helmor vs omnigent
Local-first desktop workbench for orchestrating coding agents: per-repo workspaces, task dispatch, live status and runnable actions — GUI plus CLI, Apache-2.0. — versus — Open-source meta-harness over Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, Hermes, Pi and custom agents: swap harnesses without rewriting, enforce policies and sandboxes, follow sessions from any device.
Both orchestrate coding agents from a desktop control plane; Helmor is local-first per-repo workspaces, Omnigent adds multi-device sessions, policies and cloud sandboxes.
| helmor | omnigent | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 1.3k | 7.5k |
| Forks | 115 | 1.1k |
| Language | TypeScript | Python |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Last activity | yesterday | today |
| Topics | coding, orchestration | agents, orchestration, coding |
| Curated connections | 4 | 5 |
helmor — the curator's take
Workbench, not factory: you stay the lead and dispatch agents into per-repo workspaces, watching status like a build queue. Cleaner mental model than kanban swarms for a solo dev. Skip for headless issue-queue automation (contrabass) or if you live inside one OpenCode session (codenomad).
omnigent — the curator's take
Use when you run several coding harnesses and want one control plane: mix agents in a session, gate risky actions with policies, run in Modal/Daytona/E2B/K8s sandboxes, and pick a session up from phone or browser. Team sharing (co-drive, fork) is a real differentiator. NOT if you live in one CLI on one laptop — it's a server + desktop app stack, and it's alpha; expect churn. Apache-2.0.