GitHub - coder/mux: A desktop app for isolated, parallel agentic development

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Mux - Coding Agent Multiplexer

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Mux is a desktop & browser application for parallel agentic development. It enables developers to plan and execute tasks with multiple AI agents on local or remote compute.

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Features

  • Isolated workspaces with central view on git divergence (docs)
    • Local: run directly in your project directory
    • Worktree: git worktrees on your local machine
    • SSH: remote execution on a server over SSH
  • Multi-model (sonnet-4-*, grok-*, gpt-5-*, opus-4-*)
    • Ollama supported for local LLMs (docs)
    • OpenRouter supported for long-tail of LLMs (docs)
  • VS Code Extension: Jump into Mux workspaces directly from VS Code (docs)
  • Supporting UI and keybinds for efficiently managing a suite of agents
  • Rich markdown outputs (mermaid diagrams, LaTeX, etc.)

Mux has a custom agent loop but much of the core UX is inspired by Claude Code. You'll find familiar features like Plan/Exec mode, vim inputs, /compact and new ones like opportunistic compaction and mode prompts.

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Install

Download pre-built binaries from the releases page for macOS and Linux.

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Screenshots

More reading

See the documentation for more details.

See AGENTS.md for development setup and guidelines.

License

Copyright (C) 2026 Coder Technologies, Inc.

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.

See LICENSE for details.