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Which tool for parallel Claude Code?
You may not need Paneherd. If you run two sessions and glance at them now and then, separate terminals and Claude Code's own tools are enough: the official extension runs several conversations in tabs, and agent view (claude agents) lists background sessions by state and isolates each in a worktree. Paneherd is for running several at once in VS Code or Cursor, when answering prompts and keeping sessions out of each other's files becomes the work.
| Separate terminals or a terminal grid extension | Claude Code agent view and official extension | Paneherd | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Several sessions at once | Yes | Yes: tabs in the extension; a list in agent view, one session open at a time | Yes, as a grid of editor terminals |
| Which session is working or waiting | Read each terminal | Yes | Yes, from Claude Code's hook events, with a count and a jump to the next |
| Answer permission prompts in one place | No | No; each session answers its own | Yes (Pro), with Allow, Always and Deny |
| Warning before two sessions edit the same file | No | No warning; agent view gives each session its own git worktree by default | Yes (Pro) |
| Send one prompt to several sessions | Some grid extensions | No | Yes |
| Queue the next prompt for a busy session | No | Yes, within that session | Yes (Pro), and a prompt for several sessions goes to the first that is free |
| Plan usage limits in view | No | Yes, with /usage | Yes, in the sidebar |
| Loop and stall alarms | No | No | Yes |
| Git worktrees | By hand | Yes (--worktree, and by default in agent view) | Works with them; open a session per worktree |
| Price | Free | Included with Claude Code | Free up to 4 sessions; Pro is a one-time purchase |
Where Paneherd is not the answer
- Outside VS Code-based editors. Paneherd is a VS Code extension; in a plain terminal, use tmux or your terminal's splits.
- Cloud or background agents. Paneherd runs the Claude Code CLI on your machine. It does not manage sessions running elsewhere.
- Other coding agents. Paneherd is built around Claude Code's hooks and does not drive other CLIs.