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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.\n\n## Facts\n\n| Field | Value |\n| --- | --- |\n| Vendor | Conductor (joining Meta) (https://www.conductor.build) |\n| Kind | Agent harness |\n| Category | Agent harnesses (https://www.anchorterminal.com/categories/agent-harnesses) |\n| Auth | OAuth or key · Existing users sign in to the app; new sign-ups are closed. |\n| Pricing | 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). |\n| x402 | No · No payment protocol in the repository or README (checked 2026-11-07). |\n| Licence | Proprietary. A closed-source Mac app and hosted Conductor Cloud under Conductor's terms |\n| Docs | https://www.conductor.build/docs |\n| llms.txt | not found |\n| Last release | 2026-11-04 |\n| 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 |\n| 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 |\n| Agents | Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and OpenCode, each task in its own workspace with a branch, files, terminal, diff and review path |\n| Capabilities | agent.harness, agent.multi-agent |\n| Tags | official, desktop-app, mac, closed-source, soc2, sunsetting |\n| JSON | https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/conductor.json |\n\n## Score breakdown (methodology v0.7, October 2026 research run)\n\nAssessed 2026-11-07 from public evidence against the published checklist (https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/#checklist). Confidence: medium. Performance and Task success pending (no score, not in the total); the total is Σ(score × weight) ÷ 80 over the 7 assessed categories. \"This run\" is each category's share of the 100 points.\n\n| Category | Weight | This run | Score (0–100) | Points |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% | 20 | 25 | 5.0 |\n| Performance | 10% | pending | pending | n/a |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% | 16.2 | 60 | 9.8 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% | 16.2 | 55 | 8.9 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% | 17.5 | 45 | 7.9 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 |\n| Task success | 10% | pending | pending | n/a |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% | 8.8 | 58 | 5.1 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust (editorial 60, provenance 45) | 7% | 8.8 | 53 | 4.6 |\n| Negative events | up to −15 | up to −15 | none recorded | 0 |\n| **Total** | | | | **41.3 → E** |\n\n### Why each score\n\n- Reliability 25 (checked 2026-11-07): 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.\n- Performance: Pending. Latency is measured per call by our probes, which haven't run yet, so this run doesn't score it. Its weight is shared across the assessed categories until the first probe window closes.\n- Schema \u0026 documentation 60 (checked 2026-11-07): 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).\n- Agent ergonomics 55 (checked 2026-11-07): 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).\n- Security \u0026 auth 45 (checked 2026-11-07): 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.\n- Payments \u0026 pricing 0 (checked 2026-11-07): 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).\n- Task success: Pending. Task success needs the category task suites run through each tool, which haven't run yet, so this run doesn't score it. Its weight is shared across the assessed categories until then. A data provider's data-quality score is published on its listing now and becomes half of this category when it's scored.\n- Maintenance \u0026 community 58 (checked 2026-11-07): 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.\n- Transparency \u0026 trust 53 (checked 2026-11-07): 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.\n\nFix list, everything this grade says the listing lacks, the biggest gain first (15 items). What it covers is at https://www.anchorterminal.com/fixes/conductor.md (JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/fixes/conductor.json). The whole list for a coding agent comes from `POST https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/fix-list` with `{\"listing\": \"conductor\", \"plan\": \"read\"}`, free while the beta runs\n\n### What we couldn't check\n\n- 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\n- Terms, privacy, the API reference and telemetry weren't read\n- Not marked retired: the local app still works for existing users\n\n### Sources\n\n- transition notice, joining Meta and shutdown dates: \u003chttps://www.conductor.build/announcement\u003e (seen 2026-11-07)\n- docs index: \u003chttps://www.conductor.build/docs\u003e (seen 2026-11-07)\n- home page and changelog entry 0.93.0: \u003chttps://www.conductor.build\u003e (seen 2026-11-07)\n\n## Score history\n\nEvery move of a score since the listing was graded, newest first, with its cause. A score can't move without an entry here. JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/conductor/history.json\n\n- 2026-11-07: graded 41.3 E (methodology 0.7)\n\n## Who's behind it (provenance 45/100, checked 2026-11-07)\n\n| Check | Finding | Points |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Legal entity named | Conductor | 20/20 |\n| Domain age | conductor.build, no registry record we could read | 0/15 |\n| Endpoint on the vendor's domain | no hosted endpoint | n/a |\n| Terms of service | published, not read by us yet | 4/10 |\n| Privacy policy | published, not read by us yet | 4/10 |\n| Status page | not found | 0/10 |\n| Changelog | published | 10/10 |\n| security.txt | not found | 0/10 |\n| People named | not researched yet | n/a |\n| Support route | not researched yet | n/a |\n\nNot looked up: RDAP isn't requested under the 1 November 2026 rules.\n\nThe footer reads 'Conductor from Meta' and the announcement says Conductor is joining Meta. The terms and privacy pages weren't read.\n\n### Terms and privacy, as read\n\nA reading by a fixed set of rules, each answered with the vendor's own sentence. Not legal advice.\n\n**Terms of service** (https://www.conductor.build/terms), not read yet.\n\n\n**Privacy policy** (https://www.conductor.build/privacy), not read yet.\n\n\n## Live (updated 2026-11-07 15:59 UTC)\n\n- security.txt: valid, expires 2030-04-01T00:00:00z\n- Watching changelog \u003chttps://www.conductor.build/changelog\u003e\n- Watching deprecations \u003chttps://www.conductor.build/announcement\u003e\n- Watching privacy \u003chttps://www.conductor.build/privacy\u003e\n- Watching terms \u003chttps://www.conductor.build/terms\u003e\n- Always current: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/live/conductor.json\n\n## Probe metrics\n\nNot measured yet. Our benchmark probes haven't run, so there's no availability, latency or error rate from a run and Performance is pending. Live uptime, where we poll the endpoint, is under Live and doesn't change the score.\n\n## Dated changes\n\n- 2026-11-04 · 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: \u003chttps://www.conductor.build/announcement\u003e)\n- 2026-11-13 · 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: \u003chttps://www.conductor.build/announcement\u003e)\n- 2026-11-20 · Shutdown · Conductor Cloud shuts down and deletion of Cloud user data begins. Export from Settings, Account, Export data first (source: \u003chttps://www.conductor.build/announcement\u003e)\n\nAll listings, as a calendar: https://www.anchorterminal.com/sunsets.ics\n\n## Strengths\n\n- Ran Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and OpenCode side by side, each in its own workspace and branch\n- Existing Pro users keep the Pro plan free until the local app winds down\n- Cloud workspaces move to the local app with Transfer to local, and data can be exported\n- SOC 2 Type II report published\n\n## Weaknesses\n\n- No new downloads or sign-ups since 4 November 2026\n- Conductor Cloud shuts down on 20 November 2026 and its data is deleted\n- The local app winds down in early 2027 and all user data is deleted then\n- Mac only, closed source\n\n\n\n## Before you call it (notes for agents)\n\n1. Export your data from Settings, Account, Export data before 20 November 2026\n2. Move Cloud workspaces to your Mac with Transfer to local before 13 November\n3. Plan a move off the local app before early 2027; see the agent-harnesses category for alternatives\n\n## Connect\n\nInstall:\n\n```bash\nNot available to new users since 4 November 2026. Existing users: Settings, Account, Export data; right-click a Cloud workspace and choose Transfer to local\n```\n\n## Similar tools\n\nRanked by shared capabilities, then score. Same-category tools with no shared capability key are listed last.\n\n| Tool | Grade | Score | Rank | Shared capabilities | x402 | Markdown |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| goose | BB | 71.3 | 165 | agent.harness, agent.multi-agent | no | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/goose.md |\n| AXLR | BB | 70.6 | 197 | agent.harness, agent.multi-agent | no | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/axlr.md |\n| OpenHands | BB | 70.3 | 206 | agent.harness, agent.multi-agent | no | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openhands.md |\n| OpenCode | B | 68.8 | 269 | agent.harness, agent.multi-agent | no | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opencode.md |\n| Qwen Code | B | 68.7 | 273 | agent.harness, agent.multi-agent | no | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwen-code.md |\n| Kilo Code CLI | B | 68 | 295 | agent.harness, agent.multi-agent | no | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kilo-code-cli.md |\n\n## Panel reviews (0)\n\nReviewed by the Anchor panel (https://www.anchorterminal.com/reviewers/index.md): .\n\nDesk reviews, written from public documentation, pricing, terms, source and status history on 1 October 2026. No calls made. For a desk review, the outcome says whether the reviewer's questions could be answered from public material: success, partial or failure. How reviews work: https://www.anchorterminal.com/reviews/how-it-works.md\n\n## Notable\n\n- Conductor announced on 4 November 2026 that it is joining Meta, signed by Charlie and the team (source: \u003chttps://www.conductor.build/announcement\u003e)\n- Conductor Cloud goes read-only on 13 November and shuts down on 20 November 2026, when deletion of Cloud user data begins (source: \u003chttps://www.conductor.build/announcement\u003e)\n- 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: \u003chttps://www.conductor.build/announcement\u003e)\n- Active subscribers get a refund, and Pro users keep the Pro plan for free (source: \u003chttps://www.conductor.build/announcement\u003e)\n\n- #52 of 56 in Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 1500 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md\n\n## Compare\n\n- [Agent Zero vs Conductor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-conductor.md): D 46 vs E 41.3\n- [Aider vs Conductor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-conductor.md): D 49.1 vs E 41.3\n- [Amp vs Conductor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-conductor.md): C 55.5 vs E 41.3\n- [Antigravity CLI vs Conductor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-conductor.md): C 54.7 vs E 41.3\n- [Auggie CLI vs Conductor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-conductor.md): D 49.3 vs E 41.3\n- [AXLR vs Conductor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/axlr-vs-conductor.md): BB 70.6 vs E 41.3\n- [Claude Code vs Conductor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-conductor.md): D 53.6 vs E 41.3\n- [Cline vs Conductor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-conductor.md): D 52.8 vs E 41.3\n- [Conductor vs Crush](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-crush.md): E 41.3 vs D 49.8\n- [Conductor vs Cursor CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-cursor-cli.md): E 41.3 vs F 35.4\n- [Conductor vs DeepSeek Harness (dsh)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-deepseek-harness.md): E 41.3 vs D 48.5\n- [Conductor vs dsh-superagent (DeepSeek)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-deepseek-superagent.md): E 41.3 vs E 42.1\n- [Conductor vs Devin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-devin.md): E 41.3 vs C 57.3\n- [Conductor vs Droid CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-droid-cli.md): E 41.3 vs C 57.2\n- [Conductor vs Pi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-earendil-pi.md): E 41.3 vs B 62.6\n- [Conductor vs Emdash](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-emdash.md): E 41.3 vs D 53.9\n- [Conductor vs Gemini CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-gemini-cli.md): E 41.3 vs B 64.8\n- [Conductor vs GitHub Copilot CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-github-copilot-cli.md): E 41.3 vs C 56\n- [Conductor vs goose](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-goose.md): E 41.3 vs BB 71.3\n- [Conductor vs Harness²](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-harness2.md): E 41.3 vs E 42\n- [Conductor vs HarnessRouter](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-harnessrouter.md): E 41.3 vs D 47.7\n- [Conductor vs Jules](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-jules.md): E 41.3 vs E 45.1\n- [Conductor vs Junie CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-junie.md): E 41.3 vs D 49\n- [Conductor vs Kilo Code CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-kilo-code-cli.md): E 41.3 vs B 68\n- [Conductor vs Kimi Code CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-kimi-code-cli.md): E 41.3 vs C 58.1\n- [Conductor vs Kiro CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-kiro-cli.md): E 41.3 vs C 59.8\n- [Conductor vs Letta](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-letta.md): E 41.3 vs C 59.7\n- [Conductor vs mini-swe-agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-mini-swe-agent.md): E 41.3 vs C 59\n- [Conductor vs MiniMax Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-minimax-code.md): E 41.3 vs B 66.1\n- [Conductor vs Mistral Vibe CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.md): E 41.3 vs C 58.4\n- [Conductor vs Muse Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-muse-code.md): E 41.3 vs C 56.2\n- [Conductor vs OpenAI Agents API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-openai-agents-api.md): E 41.3 vs BB 73.3\n- [Conductor vs OpenAI Codex](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-openai-codex.md): E 41.3 vs BB 73.5\n- [Conductor vs OpenCode](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-opencode.md): E 41.3 vs B 68.8\n- [Conductor vs OpenHands](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-openhands.md): E 41.3 vs BB 70.3\n- [Conductor vs OpenMausBot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-openmausbot.md): E 41.3 vs B 65.4\n- [Conductor vs Orca](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-orca.md): E 41.3 vs C 57.4\n- [Conductor vs Paseo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-paseo.md): E 41.3 vs B 62.1\n- [Conductor vs Prime Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-prime-agent.md): E 41.3 vs C 56.8\n- [Conductor vs Qoder CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-qoder-cli.md): E 41.3 vs C 59.5\n- [Conductor vs Qwen Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-qwen-code.md): E 41.3 vs B 68.7\n- [Conductor vs Mirror CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-reflection-mirror.md): E 41.3 vs C 57.2\n- [Conductor vs Rovo Dev CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-rovo-dev-cli.md): E 41.3 vs E 44.1\n- [Conductor vs Sculptor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-sculptor.md): E 41.3 vs D 53.1\n- [Conductor vs T3 Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-t3-code.md): E 41.3 vs D 51.9\n- [Conductor vs Traycer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-traycer.md): E 41.3 vs C 57\n- [Conductor vs Unstoppable](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-unstoppable.md): E 41.3 vs F 34.7\n- [Conductor vs Verdent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-verdent.md): E 41.3 vs E 39.7\n- [Conductor vs Vibe-Trading](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-vibe-trading.md): E 41.3 vs C 57.8\n- [Conductor vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-warp.md): E 41.3 vs C 57.6\n- [Clawboo vs Conductor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clawboo-vs-conductor.md): C 61.4 vs E 41.3\n- [CLI Manager vs Conductor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-conductor.md): B 66.4 vs E 41.3\n- [Conductor vs Harness](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-harness-autonomous.md): E 41.3 vs C 60.9\n- [Conductor vs Paperclip](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-paperclip.md): E 41.3 vs D 52.6\n- [Conductor vs Parallax](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-parallax-agents.md): E 41.3 vs E 38.1\n\n## Verify this listing\n\nFor the vendor. The badge or a plain link to this page verifies the listing, from a page on conductor.build or one of its subdomains. It shows the listing is the vendor's and that the vendor knows it's here, and it never changes a grade, rank or review. The vendor sends the page's address to `POST https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/verify` as `{\"slug\": \"conductor\", \"url\": \"…\"}`, or calls the `verify_listing` tool at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp. We fetch the page once, then again every week; two failed checks in a row and the verification lapses, and a later pass restores it. 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