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wisp vs Paradev
Paradev, formerly Superset, is a Mac app for running CLI agents in parallel, with paid mobile and automations. wisp sends tasks off and hands you a report every turn. From their own docs.
Paradev, formerly Superset, is the better pick if you’re on a Mac, want a guided move off Conductor, and will pay for mobile, automations or a managed cloud. wisp runs on Windows and Linux too, and is built around reading results: every turn ends in a report by default, a crew keeps working, Auto picks the harness, and wisp Cloud needs no install.
Side by side
| Paradev | wisp | |
|---|---|---|
| In its own words | “a desktop app for running CLI coding agents in parallel” | Launch agents in the background and read what they hand back |
| Agents | More than 20 fully supported, plus any CLI | Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, opencode, Antigravity, Grok, Copilot |
| Desktop | macOS. Linux is “experimental and untested”; Windows is “planned with no date” | macOS, Windows, Linux. Builds aren’t signed yet |
| Phone | iPhone and iPad with iOS 26 or later and Pro. Android isn’t available yet | Any phone browser, a Home Screen web app on iPhone with wisp Cloud, and an Android prototype you build from the repo. No native iPhone app |
| Automations | A schedule, or events from GitHub, Slack, Linear, Sentry and more, on Pro | Schedules, CI failed, Issue labelled and webhooks, free |
| Hosted | Cloud sandboxes on Team or Ultra, or your own Linux server | wisp Cloud: sign in and the agents run on a server. Free during the preview |
| Click an element, send it to the agent | Yes, Design | Yes, Pick element in Preview: its HTML and key styles go in the reply box, without a screenshot |
| Price | Free for local work. Paid plans add remote access, automations, mobile and cloud | Free. wisp Cloud is free during the preview |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
From each project’s own README and docs on 7 November 2026. We read them; we didn’t run them. They move fast: check before you choose.
Where wisp is different
- You read a report. Each task runs headless in its own worktree, and by default every turn ends with a one-screen report: what changed, the diff, the tests. Paradev has Pages: an agent publishes a report when you ask, or when you accept its offer. Questions wait in Needs you.
- The crew. Named agents with a role, a schedule and a notebook keep working between your tasks, and you @mention them from any prompt.
- Auto. wisp picks the harness, model and thinking level per task from what worked before, and shows the pick before you send.
- Every platform, no plan. wisp runs on macOS, Windows and Linux. Automations cost nothing, and neither does reaching your computer from a phone, on wisp Cloud’s free preview or your own Grid. wisp Cloud is a preview on one small server, so don’t compare it with a metered cloud for a team.
Where Paradev is better
- Leaving Conductor. Separate guides for local and Cloud, with a right-click import of your worktrees. wisp’s Bring in does the same from New task, but it hasn’t been tried on a real Conductor install yet.
- iPhone and iPad. A native app, on Pro. wisp has no native iPhone app.
- Design. Click an element in its browser and the agent gets the DOM, computed styles, the React component and a screenshot. wisp’s Pick element adds its HTML and key styles as text, without a screenshot.
- Events. Its automations start from more services than wisp’s triggers do.
- A cloud for teams. Plans with metered hours per seat. wisp Cloud is one small server, and team work on your own server means running a Grid.
- Install. Its build config notarizes Mac builds. wisp’s builds aren’t signed yet.
- Community. Far larger than wisp’s, which is one owner and a crew.
Pick Paradev if
- You’re on a Mac and coming from Conductor today.
- You want a native iPhone app or event automations, and a paid plan is fine.
- Your team wants a managed cloud with seats.
Pick wisp if
- You’re on Windows or Linux, or use an Android phone.
- You want a report every turn, by default, and a crew that keeps working.
- You want remote access, automations and a hosted preview at no cost.
Questions
Is Paradev the same as Superset?
Yes. Paradev is the name Superset goes by now.
Does Paradev run on Windows?
Its FAQ says Windows is planned with no date, and that Linux is experimental and untested. wisp runs on macOS, Windows and Linux.
Is the Paradev desktop app free?
Its README says the desktop app is free forever. Remote access, automations and mobile are on Pro, and cloud is on Team and above. wisp is free, and wisp Cloud is free during the preview.
Can I bring my Conductor worktrees into wisp?
Yes. Add the repo in New task and press Bring in: each worktree becomes a task where it is, with its uncommitted changes, and your next message resumes its newest Claude chat. A folder it doesn’t offer opens with In place.
Try it with the lid shut
Sign in with GitHub and give your own cloud wisp a task. Or run wisp on your own computers: same app, MIT.
or run it on your own computers
macOS · Linux and Windows in beta · Node 20+ · MIT
Runs Claude Code, Codex, Cursor CLI, opencode, Antigravity CLI, Grok Build and Copilot CLI