Loopyard vs Commander
Commander is a native macOS app for reviewing agent work before it lands. Loopyard also builds and runs the environments agents work in.
Commander is a native macOS app built around a review workflow for coding agents: prompt, review the diff, commit. It is agent-agnostic (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, and others), connects to the agent CLIs you already have installed, manages git worktrees for parallel tasks, and is free.
What Commander does
- A diff-first review workflow: every agent run is a reviewable unit before it becomes a commit.
- Works with multiple agents through their existing CLIs and credentials; no new accounts.
- Git worktree management for parallel branches, agent profiles, scriptable toolbar actions, and remote execution over SSH.
- Native macOS app (macOS 15+).
What Loopyard does differently
- It builds the dev environment. The agent writes the Dockerfile and Docker Compose, boots databases and the dev server, and works inside that stack. Commander runs agents in the environment you already have; Loopyard’s agents construct their own.
- Containers as the boundary. Agents have no host access. Every project is an isolated, disposable Docker stack.
- Multiplayer. Sessions are URLs a team can open together: watch, share a terminal, answer questions from a phone. Commander is a single-user desktop app.
- A running app, not only a diff. The dev server is up while the agent works, so review includes clicking around the product, not just reading the patch.
Which should you pick?
If your priority is rigorous review of agent output on your Mac, across several different agents, Commander is built for exactly that. Pick Loopyard when you want the environment handled too: containerized stacks the agent stands up itself, a live dev server, and sessions a team can share.