSH tunnel. Single user.6 Partly: Views Claude Code sessions on another machine over SSH; remote team launches aren’t documented. A web dashboard without login suits trusted networks50517
Auto-update No: Download new versions from GitHub Releases; the app does not update itself1952 Yes: Packaged desktop builds check GitHub Releases at launch and while running, then offer to install updates; the Docker or Node dashboard disables the updater2050
History and search
Existing agent history Conversations started outside the app Yes: Browse, preview and import conversations agents list over ACP, including ones started outside Splash3442 Partly: Finds Claude Code projects in ~/.claude and reads their session files; resuming an outside session as a teammate isn’t documented749
Search transcripts Yes: Search titles, folders and saved transcript text, archived sessions included34 Yes: Transcript search, 3× faster since v1.1.0; the command palette searches conversations and across all projects1253

Where they differ

How agents connect

Agent Teams AI launches every agent through its bundled multimodel runtime, which a team launch starts with stream-json flags and a generated --mcp-config. Inside it, Codex runs through its SDK, and most other providers go through opencode serve, Cursor via an ACP bridge. Agents coordinate through the app’s MCP tools. Splash speaks the Agent Client Protocol with every agent, natively or through an adapter.2954303155255637222

A team or separate sessions

In Agent Teams AI a lead agent turns your goal into kanban tasks that teammates pick up, move, discuss and send for review, while you comment, approve or message them; linked teams can message each other and be grouped into organizations. In Splash each session is one agent in one folder, and sessions don’t hand work to each other.34146134

License and the agent runtime

Both are free and need no account. Agent Teams AI’s app is AGPL-3.0, with a CLA that lets its owner also license contributions commercially, while the multimodel runtime that launches agents is built from a private repository and published as binaries without a license file. Splash’s code is MIT-licensed.3571415131633

Where agents run

Both run agents on your own computer. Agent Teams AI builds for macOS 13+, Windows x64 and ARM64 and Linux x64, offers a web dashboard, in development and without built-in login, for trusted networks, and lists cloud teams as in progress. Splash builds for macOS 14+, Windows 11 x64 and Ubuntu 24.04 x64, or runs as splash-server, opened through an SSH tunnel.20971916

Tools around the agents

Agent Teams AI has a kanban board with review states, hunk-by-hunk review per task, a project editor, a terminal workspace per team, dev servers that agents register, and token and cost analytics with monthly budgets that can cap supported scheduled runs. Splash has a Needs attention queue, a review screen with a diff per changed file, a terminal per session, import of sessions agents started elsewhere, and a GitHub view.346741344248

Which one fits

Splash may suit you if

  • You want every agent driven over the Agent Client Protocol, its messages, tool calls and diffs shown as one transcript per session.
  • You want each session in its own git worktree, whichever agent runs it.
  • You want to import conversations your agents started outside the app and search them with the rest.
  • You want a GitHub view of issues, pull requests and Actions runs, or a server you open in a browser over SSH.

Agent Teams AI may suit you if

  • You want to give a lead agent a goal and have a team of agents split it into tasks on a shared kanban board.
  • You want Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode and subscription or local models working side by side in one team.
  • You want to review each task’s changes hunk by hunk and see the dev servers agents start.
  • You want monthly token or cost budgets with alerts, plus an app that checks for its own updates.

Sources

Facts about Agent Teams AI come from its public website, documentation and repositories as they read on 10 October 2026; we haven't confirmed each one by running Agent Teams AI. Facts about Splash link to its source. Products change, so check the linked pages before deciding. Something wrong or out of date? Open an issue.

  1. 1 Splash README Splash on GitHub · github.com · checked 2026-10-09
  2. 2 Agent Client Protocol agentclientprotocol.com · agentclientprotocol.com · checked 2026-10-09
  3. 3 Agent Teams – You’re the boss. Agents are your team. 777genius · agentteams.live · checked 2026-10-10
  4. 4 Run AI Agent Teams from a Local Desktop App 777genius · docs.agentteams.live · checked 2026-10-10
  5. 5 LICENSE 777genius/agent-teams-ai on GitHub · github.com · checked 2026-10-10
  6. 6 Splash README: Run as a web app over SSH Splash on GitHub · github.com · checked 2026-10-09
  7. 7 README.md 777genius/agent-teams-ai on GitHub · github.com · checked 2026-10-10
  8. 8 Splash releases Splash on GitHub · github.com · checked 2026-10-09
  9. 9 Release v2.17.10 777genius/agent-teams-ai on GitHub · github.com · checked 2026-10-10
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  12. 12 Release Notes 777genius · docs.agentteams.live · checked 2026-10-10
  13. 13 LICENSE Splash on GitHub · github.com · checked 2026-10-09
  14. 14 Agent Teams Orchestrator Binaries 777genius/agent_teams_orchestrator_binaries on GitHub · github.com · checked 2026-10-10
  15. 15 runtime.lock.json 777genius/agent-teams-ai on GitHub · github.com · checked 2026-10-10
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