If you've started running an AI coding assistant like Claude Code or Cursor on more than one task at once, you've probably hit the same wall: two agents editing the same repo at the same time turns into a mess of conflicting file edits and git branches nobody remembers starting. Jean and Paseo both solve the conflict problem the same way — isolating each agent in its own git worktree — but they're built for different questions: Jean asks "how do I run several agents cleanly on this machine?", Paseo asks "how do I check on and steer those agents from my phone on the train?"
The short version
| Jean | Paseo | |
|---|---|---|
| Core focus | Unified interface for several AI coding agents on one machine | Full desktop/mobile/web/CLI parity for the same agents |
| Conflict isolation | Git worktree per agent | Git worktree per agent |
| Platform maturity | macOS best supported; Windows/Linux less mature | Cross-platform by design, including a mobile app |
| Extra automation | Automated git review, commit and PR commands | Encrypted relay so you can drive agents from any device |
| Where code runs | 100% local, fully transparent | Local, reached through an end-to-end encrypted relay |
| License / price | Free, open source, Apache 2.0 | Free, open source |
Jean — one interface for every agent, on your machine
Jean is a free, open-source hub for running Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot and other coding agents side by side, each isolated in its own git worktree so their file edits can't collide. On top of isolation, it adds automated git commands — review, commit, open a PR — so you're not manually cleaning up after every agent run. It's built to run entirely on your machine, with no cloud component involved.
Who it's for: developers and teams running several AI coding agents in parallel across multiple repos on the same machine, who want one interface instead of juggling separate terminal windows.
Pricing: completely free and open source (Apache 2.0), no paid tier — you bring your own subscriptions to Claude Code, Cursor or whichever agents you use.
Honest limits: it's been tested mostly on macOS, with Windows and Linux support less mature; several integrations are still in beta; and the workflow is opinionated, so it's less customizable than assembling your own setup in VS Code or a JetBrains IDE.
Paseo — start on your laptop, check in from your phone
Paseo tackles a different gap: starting a coding task on your laptop before you leave your desk, then checking progress and approving the next step from your phone on the train, without installing anything special on the phone itself. It gives full parity across desktop, mobile, web and CLI, relays everything through end-to-end encryption, and keeps your actual code and execution local — the phone is a remote control, not where the code runs. It also isolates parallel agents with git worktrees, and its CLI is fully scriptable for headless use.
Who it's for: developers and teams who want to orchestrate multiple AI agents from whichever device they happen to have on hand, while keeping the code itself local rather than shipped to a cloud IDE.
Pricing: free and open source; you supply your own credentials for the agents it supports (Claude, Codex, and others).
Honest limits: it has no agent infrastructure of its own — it depends entirely on external providers — so it's limited to whichever agents are explicitly supported, and it inherits each provider's own rate limits and policies.
Pick Jean if…
…you work mainly from one machine, want several coding agents running in parallel without their file edits colliding, and you'd rather have git review/commit/PR steps automated for you than do them by hand after every run.
Pick Paseo if…
…the real friction isn't running multiple agents, it's not being able to check on or steer them unless you're sitting at your desk — and you want that fixed without your code ever leaving your machine.
The two aren't mutually exclusive: both are free, both use the same git-worktree trick to keep parallel agents from stepping on each other, and nothing stops you trying Jean's automated git workflow at your desk while relying on Paseo for the moments you need to check in from somewhere else.