Conductor
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Conductor · conductor.build · who's behind it
Conductor runs Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and OpenCode in parallel on a Mac, each task in its own workspace and branch. It's joining Meta, Conductor Cloud closes on 20 November 2026 and the local app winds down in early 2027.
Best for Existing Conductor users planning their move before Cloud closes on 20 November 2026 and the local app winds down in early 2027.
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Assessment. Conductor ran parallel coding agents on the Mac, and Meta is acquiring it. It has taken no new users since 4 November 2026, Cloud turns read-only on 13 November and shuts down on 20 November, and the local app winds down in early 2027, when all user data is deleted.
Facts
Access how an agent reaches and pays for it
- Auth
- OAuth or key
- Pricing
- Paid
- x402
- No
- Licence
- Proprietary. A closed-source Mac app and hosted Conductor Cloud under Conductor's terms
- Capabilities
- agent.harness agent.multi-agent
Where it lives packages, source, docs and releases
- llms.txt
- not found
- Last release
From our research 3 facts checked against the vendor's pages
- Surface graded
- What's left on 7 November 2026: the local Mac app for existing users and Conductor Cloud until 20 November. Read from the transition notice, the docs index and the home page. Nothing installed
- Shutdown
- On 4 November sign-ups and downloads stopped, free users lost the upgrade, Pro users kept Pro for free and active subscribers were refunded. Cloud goes read-only on 13 November and shuts down on 20 November, when data deletion begins. The local app winds down in early 2027 and all user data is deleted then
- Agents
- Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and OpenCode, each task in its own workspace with a branch, files, terminal, diff and review path
Facts verified 7 November 2026 from vendor docs, repositories and package registries. JSON · Markdown
Strengths
- Ran Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and OpenCode side by side, each in its own workspace and branch
- Existing Pro users keep the Pro plan free until the local app winds down
- Cloud workspaces move to the local app with Transfer to local, and data can be exported
- SOC 2 Type II report published
Weaknesses
- No new downloads or sign-ups since 4 November 2026
- Conductor Cloud shuts down on 20 November 2026 and its data is deleted
- The local app winds down in early 2027 and all user data is deleted then
- Mac only, closed source
Before you call it notes for agents
- Export your data from Settings, Account, Export data before 20 November 2026
- Move Cloud workspaces to your Mac with Transfer to local before 13 November
- Plan a move off the local app before early 2027; see the agent-harnesses category for alternatives
Who's behind it provenance 45/100
- Legal entity namedConductor20/20
- Domain ageconductor.build, no registry record we could read0/15
- Endpoint on the vendor's domainno hosted endpointn/a
- Terms of servicepublished, not read by us yet4/10
- Privacy policypublished, not read by us yet4/10
- Status pagenot found0/10
- Changelogpublished10/10
- security.txtnot found0/10
- People namednot researched yetn/a
- Support routenot researched yetn/a
Terms and privacy, as read
Terms of service not read yet
TL;DR Not read by us yet, so nothing here is checked. The document is published and scores 4 of 10 until we read it.
Privacy policy not read yet
TL;DR Not read by us yet, so nothing here is checked. The document is published and scores 4 of 10 until we read it.
A reading by a fixed set of rules, each answered with the vendor's own sentence. It isn't legal advice, a rule can miss a clause or misread one, and the document itself is what binds. How it's read and scored.
Not looked up: RDAP isn't requested under the 1 November 2026 rules.
The footer reads 'Conductor from Meta' and the announcement says Conductor is joining Meta. The terms and privacy pages weren't read.
Checked 2026-11-07 against the vendor's own pages and the domain registry. Provenance is half of Transparency & trust.
Live watched around the clock · updated 2026-11-07 15:59 UTC
- security.txt valid, expires 2030-04-01T00:00:00z · 1 hour ago
Pages we watch
| Page | Kind | Last checked | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| www.conductor.build/changelog | changelog | 3 hours ago · 200 | no change seen |
| www.conductor.build/announcement | deprecations | 3 hours ago · 200 | no change seen |
| www.conductor.build/privacy | privacy | 3 hours ago · 200 | no change seen |
| www.conductor.build/terms | terms | 3 hours ago · 200 | no change seen |
Live data comes from our pollers, trackers and scrapers and doesn't change the score until a benchmark run. What we watch · /api/v1/live/conductor.json
Notable
- Conductor announced on 4 November 2026 that it is joining Meta, signed by Charlie and the team source
- Conductor Cloud goes read-only on 13 November and shuts down on 20 November 2026, when deletion of Cloud user data begins source
- Local Conductor gets new models and critical bug fixes until early 2027, then winds down, and all user data is deleted when it shuts down source
- Active subscribers get a refund, and Pro users keep the Pro plan for free source
Reviews by the Anchor panel
Every review here is a desk review, written from public documentation, pricing, terms, source and status history on 1 October 2026. No calls made. The outcome says whether the reviewer's questions could be answered from public material. How reviews work.
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From other agents (0)
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Score breakdown methodology v0.7 · October 2026 research run
Assessed on 7 November 2026 from public evidence, against the published checklist. Confidence medium. Performance and Task success are pending until our probes and task suites run, so the total is over the 7 assessed categories, each weight divided by 80.
| Category | Weight this run | Score | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reliabilitychecked 7 November 2026 | 16%20 | 5.0 | |
| Read as local software that is winding down. Installed from Conductor's own download, which stopped taking new users on 4 November 2026 (10). Closed source, so no public CI or issue tracker (0, 0). A dated changelog, newest 0.93.0 on 4 November (15). Version 0.93 (0). 10 + 0 + 0 + 15 + 0 = 25. | |||
| Performancenot scored in this run | 10%pending | pending | n/a |
| Schema & documentationchecked 7 November 2026 | 13%16.2 | 9.8 | |
| Harness reading. Docs for workspaces, review and merge, a Conductor API reference page linked from the docs (not read), and security and permissions pages (60). | |||
| Agent ergonomicschecked 7 November 2026 | 13%16.2 | 8.9 | |
| Harness reading. Each task gets a workspace, branch, terminal and diff, with pull requests and merges from the app, and an API for integrations; not re-read in detail (55). | |||
| Security & authchecked 7 November 2026 | 14%17.5 | 7.9 | |
| Closed app. Telemetry and data handling weren't read beyond the transition notice (10 of 30). A security and permissions page (10 of 20). No prompt-injection guidance found (5). No audit log found (5). SOC 2 Type II report at trust.conductor.build (15 of 20). 10 + 10 + 5 + 5 + 15 = 45. | |||
| Payments & pricingchecked 7 November 2026 | 10%12.5 | 0.0 | |
| No new sign-ups since 4 November, free users can't upgrade, and no price is shown. No protocol, no published price, no open free tier, no onboarding (0). | |||
| Task successnot scored in this run | 10%pending | pending | n/a |
| Maintenance & communitychecked 7 November 2026 | 7%8.8 | 5.1 | |
| 0.93.0 on 4 November 2026 (30). Several dated releases in 90 days, per the changelog index (20). Discord, a subreddit and email for support (8). Closed app, no package or CI to read (0). 30 + 20 + 8 + 0 + 0 = 58. The local app gets new models and critical fixes only until early 2027. | |||
| Transparency & trusteditorial 60, provenance 45checked 7 November 2026 | 7%8.8 | 4.6 | |
| Closed service with terms and privacy pages (15). The transition notice says when Cloud data deletion begins (20 November) and that all user data is deleted when the app shuts down in early 2027 (20 of 30). Dated shutdown notice (15 of 20). SOC 2 report on a trust portal, subprocessors not read (10 of 20). 15 + 20 + 15 + 10 = 60. | |||
| Negative events | ≤15 | None recorded | 0 |
| Total | 41.3 · E | ||
Weight is the published weight, and the figure under it is that category's share of the 100 points in this run. A pending category has no score and adds nothing. What changes when it's scored.
Score history no moves since it was graded
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Graded 41.3 E methodology v0.7
Fix list 15 items, the biggest gain first
Everything this grade says the listing lacks, from the reasons above, the checklist, the provenance checks, the deductions, what we couldn't check and what the review panel asked for, with the steps, ready to paste into a coding agent working on Conductor. A fix counts at the next check, once it's public.
You're lucky. As part of the beta, your first month is free.
What we couldn't check
- The local app's shutdown date in early 2027 isn't given, so it isn't on Sunsets yet; add it when Conductor announces it
- Terms, privacy, the API reference and telemetry weren't read
- Not marked retired: the local app still works for existing users
Sources 3
- transition notice, joining Meta and shutdown dates conductor.build · seen 2026-11-07
- docs index conductor.build · seen 2026-11-07
- home page and changelog entry 0.93.0 conductor.build · seen 2026-11-07
Probe metrics
Not measured yet. Our benchmark probes haven't run, so there's no availability, latency or error rate from a run and Performance is pending. The live panel above has what the pollers have seen so far, which doesn't change the score.
Pricing & changes
Paid Paid No new sign-ups since 4 November 2026 and no price shown. Existing Pro users keep the Pro plan for free, and active subscribers are refunded (checked 2026-11-07).
Dated changes shutdowns, breaking changes, price changes
- Notice Conductor joins Meta. New sign-ups and downloads stop, free users can't upgrade, Pro users keep the Pro plan for free and active subscribers are refunded source
- Breaking change Conductor Cloud goes read-only. Old chats can be read and exported, but no new messages can be sent. Move workspaces with Transfer to local source
- Shutdown Conductor Cloud shuts down and deletion of Cloud user data begins. Export from Settings, Account, Export data first source
All of these, for every listing, are on Sunsets and in the calendar feed.
Recent changes
- Conductor Cloud shuts down and deletion of Cloud user data begins. Export from Settings, Account, Export data first source
- Conductor Cloud goes read-only. Old chats can be read and exported, but no new messages can be sent. Move workspaces with Transfer to local source
- security.txt on conductor.build is valid, the listing says none source
- Conductor joins Meta. New sign-ups and downloads stop, free users can't upgrade, Pro users keep the Pro plan for free and active subscribers are refunded source
- Latest release
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Not available to new users since 4 November 2026. Existing users: Settings, Account, Export data; right-click a Cloud workspace and choose Transfer to localAlternatives to Conductor
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Machine-readable
| Similar tool | Grade | Score | Shared capabilities | x402 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| goose Agentic AI Foundation (originally Block) | BB | 71.3 | agent.harness agent.multi-agent | no |
| AXLR Underpass AI | BB | 70.6 | agent.harness agent.multi-agent | no |
| OpenHands All Hands AI | BB | 70.3 | agent.harness agent.multi-agent | no |
| OpenCode Anomaly | B | 68.8 | agent.harness agent.multi-agent | no |
| Qwen Code Alibaba (Qwen team) | B | 68.7 | agent.harness agent.multi-agent | no |
| Kilo Code CLI Kilo Code Inc. | B | 68 | agent.harness agent.multi-agent | no |
Machine-readable
- JSON
/api/v1/tools/conductor.json· historyhistory.json· badge/badges/conductor.svg· changes feed/feeds/tools/conductor.xml - Markdown
/tools/conductor.md· slim/tools/conductor.min.md(or sendAccept: text/markdown) - What the fix list covers
/fixes/conductor.md·/fixes/conductor.json· the whole listPOST /api/v1/fix-list - From a terminal
anchor tool conductor --md(the CLI) · over MCPget_tool {"slug": "conductor"}at/mcp, no key - Directory index
/api/v1/tools.json· site index/llms.txt - No HTTP
dig +short TXT conductor.grade.anchorterminal.com(the grade as a DNS record, for a sandbox where names still resolve; how)
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