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FAQ
Everything you need to know about Goddard.
Goddard is a fast, native desktop app for working with local coding agents. Run independent agent sessions side by side, review their work, and ship — without locking yourself into a single provider.
Native down to the frame. Goddard is built in Rust on GPUI, the GPU-accelerated framework behind Zed — instant launch, smooth scrolling through long transcripts, no Electron.
An editor with AI ties you to one provider inside one editor. Goddard sits alongside your existing setup and runs the agents you already subscribe to — so you pick the best tool per task, not the only one bundled in.
Yes — that's the point. Keep independent sessions per project, queue or steer follow-ups while an agent works, and rewind a task with conversation-aware checkpoints when it goes wrong.
Amp, Antigravity, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor CLI, Devin, Droid, Fx, GitHub Copilot, Goose, Grok Build, Kimi Code, Muse Code, OpenCode, and Pi. Install the CLIs you want and Goddard detects them automatically.
Goddard works with the AI subscriptions and API keys you already have. There's no bundled plan or markup — pick the provider you want per task.
No. Sign in to the agent CLIs once and Goddard reuses those logins — your existing plans, rate limits, and API keys apply unchanged.
Agents run under your user account, and you pick the access mode per session — from approving every action to letting the agent work unattended. Goddard maps that onto each provider's own permission system.
On your machine. Projects, sessions, and transcripts are stored locally — no Goddard account or remote service required. Release builds can send anonymous usage stats containing no prompts, paths, or code, and you can turn that off in Settings → Usage.
Yes. Goddard runs natively on macOS, Windows, and Linux, and updates itself.
Yes. The desktop connects to the Goddard daemon over an authenticated WebSocket, so you can run agents on another machine — and the companion mobile app connects to your daemons from iOS and Android.
Yes — GPL-3.0, on GitHub. Contributions and issues are welcome.
The download is free (~80 MB). You only pay for the subscriptions you bring with you.
Open an issue on GitHub or join the Discord — both are linked in the menu.
Features
Thirteen agent CLIs, one native window. Hover a row to see it.
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Every agent you already use
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, Devin, Grok, and nine more CLIs — one transcript, one permission system, one model picker. Your subscriptions, not ours.
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Parallel tasks, real worktrees
Each task runs in its own Git worktree, so agents never collide over files. Switch between them freely — nothing pauses while you're away.
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Steer a running agent
Queue follow-ups as cards above the composer, or hit ⌘Enter to inject a message into the turn that's still running. No more waiting for it to finish.
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Rewind anything
Conversation-aware checkpoints roll back the chat and the working tree together. Fork any response into a new task and explore both directions.
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A real review surface
Diff the last turn, any turn, a branch, or a single commit — with per-file trees, expandable context, and inline previews on hover.
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GitHub built in
Browse PRs and issues without leaving the app. Start a task straight from a PR — or send an agent to fix failing checks.
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Terminal, editor, browser
Real PTYs with shell integration, a syntax-highlighted file editor, and an embedded browser that offers to open your dev server the moment it's live.
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Made for the keyboard
⌘K palette with full chat-history search, ⌘0 Big Picture overview, Ctrl+Tab task switching, and a cheatsheet resolved from the live keymap.
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Native, not Electron
Written in Rust on GPUI — the GPU-accelerated framework behind Zed. Instant launch and scrolling that stays smooth on a 120 Hz display.
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Yours, and local
No Goddard account, no cloud, no API keys held. Sessions and transcripts stay on your machine. Free, GPL-3.0, ~80 MB.
