The Terragon alternative that runs on your machine.

Terragon was the leading cloud background-agent service for Claude Code, until it shut down on February 9, 2026. AIDEN delivers the same orchestration value, parallel agents, a board, PRs, but locally: your machine, your keys, no cloud dependency that can disappear.

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Quick answer

Terragon (terragonlabs.com) was the leading cloud background-agent service for Claude Code and other coding CLIs: you brought your own subscription, and Terragon ran your agents in the cloud while your laptop slept. It shut down on February 9, 2026, releasing an open-source snapshot (terragon-oss on GitHub) on the way out. If you relied on it, the lesson is uncomfortable: a cloud orchestration layer is a dependency that can vanish. AIDEN takes the same core value, parallel agents on your own Claude Code and Codex subscriptions, a kanban board over every session, PRs at the end, and moves execution to your machine: local git worktrees, local CLIs, keys that never leave ~/.claude and ~/.codex, and no server between you and your agents.

Terragon status: Shut down February 9, 2026; open-source snapshot released as terragon-oss on GitHub (unmaintained)
What it was: Leading cloud background-agent service for Claude Code and other CLIs, bring-your-own-subscription
Maintained cloud options: OpenAI Codex cloud, Cursor cloud agents, Google Jules (all bundle model access)
AIDEN in one line: Local orchestrator for parallel Claude Code and Codex agents: kanban board, spec gate, worktrees, PRs, your keys
Platforms: macOS 12+ (Apple Silicon and Intel); Windows/Linux waitlist
AIDEN pricing: Free for 1 project, Solo $19/mo, $169 lifetime, Team $10/seat/mo (min 3)

Stick with Terragon when

You specifically want cloud execution, agents that keep working with your laptop closed. Terragon is gone, but OpenAI Codex cloud, Cursor's cloud agents, and Google Jules are maintained options worth a fair look.
You want to kick off tasks from a phone or browser with nothing installed locally.
Your tasks are long, unattended runs where local execution ties up your machine.

Switch to AIDEN when

You want orchestration that can't be shut down out from under you, AIDEN runs locally, and your workflow survives any vendor's pivot.
You liked Terragon's bring-your-own-subscription model, AIDEN keeps it: your Claude Code and Codex plans, no resold inference.
You want a kanban board over parallel agents, each isolated on its own git worktree you can open, diff, and test.
You want an enforced spec approval gate before agents code, and mixed Claude + Codex agents on one project.

Terragon vs AIDEN, side by side

Across 8 features · AIDEN 4 · Terragon 0

Feature	Terragon	AIDEN
Actively maintained	No, shut down February 9, 2026	Yes
Execution model	Cloud VMs (laptop-off runs)	Local, on your machine
Bring your own subscription	Yes, Terragon pioneered it	Yes, your Claude Code / Codex plans
Kanban story board	Task list / dashboard	Yes
Enforced spec approval gate	No	Yes
Mix Claude Code + Codex agents	Yes, multiple CLIs supported	Yes, on one board
Team mode / shared boards	Gone with the service	Yes
Pricing	N/A, service discontinued (OSS snapshot is free, unmaintained)	Free, Solo $19/mo or $169 lifetime, Team $10/seat/mo (min 3)

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A switcher's take

Terragon deserved its reputation, it made background agents on your own Claude subscription feel effortless, and it pioneered the bring-your-own-subscription model everyone now copies. But when it shut down, my queue, my running tasks, and my workflow went with it. Rebuilding on AIDEN felt different in kind: the agents run on my hardware through my own CLIs, so the worst case for AIDEN-the-company is losing a roadmap, not losing my setup. I gave up laptop-off runs; I got back a workflow nobody can switch off.

Terragon vs AIDEN, FAQ

What happened to Terragon?

Terragon Labs shut down the service on February 9, 2026. It had been the leading cloud background-agent platform for Claude Code and other CLIs, on a bring-your-own-subscription model. On the way out, the team released an open-source snapshot of the code, terragon-oss on GitHub.

Can I still use Terragon?

The hosted service is gone. The terragon-oss snapshot on GitHub can be self-hosted if you're comfortable running your own infrastructure, but it's unmaintained, no fixes, no support, no roadmap. For a daily-driver workflow, you'll want an actively maintained tool.

Cloud or local, which should I pick?

Honest tradeoffs: cloud execution (Terragon's model) means agents run with your laptop closed and start from any device, but your code is processed on someone else's infrastructure and the service can change or fold. Local execution (AIDEN's model) means your machine must be on, but the code never leaves it, you can open every worktree, and no shutdown can take the tool away. Pick based on which risk bothers you more.

What are the best maintained Terragon alternatives?

For cloud execution: OpenAI Codex cloud, Cursor's cloud agents, and Google Jules are the maintained options, all bundle their own model access rather than Terragon's BYO-subscription approach. For local execution, AIDEN's case: the same parallel-agent orchestration on your own Claude Code and Codex subscriptions, plus a kanban board, an enforced spec gate, worktree isolation, team mode, and one-click PRs.

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