# Conductor (slim)

> 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.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/conductor.md (~5,300 tokens) · this version ~1,180 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/conductor.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/conductor
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp · Updated: 2026-11-07 · pricing https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/conductor#pricing · reviews https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/conductor#reviews
- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)

**E · 41.3/100 · rank #1285 of 1486 · #52 in Agent harnesses · not agent-ready · confidence medium**


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

- Kind: Agent harness · vendor: Conductor (joining Meta) · category: Agent harnesses · legal entity: Conductor · provenance 45/100
- Auth: OAuth or key · pricing: Paid · x402: no · licence: Proprietary. A closed-source Mac app and hosted Conductor Cloud under Conductor's terms
- Benchmark probes: not run yet, so Performance is pending
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 2026-11-20 Shutdown: Conductor Cloud shuts down and deletion of Cloud user data begins. Export from Settings, Account, Export data first

- Scores: Reliability 25, Performance pending, Schema & documentation 60, Agent ergonomics 55, Security & auth 45, Payments & pricing 0, Task success pending, Maintenance & community 58, Transparency & trust 53 · total over the 7 assessed categories
- Why: Reliability, Read as local software that is winding down. · Schema & documentation, Harness reading. · Agent ergonomics, Harness reading. · Security & auth, Closed app. · Payments & pricing, No new sign-ups since 4 November, free users can't upgrade, and no price is shown. · Maintenance & community, 0.93.0 on 4 November 2026 (30). · Transparency & trust, Closed service with terms and privacy pages (15).
- Sources: 3, open questions: 3, both in the full twin
- Capabilities: agent.harness, agent.multi-agent
- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/conductor.json
- Verify (for the vendor): the badge `https://www.anchorterminal.com/badges/conductor.svg` or a link to https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/conductor from a page on conductor.build or one of its subdomains, then `POST https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/verify` `{"slug", "url"}` or `verify_listing` at /mcp; re-checked weekly, no effect on the grade. Snippets in the full twin.

## Before you call it

1. Export your data from Settings, Account, Export data before 20 November 2026
2. Move Cloud workspaces to your Mac with Transfer to local before 13 November
3. Plan a move off the local app before early 2027; see the agent-harnesses category for alternatives

## Connect

```bash
Not available to new users since 4 November 2026. Existing users: Settings, Account, Export data; right-click a Cloud workspace and choose Transfer to local
```

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