# Emdash (slim)

> Emdash is an open-source desktop app that runs coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode and Amp in parallel, each in its own Git worktree, locally or on remote machines over SSH, with issue intake and pull requests.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/emdash.md (~4,500 tokens) · this version ~830 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/emdash.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/emdash
- 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/emdash#pricing · reviews https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/emdash#reviews
- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)

**D · 53.9/100 · rank #927 of 1486 · #35 in Agent harnesses · not agent-ready · confidence low**


Assessment: A mature open-source app for parallel coding agents in Git worktrees, with issue intake from a dozen trackers and remote machines over SSH. Telemetry is on unless you turn it off, and no test workflow was found in the repository.

## Facts

- Kind: Agent harness · vendor: General Action, Inc. · category: Agent harnesses · legal entity: General Action, Inc. · provenance 40/100
- Auth: None · pricing: Free · x402: no · licence: Apache-2.0
- Benchmark probes: not run yet, so Performance is pending
- Surface graded: The open-source app, read from a clone of github.com/generalaction/emdash on 7 November 2026. Nothing installed

- Scores: Reliability 55, Performance pending, Schema & documentation 55, Agent ergonomics 55, Security & auth 38, Payments & pricing 60, Task success pending, Maintenance & community 70, Transparency & trust 54 · total over the 7 assessed categories
- Why: Reliability, Local software. · Schema & documentation, Harness reading. · Agent ergonomics, Harness reading. · Security & auth, Harness reading. · Payments & pricing, Free self-hosted software with nothing to buy, so 0 for a protocol and 20 each for public pricing, a free tier and onboarding with no sign-u… · Maintenance & community, v1.2.11 on 6 November 2026 (30). · Transparency & trust, Apache 2.0 (30).
- Sources: 2, open questions: 1, both in the full twin
- Capabilities: agent.harness, agent.multi-agent
- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/emdash.json
- Verify (for the vendor): the badge `https://www.anchorterminal.com/badges/emdash.svg` or a link to https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/emdash from a page on emdash.sh or one of its subdomains, or the README at the root of github.com/generalaction/emdash, 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. Launch with TELEMETRY_ENABLED=false if you don't want telemetry
2. Use the SSH mode to keep agents on a remote machine

## Connect

```bash
brew install --cask emdash
```

## Similar tools

| Tool | Grade | Score | Shared capabilities | Slim |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| goose | BB | 71.3 | agent.harness, agent.multi-agent | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/goose.min.md |
| AXLR | BB | 70.6 | agent.harness, agent.multi-agent | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/axlr.min.md |
| OpenHands | BB | 70.3 | agent.harness, agent.multi-agent | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openhands.min.md |
| OpenCode | B | 68.8 | agent.harness, agent.multi-agent | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opencode.min.md |
| Qwen Code | B | 68.7 | agent.harness, agent.multi-agent | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwen-code.min.md |


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