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Baton

Baton

Run multiple AI coding agents in parallel, each in isolated git worktrees

Baton is a native desktop orchestration tool for running multiple AI coding agents in parallel — each in its own isolated git worktree. Built for developers who want to run Claude Code, Gemini CLI, or OpenAI Codex CLI simultaneously without agents overwriting each other's work. The key insight is elegant: git worktrees let you check out the same repo to multiple directories, each on its own branch. Baton makes this trivial — auto-generating branch names and workspace titles with AI, surfacing notification badges when agents finish or hit errors, and letting you toggle "Accept Edits" mode per workspace independently. At $49 one-time with no subscription, Baton is aimed squarely at developers who find single-agent coding frustrating and want to run multiple tasks concurrently. The free tier caps at 4 concurrent workspaces. It's available for Mac, Windows, and Linux.

Panel Reviews

The Builder

The Builder

Developer Perspective

Ship

This is the workflow tool I didn't know I needed. Running three Claude Code instances on different features simultaneously, each in isolation, feels like having a real team. The worktree isolation means no constant merge conflicts — and getting notified when agents finish is genuinely delightful.

The Skeptic

The Skeptic

Reality Check

Skip

It's a GUI wrapper around git worktrees and process management — most of what Baton does can be scripted in bash in an afternoon. The $49 price is reasonable but the moat is thin. Expect this to become a built-in feature of Cursor or Windsurf within a release cycle.

The Futurist

The Futurist

Big Picture

Ship

Parallel agent orchestration at the desktop level is the first step toward autonomous software teams. Baton is primitive, but the pattern it establishes — isolated worktrees, parallel execution, async notification — is exactly how future dev environments will work. Get comfortable with the paradigm now.

The Creator

The Creator

Content & Design

Ship

For non-developers using AI coding tools, Baton removes a lot of the confusion about why agents interfere with each other. The UX is clean enough that even designers who occasionally vibe-code can manage multiple tasks at once without losing their minds.

Community Sentiment

Overall550 mentions
72% positive20% neutral8% negative
Hacker News180 mentions
72%20%8%

git worktree is underrated — glad something finally uses it properly

Reddit120 mentions
68%24%8%

How is this different from just using tmux and git worktrees?

Twitter/X250 mentions
75%18%7%

Finally something that makes multi-agent coding actually usable