--- title: "Best Vibe Kanban alternatives in 2026 (after bloop shut down) · Cork" description: "bloop, the company behind Vibe Kanban, shut down in April 2026. Alternatives as of October 2026: Conductor, Emdash, Orca, Superset, Multica, and Cork." canonical: "https://corkcli.com/blog/vibe-kanban-alternatives" last_updated: "2026-11-14" published: "2026-10-03" author: "Kevin Vera" --- # Best Vibe Kanban alternatives in 2026 (after bloop shut down) bloop, the company behind Vibe Kanban, shut down in April 2026. Alternatives as of October 2026: Conductor, Emdash, Orca, Superset, Multica, and Cork. By Kevin Vera · October 3, 2026 · [Alternatives](https://corkcli.com/blog/c/alternatives) · 6 min read [Vibe Kanban](https://corkcli.com/blog/cork-vs-vibe-kanban) is an open source (Apache 2.0) app for planning and running AI coding agents: you put issues on a kanban board, and each workspace gives an agent its own branch, terminal and dev server in a git worktree. It supports 10+ agents, including Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, Cursor and Amp, and installs with `npx vibe-kanban`. The company behind it has shut down. On April 10, 2026, bloop (BloopAI) announced it was closing. Its announcement says "the Vibe Kanban project will live on, open source and community maintained" and "local workspaces will continue to function," but the remote services (shared kanban issues, comments, projects and organisations) were removed after 30 days. The repository now opens with "Vibe Kanban is sunsetting." That is the main reason people are looking elsewhere: no company behind it, and no shared, team side anymore. ## The alternatives at a glance | Tool | Best for | Where it runs | Pricing as of October 2026 | |---|---|---|---| | [Conductor](https://corkcli.com/blog/cork-vs-conductor) | A polished Mac app for parallel Claude Code, Codex and Cursor agents | Local workspaces on your Mac; cloud workspaces on paid plans | Free; Pro $50/mo; Teams $60/user/mo; Enterprise custom | | [Emdash](https://corkcli.com/blog/cork-vs-emdash) | An open source, cross-platform replacement with many agents | Locally (macOS, Windows, Linux) or remote machines over SSH | App free (Apache 2.0) | | Orca | Open source, plus a mobile companion | Locally or in remote worktrees over SSH; iOS and Android companion | Free (MIT) | | Superset | A workspace app with CLI, SDK and MCP server | Local workspaces; remote access on Pro | Free; Pro $20/user/mo ($15 yearly); Enterprise custom | | [Multica](https://corkcli.com/blog/cork-vs-multica) | The board itself: assigning issues to agents like teammates | Managed cloud, or self-hosted with Docker Compose or Helm | We could not verify published pricing for Multica Cloud | | Cork | Keeping parallel agents and teammates from colliding on shared code | Your machine, alongside your agents | Free (local, and 10 agent hours a month in the cloud); $20 a month per 100 agent hours, pooled | ## Conductor Conductor's tagline is "Run parallel coding agents on your Mac," with Claude Code, Codex and Cursor agents in isolated workspaces. It is the most product-like replacement for Vibe Kanban's workspaces, with a funded company behind it. Pricing is Free (local workspaces on your Mac), Pro at $50 per month, Teams at $60 per user per month, and Enterprise custom. The tradeoff: it is Mac only, and it has no kanban board. Comparison: https://corkcli.com/blog/cork-vs-conductor ## Emdash Emdash calls itself "the Open-Source Agentic Development Environment" (YC W26) for running multiple coding agents in parallel. Each task runs in its own git worktree, it detects installed agent CLIs (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, Amp, Droid, GitHub Copilot and more), and it can work on remote machines over SSH. It is Apache 2.0, like Vibe Kanban, with builds for macOS, Windows and Linux. If you want the closest open source swap that still runs everywhere, start here. Comparison: https://corkcli.com/blog/cork-vs-emdash ## Orca Orca, from Stably AI, is MIT licensed and runs many CLI agents (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Pi and 40+ others) in parallel [git worktrees](https://corkcli.com/blog/git-worktrees-parallel-ai-coding-agents). It adds SSH worktrees on remote servers and a mobile companion for iOS and Android to monitor agents and get notifications. Choose it if you liked Vibe Kanban's free, open model and want to check on agents from your phone. Comparison: https://corkcli.com/blog/cork-vs-orca ## Superset Superset is a workspace app for orchestrating coding agents, plus a CLI, SDK and MCP server. It supports 30+ CLI agents and is source-available under the Elastic License 2.0. Pricing is Free, Pro at $20 per user per month ($15 billed yearly), and Enterprise custom. The desktop app targets macOS, with Linux experimental. Comparison: https://corkcli.com/blog/cork-vs-superset ## Multica If the board was the part of Vibe Kanban you will miss, Multica is the closest match. It is a workspace where you assign issues to AI coding agents as you would to teammates; agents pick up work, run on machines you control, report progress and submit results for review. It supports 26 agent CLIs, including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor Agent and GitHub Copilot CLI, and runs as a managed cloud at multica.ai or self-hosted. Its license is Apache 2.0 with additional terms covering hosted services, commercial embedding and branding, so check that before you build on it. We could not verify published pricing for the cloud version. Comparison: https://corkcli.com/blog/cork-vs-multica ## Cork (the coordination layer) Cork has no board, editor, terminal UI or app preview, so it does not replace Vibe Kanban's interface. It covers a different gap that every worktree-based tool on this page shares: worktrees keep agents from touching each other's files while they work, but two agents that change the same function on different branches still conflict when they merge. And with Vibe Kanban's cloud gone, its users lost the shared, team side. Cork is the [coordination layer](https://corkcli.com/blog/coordination-layer-ai-coding-agents) for multiplayer coding agents: it keeps Claude Code, Codex and Cursor agents, on one machine or across a team's machines, from overwriting each other on one codebase, and hands each agent what the others already learned. Cork's hooks run inside Claude Code, Codex and Cursor wherever they are launched, including inside the apps above. Each agent gets a briefing on the code it is about to touch; a rename or new signature from another agent reaches yours on its next step; an edit against code someone is changing right now is held until your agent has their version; and `git push` becomes a rebase onto teammates' commits, a test run and a push. On the paid plan, agents on teammates' machines see each other. In Cork's benchmark (12 Claude Code agents at once on one repository, hard tasks), agents with Cork used 53% fewer tokens than the same agents without it. ``` curl -fsSL https://corkcli.com/install.sh | sh ``` Cork Free covers unlimited agents and repos on one machine with no account. In the cloud, Cork bills agent hours, not seats: 10 free a month per account, then $20 a month per 100, pooled across the workspace. Comparison: https://corkcli.com/blog/cork-vs-vibe-kanban ## How to choose - **You want the board back:** Multica. - **You want a free, open source workspace app on any OS:** Emdash or Orca. - **You are on a Mac and want a commercial, supported product:** Conductor. - **You want an SDK and MCP server around your workspaces:** Superset. - **You can also keep using Vibe Kanban:** local workspaces still work and the code is Apache 2.0; just expect community-paced maintenance and no shared cloud. - **Several agents or several people on one repo:** whichever app you pick, add Cork so parallel branches still fit together at merge time. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is Vibe Kanban shut down? The company behind it, bloop, shut down on April 10, 2026. The Vibe Kanban project continues as community-maintained open source, local workspaces still work, and remote services (shared issues, comments, projects and organisations) were removed after 30 days. ### What is the closest alternative to Vibe Kanban? For the kanban board, Multica. For worktree workspaces with many agents, Emdash (also Apache 2.0) or Orca (MIT). For a supported Mac app, Conductor. ### Is Cork an alternative to Vibe Kanban? For the board and the UI, no. For what the board never did, yes: Cork keeps parallel agents and teammates from overwriting each other on shared code, and works inside the agents these apps launch. ## Sources - - - - - - - - - - ## Related reading - [Best Conductor alternatives in 2026: run parallel coding agents on any OS](https://corkcli.com/blog/conductor-alternatives): The best Conductor alternatives in 2026 for Windows, Linux and teams: Emdash, Orca, Superset, Sculptor and Cork, compared on platforms, agents and price. - [Best Crystal alternatives in 2026 (Crystal is deprecated)](https://corkcli.com/blog/crystal-alternatives): Stravu's Crystal was deprecated in February 2026. Alternatives as of October 2026: Nimbalyst, Claude Code worktrees, Sculptor, Conductor, Emdash, and Cork. - [Best Claude Code agent teams alternatives in 2026](https://corkcli.com/blog/claude-code-agent-teams-alternatives): Claude Code agent teams alternatives as of October 2026: subagents, worktrees, Conductor, GitButler, MCP Agent Mail, Multica, and Cork for coordination. - [Best AQ alternatives in 2026: hosted agent workspaces and the coordination layer](https://corkcli.com/blog/aq-alternatives): The best AQ alternatives in 2026: Amika, Superconductor, Conductor, Claude Code on the web, Superset and Cork, compared on where agents run and price. [All articles](https://corkcli.com/blog.md) · [Cork in Markdown](https://corkcli.com/index.md) · [llms.txt](https://corkcli.com/llms.txt) This page in HTML: https://corkcli.com/blog/vibe-kanban-alternatives