Munder Difflin

Run twelve terminal coding agents as one coordinated office on your own machine

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What is Munder Difflin?

Munder Difflin is a free, open source desktop harness that runs Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI and nine other terminal agents as a team under one orchestrator, locally and on your existing subscriptions.

Munder Difflin is a free, open source harness that turns the terminal coding agents a developer already uses into a coordinated team. Instead of juggling separate tabs for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Copilot, Cursor and others, it runs each one as a "clone" in a real terminal and puts them on a shared floor. Twelve providers are supported, and the model pickers read their lists at launch, so new models appear without waiting for an app update. The workflow centres on an orchestrator named Michael. A user gives him one sentence, and he splits it into tasks, assigns each to a suitable clone and lets them hand work to each other. Every clone can read a shared task board, has its own inbox, and questions that need a person are collected in a single Ask me box. A circuit breaker is meant to stop runaway spend, and crashed agents restart in the same folder with their work intact. Each clone also keeps memory of what it learned and who worked on what, so the office can answer questions about its own history, stored locally. Everything runs on the laptop and drives the CLI agents under existing subscriptions, so the plan's own hourly limits do the work. Code, keys and personal context stay on the machine. When clones on different machines communicate, messages are signed and sealed on the sender's side. Multiple projects can run at once as separate "floors", each with its own agents, board and memory. The free Classic edition shows a pixel-art office with unlimited local agents. Pro replaces it with a sidebar workspace and adds the Stapler, a floating window for local dictation, meeting transcription and screenshots handed to agents. Teams adds cross-machine orchestrators and an admin console. Compared with running a single agent CLI or a cloud-hosted agent service, it targets developers who already pay for several agent subscriptions and want one local layer to coordinate them. Remote control and hosted sandboxes are listed as coming, and the machine must stay on for clones to keep working.

How do you use Munder Difflin?

  1. 1Download the free app
    Get the Classic version from the download link on the homepage. It is available for macOS, Windows and Linux and needs no payment.
    Munder Difflin — Download the free app
  2. 2Connect your terminal agents
    Make sure the CLI agents you use, such as Claude Code or Codex, are installed and signed in. Munder Difflin drives them under your existing plans.
  3. 3Give the orchestrator a goal
    Describe a task in one sentence to Michael, the orchestrator. He breaks it into tickets and assigns them to suitable clones.
  4. 4Watch the board and answer questions
    Follow progress on the task board and agent inboxes. Handle anything that needs a human through the Ask me box.
  5. 5Open a second floor for another project
    Use File, New Floor to start a separate office with its own agents, board and memory for a different folder.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Supports twelve terminal agents and reuses subscriptions you already pay for, so there is no new model billAI
  • Orchestrator splits one sentence into tasks and routes them, with a shared board and per-agent inboxesAI
  • Local-first design keeps code, keys and memory on your machine, with sealed messaging between machinesAI
  • Free Classic tier is MIT licensed with unlimited local agents; multiple floors run separate projects side by sideAI
  • Persistent memory lets the office answer questions about past work from its own historyAI

Cons

  • The laptop must stay on, because clones stop when the machine does and hosted sandboxes are not yet availableAI
  • The Stapler, with local dictation and meeting notes, requires the paid Pro planAI
  • Remote control from a phone app and computer use are listed as coming, not shippedAI
  • Usage still draws on each agent's subscription limits, so heavy parallel runs can hit hourly capsAI
  • Pro is sold as time-limited licences (30 or 365 days) tied to one machine at a timeAI

How much does Munder Difflin cost?

Free trial

No trial is mentioned, but the Classic edition is free forever with unlimited local agents and twelve providers.

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Pricing

Free Classic tier at $0 forever, MIT licensed. Pro is a launch offer of $150 for 365 days (down from $200, as low as $100 with regional adjustment) or $20 for 30 days. Teams is priced on a call.

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Support

Teams customers get a thirty-minute setup call. The homepage also links a GitHub repository and a public telemetry document, but no help centre is described.

Integrations

Works with twelve terminal agents including Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Copilot, Cursor, Grok and OpenCode. GitHub, Linear, Telegram and custom webhooks can wake a clone via API keys.

Features

Orchestrator with task board, per-agent inboxes and Ask me box, circuit breaker for spend, crash recovery, local memory, multiple floors, twelve providers, trigger integrations, sealed cross-machine messaging, and the Stapler for local dictation and meetings.

Frequently asked questions about Munder Difflin

  • How much does Munder Difflin cost?
    Free Classic tier at $0 forever, MIT licensed. Pro is a launch offer of $150 for 365 days (down from $200, as low as $100 with regional adjustment) or $20 for 30 days. Teams is priced on a call.
  • Does Munder Difflin offer a free trial?
    No trial is mentioned, but the Classic edition is free forever with unlimited local agents and twelve providers.
  • How do you use Munder Difflin?
    The walkthrough on this page covers 5 steps: 1. Download the free app 2. Connect your terminal agents 3. Give the orchestrator a goal 4. Watch the board and answer questions 5. Open a second floor for another project.
  • What platforms does Munder Difflin support?
    Munder Difflin is available on MacOS, Windows and Linux.
  • What does Munder Difflin integrate with?
    Works with twelve terminal agents including Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Copilot, Cursor, Grok and OpenCode. GitHub, Linear, Telegram and custom webhooks can wake a clone via API keys.
  • What are the limitations of Munder Difflin?
    The laptop must stay on, because clones stop when the machine does and hosted sandboxes are not yet available. The Stapler, with local dictation and meeting notes, requires the paid Pro plan. Remote control from a phone app and computer use are listed as coming, not shipped.

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Added10/8/2026

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