diff --git a/website/css/site.css b/website/css/site.css index 44a63e1a..07363b15 100644 --- a/website/css/site.css +++ b/website/css/site.css @@ -787,6 +787,47 @@ body.site .toc a { body.site .toc a:hover { color: var(--ink); } body.site .toc a[aria-current] { color: var(--spot); border-left-color: var(--spot); } +body.site .cmp { padding: 40px var(--gut) 46px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line2); } +body.site .cmp-scroll { overflow-x: auto; } +body.site .cmp table { + width: 100%; min-width: 940px; border-collapse: collapse; + font-family: var(--mono); font-size: 12.5px; line-height: 1.6; +} +body.site .cmp th, body.site .cmp td { + text-align: left; vertical-align: top; padding: 12px 14px; + border: 1px solid var(--line); color: var(--dim); font-weight: 400; + background: none; +} +body.site .cmp thead th { + color: var(--faint); font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: .16em; + text-transform: uppercase; background: var(--panel); white-space: nowrap; +} +body.site .cmp tbody th { color: var(--ink); } +body.site .cmp .h { color: var(--ink); background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--spot) 6%, transparent); } +body.site .cmp thead .h { color: var(--spot); } +body.site .cmp .no { color: var(--faint); } + +body.site .caps .cap-flat { cursor: default; } +body.site .caps .cap-flat:hover { background: none; } +body.site .caps .cap-flat:hover h3 { color: var(--ink); } +body.site .caps .cap-flat:hover .n > span:first-child { color: var(--mass); } + +body.site .vs { padding: 40px var(--gut) 46px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line2); } +body.site .vs-list { border: 1px solid var(--line2); } +body.site .vs-list article { + display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(150px, 230px) minmax(0, 1fr); + gap: 0 30px; padding: 16px 18px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); +} +body.site .vs-list article:last-child { border-bottom: 0; } +body.site .vs-list b { + font-family: var(--mono); font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; + letter-spacing: .04em; color: var(--ink); +} +body.site .vs-list p { margin: 0; color: var(--dim); font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.7; max-width: 74ch; } +@media (max-width: 700px) { + body.site .vs-list article { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr); gap: 7px 0; } +} + /* ── close ── */ body.site .end { position: relative; overflow: hidden; padding: 96px var(--gut) 104px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line2); } /* The bleed is a fraction of the mark, not of the section. As a percentage it diff --git a/website/index.html b/website/index.html index 95b384a6..d761fd66 100644 --- a/website/index.html +++ b/website/index.html @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ window.herdrGround.apply(window.herdrGround.read()); - +
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ Docs Plugins Blog + Compare @@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ Docs Plugins Blog + Compare @herdrdev
Ground @@ -497,6 +499,7 @@ docs plugins blog + compare built in the terminal · © 2026 Herdr, Inc. diff --git a/website/src/components/SiteLayout.astro b/website/src/components/SiteLayout.astro index a8878646..aa933728 100644 --- a/website/src/components/SiteLayout.astro +++ b/website/src/components/SiteLayout.astro @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ const facts = version ? `v${version} · Apache 2.0` : 'Apache 2.0'; window.herdrGround.apply(window.herdrGround.read()); - +
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ const facts = version ? `v${version} · Apache 2.0` : 'Apache 2.0'; Docs Plugins Blog + Compare {fmt(starCount)} @@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ const facts = version ? `v${version} · Apache 2.0` : 'Apache 2.0'; Docs Plugins Blog + Compare @herdrdev
Ground @@ -143,6 +145,7 @@ const facts = version ? `v${version} · Apache 2.0` : 'Apache 2.0'; docs plugins blog + compare built in the terminal · © {year} Herdr, Inc. {facts} diff --git a/website/src/pages/compare.astro b/website/src/pages/compare.astro index b9131be6..315d6a1b 100644 --- a/website/src/pages/compare.astro +++ b/website/src/pages/compare.astro @@ -1,478 +1,265 @@ - - - - - - Compare Herdr — terminal-native agent multiplexer - - - +--- +import SiteLayout from '../components/SiteLayout.astro'; +--- - - - - - - - - - + +
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+ Most tools Herdr gets compared to are apps: a window you open to + manage coding agents, and a window the work depends on. Herdr is a + different kind of thing: a runtime. A server holds real terminals + open on the machine, the agents live in those, and every UI, ours + included, is just a client that attaches. Keep that split in mind + and the matrix below mostly explains itself. +

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capabilityherdrtmux · zellijcmux · warpsoloconductor · emdash · superset
Kind of thingruntime + clientsterminal multiplexerterminal appprocess dashboardmanager app
Work survives its own UI closingyes, the server owns the terminalsyes, detachsession restorewhile the app is openwhile the app is open
Runs inside your existing terminalyesyesreplaces itno, desktop appno, desktop app
Semantic agent stateblocked · working · done · idle—attention cuesprocess statusworkspace status
Detach, reattach, SSH inyes, any ttyyespartial—remote projects
Direct attach to one agentyes————
API agents drive themselvesread · send · wait · split · attachterminal scriptingapp APIsMCP for processesworkflow APIs
Worktree and diff review flowpairs with it—partial—yes, their core
Clients on the same runtimeTUI · CLI · plain SSH, more comingits own clientthe app onlythe app onlythe app only
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The agent multiplexer that lives in your terminal.

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- Herdr gives coding agents the thing tmux gave terminal users: - persistent real panes, detach and reattach, remote access, and a - control surface. Then it adds agent state and an API the agents can use. -

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Runs inside your existing terminalyesyesno, terminal appno, desktop appno, app workspace
Persistent PTY session runtimeyesyessession/app restoremanaged processesembedded terminals
Detach, reattach, and SSH inyesyespartialnoremote projects
Direct attach to one agent terminalyesnononono
Semantic agent stateblocked / working / done / idlenoattention or native-agent statusprocess statusworkspace status
Agent-shaped APIread, send, wait, split, attachterminal scriptingapp APIsMCP for processesworkflow APIs
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Persistent terminal runtime, built for agents.

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Herdr vs tmuxtmux persists terminals; Herdr persists agent workspaces and understands agent state.
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Herdr vs ZellijZellij is a modern terminal workspace; Herdr is an agent multiplexer with state, waits, and orchestration.
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Herdr vs Conductor, Emdash, SupersetThey orchestrate isolated worktrees and review diffs; Herdr orchestrates live terminals and agent state.
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Multiplexers persist terminals, not agents.

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Terminal apps replace your terminal.

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+ Conductor, Emdash and Superset manage a herd from a window: + worktrees, diffs, review queues. Useful, and Herdr pairs fine with + that flow. But a window that manages agents is not a place agents + live: quit the app and the herd goes with it. +

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Dashboards watch processes.

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