Maestro vs Conductor

Conductor is a polished Mac app for running parallel Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor agents, and if you're on a Mac and inside its limits it's a fine choice. Maestro exists for the people it leaves out: developers on Windows or Linux, and anyone who wants to run more agents at once than a workspace cap allows.

	Maestro	Conductor
Platforms	macOS, Windows & Linux	macOS only¹
Parallel workspaces	No cap	Capped at 5 open workspaces²
Coding agents	Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, Kimi Code, plain shell	Claude Code, Codex, Cursor¹
Isolation model	Git worktree per workspace, own branch	Git worktree per workspace¹
Price	Free	Free plan; Pro from $50/mo for cloud workspaces¹
Switching cost	Imports your Conductor workspaces	—

1. Per conductor.build and its pricing page, August 2026.

2. Limit as observed in the Conductor Mac app, August 2026 — check their site for current details.

What Maestro adds on top

Beyond platforms and the workspace cap, Maestro folds the whole review loop into the app:

Built-in editor — edit any file in a Monaco-based editor, including full Jupyter notebook support.
Integrated browser preview — open your dev server inside the app, freeze a frame, and annotate it to send visual feedback straight to the agent.
Diff review and PRs — read the workspace diff and open a pull request without leaving the app.
Local folders and SSH remotes — run agents in plain folders or on remote machines over SSH, including hosts behind ProxyCommand / ProxyJump (bastions, AWS SSM).
Multi-agent roles — preset orchestrator, planner, critic, and builder roles for splitting work across agents and models.

Switching from Conductor

Maestro can pick up where Conductor leaves off. On first launch, choose "Continue from Conductor": Maestro detects your existing Conductor projects and workspaces and adopts them in place. The import reads Conductor's data without modifying it — your Conductor setup keeps working, nothing is moved or deleted, and you can run both apps side by side while you decide.

Download Maestro Free for macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Choose "Continue from Conductor" during onboarding Your projects and workspaces appear with their branches and worktrees intact.

Open as many workspaces as you want No cap — launch an agent in each and work through your queue in parallel.

FAQ

Is Maestro a Conductor alternative for Windows or Linux?

Yes. Conductor runs "on your Mac" only; Maestro does the same core job — parallel agents in isolated git worktrees — natively on Windows and Linux as well as macOS.

Do I have to leave Conductor to try Maestro?

No. The Conductor import is read-only and adopt-in-place: Maestro reads your existing setup and never modifies Conductor's data, so you can run both and compare.

Is Maestro really unlimited?

There's no software cap on workspaces or agents. The practical limit is your machine — each workspace is a git worktree plus whatever the agent CLI uses.

What does Maestro cost?

Nothing — Maestro is free. You bring your own agent accounts (Claude, OpenAI, etc.), same as with Conductor.

Maestro is an independent project, not affiliated with Conductor or Melty Labs. Conductor details above come from their public site and in-app behavior as of August 2026; if something is out of date, check their site.