A Paseo alternative with agents that keep working after you quit
As of November 10, 2026
Paseo calls itself the agentic development environment: an open-source app that runs coding agents through a local server it calls the daemon, from a desktop app, a web app and phone apps. Moontors is an agentic development environment (ADE) that runs Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI and Grok Build side by side, each through its own protocol, in Moontors’ own views, and keeps them working in a background service after you quit, with a Git view where you resolve their merge conflicts.
At a glance
Section titled “At a glance”| Paseo | Moontors | |
|---|---|---|
| Agents | Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Pi, Antigravity and Muse Code built in, and about 40 more from its catalog of agents, Gemini CLI and Grok among them | Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI and Grok Build, through each one's own protocol |
| Platforms | macOS, Windows and Linux, iOS, Android and a web app | macOS 13+, Windows 10+ (x64), Linux (x86-64); an app for your phone, on Google Play for Android, the iPhone app coming soon; the Windows and Linux builds aren't signed yet, and Windows asks before the first open; on Windows 11, Smart App Control, when it's on, blocks unsigned apps, Moontors among them; early preview (0.x) (Known limits) |
| Isolation | A git worktree per workspace, when you choose one | A git worktree per session, when you want one (Worktrees) |
| When the app is closed | The desktop app stops the daemon that runs your agents as you quit, unless you turn on Keep daemon running after quit, off by default | Sessions keep working in a background service (Sessions and the board) |
| Remote work | A daemon on a server, a VM or Docker, reached through its relay, Tailscale or a direct port | Local only |
| Licence | Apache 2.0, open source | Free, closed source |
| Price | Free and open source | Free, with no Moontors account needed |
What each has that the other doesn’t
Section titled “What each has that the other doesn’t”Paseo:
- open source, under the Apache 2.0 licence;
- agents beyond four, from its catalog of agents, such as GitHub Copilot and Cursor;
- agents on other machines, through a daemon on a server, a VM or Docker, and a web app;
- voice, a browser for its agents, and schedules.
Moontors:
- agents that keep working when you quit, with nothing to turn on: one background service on macOS, Windows and Linux, where Paseo’s desktop app stops its daemon as you quit unless you turn on Keep daemon running after quit;
- merge conflicts resolved in the app: the Git view says what stopped, opens each file in conflict, and goes on with Continue, Skip or Abort (Conflicts), where Paseo, merging the base branch in, stops at a conflict and asks you to merge by hand;
- a full Git client beside the agents, with the history as a graph, staging by hunk and stashes (Git).
Where Paseo is the better fit
Section titled “Where Paseo is the better fit”- You want an open-source app.
- You use agents beyond Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI and Grok Build.
- Your agents run on a server or another machine.
Questions
Section titled “Questions”What’s the difference between Moontors and Paseo?
Section titled “What’s the difference between Moontors and Paseo?”Both run several agents at once, each in its own git worktree when you choose one, and let an agent hand work to another across vendors: Paseo’s agents launch other agents and talk to them, and Moontors’ sessions message each other. Both have a phone app: Paseo its iOS and Android apps, and Moontors an app for your phone that follows and answers your computer's own sessions over a link encrypted end to end, which no Moontors server can read, on Google Play for Android, the iPhone app coming soon. Moontors keeps every session working in a background service when you quit, where Paseo’s desktop app stops its daemon unless you turn that on, and lets you resolve the agents’ merge conflicts in its Git view.
Is Moontors open source?
Section titled “Is Moontors open source?”No. Moontors is free, but closed source. Paseo is open source, under the Apache 2.0 licence.
Do my agents keep working when I quit the app?
Section titled “Do my agents keep working when I quit the app?”In Moontors, yes: a background service runs the sessions, so quitting the app or closing its window doesn’t stop them (Keep agents running). Paseo’s desktop app stops its daemon, which runs the agents, as you quit, unless you turn on Keep daemon running after quit, which is off by default.
Can I resolve merge conflicts in the app?
Section titled “Can I resolve merge conflicts in the app?”In Moontors, yes. When a merge, a rebase, a cherry-pick or a revert stops at a conflict, the Git view says what stopped and how many files are left, opens each file in conflict, and goes on with Continue, or Skip or Abort (Conflicts). Paseo, merging the base branch in, stops at a conflict and asks you to merge by hand.