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Run AI coding agents like Claude Code, Codex CLI, and OpenCode in parallel across isolated git worktrees, with magic git commands and GitHub integration.
When one task is in progress in a worktree with Claude Code and you want a second agent on a different branch, Jean creates and manages the worktrees automatically. You switch between sessions in the UI, review diffs, and merge only what you approve.
You only ever run one agent at a time and a single terminal window covers your workflow.
With jean-server installed on a Linux machine or Web Access enabled on the desktop app, you can open your Jean workspace in a browser from another device, or connect the native app to a remote instance. The same projects and sessions are available over the network.
You only work locally and never need to access your agent workspace from a second machine.
Jean's Linked Projects feature connects your app repo, documentation repo, SDK, and shared libraries into one context. Each agent session sees all linked repos, so agents do not miss CLAUDE.md guidance or docs conventions that live in a sibling repo.
You work in a monorepo where all related code is in one repo and cross-repo context sharing is not an issue.
Magic Git Commands give you one-click access to AI commit messages, PR descriptions, code reviews with tracked findings, release notes, and merge conflict resolution. Each workflow runs on a model and prompt template you can adjust without editing the agent session.
You already have a working CLI-based git workflow and do not need AI help with commit copy or PR generation.
Running an AI coding agent on a real codebase is manageable when you have one agent on one branch. When you want multiple agents working in parallel, things fall apart fast. Agents editing the same files conflict with each other, branch management becomes a manual overhead, and any agent context specific to one repo stays siloed from related repos you also maintain.
Beyond parallelism, repeatable git tasks like writing commit messages, generating PR descriptions, running code reviews, and resolving merge conflicts all require manually crafting prompts from scratch every session. There is no mechanism to encode your preferred workflow, preferred model, or preferred verbosity level into the process.
Every task gets its own git worktree, so running Claude Code, Codex CLI, and OpenCode in parallel produces no branch conflicts or file collisions. You review each worktree separately before merging anything back, and you can archive, restore, or delete workspaces from the Jean UI without touching the shell.
Connect related repos (your app, docs, SDK, backend) once and every agent session sees the full multi-repo context without copy-pasting files or rebuilding prompts by hand. CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, and docs directories from linked repos are visible automatically to every agent you run.
One-click workflows for code review with tracked findings, AI commit messages, PR descriptions, release notes, and merge conflict resolution. Each workflow has an editable prompt template, and you can pick a different model, backend, and reasoning level per command without touching the agent session itself.
Schedules sweeps of your open GitHub issues, creates one Jean worktree per issue, and drafts a focused plan. You control issue count limits, label filters for what gets picked up, and whether it auto-executes approved plans. You can pick separate planning and execution backends and models.
Run Jean headless on Linux (amd64/arm64) and access the full UI over token-protected HTTP/WebSocket on port 3456. Connect from any browser, or add it as a remote in the native Jean app. Tailscale is the recommended way to expose it privately without opening a port to the public internet.
RTK proxies your CLI tools to cut 60-90% of tool-output tokens across every backend. Caveman trims Claude's replies by approximately 65-75% with terse, technical output. Both install with one click from the Opinionated pane and work across all supported backends without per-session configuration.
Jean and Claude Code address different layers of AI-assisted development. Claude Code is Anthropic's proprietary CLI coding agent. Jean is an open-source environment that runs Claude Code inside isolated git worktrees. They are not competing choices.
| Jean | Claude Code | |
|---|---|---|
| License | Apache 2.0 | Proprietary (Anthropic) |
| Role | Dev environment and control surface around agents | The coding agent itself |
| Git worktrees per task | Managed for you, with archive and restore | Not its job |
| Browser and remote access | jean-server or Web Access, token protected | Terminal CLI |
| AI coding capability | None of its own; delegates to Claude Code, Codex and others | Does the coding work |
Claude Code alone is enough when you run one agent at a time in a terminal, on a single project, with no need for parallel worktrees, browser access, or structured git automation. It is simpler to set up and requires no additional tooling.
Jean pays off when you want to run multiple agents simultaneously without branch conflicts, access your agent sessions from a browser or a remote machine, share context across several related repos, or encode repeatable git workflows as customizable prompt templates. All of Jean's features work with Claude Code as the backend, so adopting Jean does not require switching away from Claude Code.
Jean is Apache 2.0 licensed and free with no usage limits. Claude Code is a proprietary commercial CLI from Anthropic, and you need your own Claude Code subscription or API access whether or not you use Jean.
Install the macOS desktop app via Homebrew, or deploy jean-server on Linux using the setup script.
```bash
brew tap coollabsio/jean
brew install --cask jean
```
Linux server install (amd64/arm64):
```bash
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/coollabsio/jean/main/scripts/install-jean-server.sh | sudo bash
```No. Jean is the environment and control surface that runs Claude Code (and other CLI agents like Codex CLI and OpenCode) inside isolated git worktrees. Claude Code still does the coding work. Jean handles parallel session management, git operations, and the remote access layer.
Yes. Jean is Apache 2.0 licensed and free forever with no paid tiers, no feature gates, and no usage limits. You need your own subscription or API access for the underlying AI agents (Claude Code, Codex CLI, etc.), which are separate products. Jean adds no cost on top of those.
Yes. Install jean-server on Linux (amd64 or arm64) and connect over token-protected HTTP/WebSocket on port 3456 from any browser. The native app also supports remote connections via the title bar server icon. Tailscale is recommended for private access instead of exposing the port to the public internet.
The desktop app is tested on macOS. Windows and Linux desktop builds are available from GitHub releases but need more testing per the maintainers. The headless jean-server targets Linux amd64 and arm64 only. Building from source requires Node.js and Rust.
Jean supports Claude CLI, Codex CLI, OpenCode, Cursor CLI, Pi, Command Code, Grok, and Kimi Code. Pi, Command Code, and Kimi Code are currently beta integrations. You bring your own subscription or API access for each backend; Jean does not bundle any AI capabilities.
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