Baton
A desktop app for developing with AI agents
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Hi,I built this because running multiple Claude Code agents across multiple IDE and terminal windows was getting messy. Like many, I went from working at one thing at the time, to multiple, and it was all changing quite fast.I needed one place to see all my agents and worktrees, seamlessly switch between them, monitor their status and once their done, review their changes. I also wanted to quickly spin up new agents in isolated worktrees whenever an idea came to mind.I've been building Baton from within Baton for a while now, which has been a pretty fun loop. Would love to hear what you think!
HN · launched Apr 1, 2026 · 62 upvotes (top 15%) · 0 views
Niche: ai agent development platforms · 600 launches, 25 in the last 7 days ▼ -19% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- AI-native
- Commercial product
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Could you build this?
Yes It is an Electron or Tauri desktop application that spawns multiple terminal subprocesses (Claude Code, etc.), manages Git worktrees using simple git CLI calls, and renders their output side-by-side.
Discussion
20 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: GitHub App for deterministic dependency/security review, piclaw and webterm (agent orchestration alternatives), visualJJ (worktree/workspace manager), oh-my-Claude and oh-my-codex, cmux, T3 Code, Conductor, OpenCode
Concerns raised: Merge conflicts when parallel agents rewrite same code/interfaces, Agents isolated in worktrees can't understand implicit business requirements or legacy context, Pricing page not visible/accessible, Eventually requires rebuilding an IDE instead of leveraging existing tools like VSCode, Unclear value proposition vs using IDE with multiple tabs and terminal
Feature requests: VSCode extension/integration instead of separate tool, Support for on-premises/headless Claude Code instances, Desktop and web-based UI options with community support, Better versioning/git conflict resolution for parallel agent work
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 1097 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #174 of 1098 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 154 days after the earliest competitor.
- Open-Source Animal Crossing–Style UI for Claude Code Agents · hn · 2026-03-27 · 48 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- agent-setup · github · 2026-10-14 · 12 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- Cockpit for you Claude Code agents in Rust · hn · 2026-08-01 · 13 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- Computer Agents · hn · 2026-03-01 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- Baton · ph · 2026-09-16 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- desktop-agent-ui · github · 2026-10-22 · 50 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- Build Your Own AI Agent CLI in 150 Lines · hn · 2026-06-02 · 34 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- Share your AI Setup, Learn from others · hn · 2026-09-17 · 249 upvotes · similarity 0.47
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