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Lab Report

ClawTab

Create and manage groups of Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode agents from one desktop app. One sidebar to rule 20+ parallel AI coding agents.

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gavelThe Verdict

ClawTab solves a real and growing pain point: the chaos of running multiple AI coding agents at once with no unified view of what each one is doing. If you regularly orchestrate Claude Code, Codex, or OpenCode across different file groups during large refactors or multi-repo work, this tool pays for itself immediately in reduced context switching. At $4.99/month for the hosted version (or free if you self-host), the price is negligible compared to the time you burn alt-tabbing between terminal sessions. This is a power-user tool for developers who have already gone deep on agentic coding and need operational control, not a beginner's entry point.

Pricing

Two tiers. The free option is genuinely full-featured.

Self-hosted

Free

MIT licensed, run your own relay

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  • check_circleSecrets management
  • check_circleMobile app (App Store)
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Recommended

ClawTab Remote

$4.99/mo

Hosted relay, zero maintenance

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The free tier is not a trial. It is the full product. The paid tier just removes the need to run your own relay infrastructure.

Key Features

What makes ClawTab useful in practice.

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Split-Pane Workspaces

Monitor multiple agents side by side in a single window. Each pane shows the agent's current query, model, and runtime. No more cycling through terminal tabs.

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Remote Control

Manage agents from your phone or another machine via the relay server. Start, stop, and inspect agents without being at your desk. The iOS app delivers push notifications on completion or failure.

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Multi-Provider Agents

Run Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode agents simultaneously. Select models per agent, so you can assign heavier reasoning models to complex tasks and faster ones to boilerplate.

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Cron Scheduling

Schedule agents to run on a cron basis. Useful for nightly code reviews, recurring test generation, or automated refactoring jobs that run while you sleep.

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Secrets Management

Integrates with macOS Keychain and gopass to inject API keys and tokens into agent environments securely. No more pasting secrets into terminal sessions.

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Push Notifications

Get notified on your phone when an agent finishes, errors out, or needs human input. Critical when you are running long tasks in the background and need to know when to review results.

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Desktop, CLI, and TUI

Three interfaces for different contexts. The desktop app for visual monitoring, the CLI for scripting and automation, and the TUI for SSH sessions on remote machines.

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tmux Integration

Native tmux support means ClawTab fits into existing terminal workflows. If you already manage sessions with tmux, ClawTab layers on top rather than replacing your setup.

Who Should Use This

ClawTab is not for everyone. Here is who gets the most value.

๐Ÿ”ง Multi-Agent Refactoring

You are doing a large codebase migration and want to assign different agents to different modules. ClawTab lets you track which agent handles which file group, see progress in real time, and catch failures before they cascade.

๐Ÿงช Parallel Test Generation

Spin up agents to generate tests across multiple services simultaneously. Schedule nightly runs with cron, review results in the morning via push notifications on your phone.

๐Ÿ—๏ธ DevOps and Infrastructure

Use agents to audit Terraform configs, generate Dockerfiles, or review CI pipelines in parallel. The secrets management integration keeps credentials out of agent logs.

๐Ÿ“ฑ Remote Monitoring

You kick off a batch of agents before leaving your desk. The mobile app lets you check status, get alerts, and even restart failed agents from your phone. Particularly useful for long-running background jobs.

Limitations

Where ClawTab falls short or may not fit your workflow.

Ready to wrangle your agents?

If you are already running multiple AI coding agents and losing track of what each one is doing, ClawTab is the control plane you have been assembling manually with tmux and sticky notes.

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