8 Best Vibe Kanban Alternatives in 2026 (Open Source)
Vibe Kanban — Get 10X more out of Claude Code, Codex or any coding agent. Combines kanban planning with dedicated execution workspaces and inline review specifically for coding agents.
Short answer
- Closest match to Vibe Kanban: Orca.
- Most actively developed: Orca (6,597 commits in the last 90 days).
- Fastest growing: Orca (+18,590 GitHub stars in the last 30 days).
- No commit in 6+ months: Plandex.
These 8 open-source tools do the same job. They are ordered by how closely they match Vibe Kanban, with live GitHub data so you can see which projects are actively maintained.
By package downloads ECC is the most used here (42.5K in the last 30 days), and it also has the most GitHub stars. See all agent tools by downloads.
| Tool | GitHub stars | Stars / 30d | Last commit | Downloads / 30d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vibe Kanban(original) | 28.3k | +290 | 2026-09-19 | 10.2K |
| Orca | 84.1k | +18,590 | 2026-10-03 | — |
| Superset | 14.8k | +580 | 2026-10-03 | — |
| Agent Orchestrator | 12.6k | +670 | 2026-10-03 | — |
| ECC | 271.7k | +15,970 | 2026-10-02 | 42.5K |
| Plandex | 15.7k | +84 | 2025-10-03 | — |
| planning-with-files | 27.3k | +590 | 2026-10-01 | 2.7K |
| 9Router | 30.2k | +1,250 | 2026-10-01 | — |
| herdr | 42.0k | +3,900 | 2026-10-02 | — |
1. Orca
Orca is the ADE for working with a fleet of parallel agents. Run any coding agent with your own subscription. Available on desktop, mobile and remote runtime.
What sets it apart: Enables parallel execution of multiple coding agents in isolated worktrees with comparison and merging capabilities.
Best for: Developers comparing multiple AI coding agents; Teams managing fleets of parallel agents; Remote execution of coding workflows
2. Superset
Superset is an agentic IDE to orchestrate 100+ coding agents in parallel. Run any agent with your own subscription.
What sets it apart: Provides a complete IDE workspace specifically designed for orchestrating and reviewing the work of multiple parallel coding agents with integrated browser previews.
Best for: Developers wanting to orchestrate multiple coding agents simultaneously; Teams reviewing agent-generated code changes before deployment; Projects requiring browser previews alongside agent coding sessions
3. Agent Orchestrator
Run and supervise teams of coding agents from planning to merge. Any harness (Claude code, codex, +25 more). Desktop, web, mobile, and cloud agents.
What sets it apart: Provides a unified desktop workspace with live Kanban tracking for orchestrating multiple coding agents across the entire development lifecycle from planning to merge.
Best for: managing multi-agent coding projects; supervising agent-driven development workflows; teams needing coordinated coding agents
4. ECC
Coordinated engineering system for AI coding agents with planning, testing, review, memory, and security
What sets it apart: Provides a complete engineering system with planning, testing, review, memory, and security specifically optimized for AI coding agents across multiple harnesses.
Best for: optimizing AI coding agent performance; adding structured engineering workflows to agents; securing agent-generated code
5. Plandex
Open source AI coding agent. Designed for large projects and real world tasks.
Best for: Developers working on large-scale multi-file refactoring or feature implementation; Terminal-centric developers who prefer CLI over IDE plugins; Teams needing sandboxed AI code changes with explicit review before applying
6. planning-with-files
Persistent file-based planning and context recovery for AI coding agents and long-running tasks
What sets it apart: File-based planning that persists on disk and re-injects every turn, unlike context-window-dependent to-do lists that disappear with memory resets.
Best for: Long-running AI coding agent tasks; Projects requiring crash recovery; Maintaining planning context across sessions
7. 9Router
Local AI router for coding agents with provider fallback and 20–40% token-saving output compression
What sets it apart: Automatically routes AI coding requests through subscription, cheap, and free tiers with token compression to prevent interruptions and reduce costs.
Best for: Developers using multiple AI coding assistants; Teams wanting to optimize AI API costs; Projects requiring uninterrupted AI coding access
8. herdr
the runtime your coding agents live on
What sets it apart: Provides a persistent runtime environment specifically optimized for coding agents that can survive client disconnections and machine restarts.
Best for: Developers building coding agents; Teams running multiple AI coding assistants; Managing persistent agent sessions across machines
FAQ
- What are the best alternatives to Vibe Kanban?
- The closest open-source alternatives to Vibe Kanban are Orca, Superset and Agent Orchestrator, followed by ECC, Plandex and planning-with-files. They are ranked by how closely they match what Vibe Kanban does.
- Which Vibe Kanban alternative is the most popular?
- ECC has the most GitHub stars among Vibe Kanban alternatives, with 271,730 stars.
- Which Vibe Kanban alternative is the most actively maintained?
- By recent activity, Orca (6,597 commits in the last 90 days) is the most actively developed alternative.