Apache Makavsccmanager
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
Apache Maka
Apache Software Foundation · Agent harness
OSSMCP
Panel
6.53 spec wins
- Reliability
- 5.2
- Usefulness
- 5.8
- Cost
- 9.2
- Longevity
- 5.8
“Because it lacks a Docker sandbox, agent-executed commands run directly on your local machine.”
ccmanager
Kodai Kabasawa · Agent harness
OSS
Panel
6.72 spec wins
- Reliability
- 6.5
- Usefulness
- 6.2
- Cost
- 8.2
- Longevity
- 6.0
“It will drive nine different coding agents for you, and there is still only one of you to read what they wrote.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | Apache Maka | ccmanager |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | Agent harness | Agent harness |
| Runs | local | local |
| Platforms | macos, windows, linux | macos, linux |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | Yes | No |
| MCP server | No | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-file edits | Yes | YesEditing is performed by the managed agent CLIs; ccmanager itself only manages their sessions. |
| Git operations | Yes | Yes |
| Browser control | No | No |
| Sandboxed execution | No | YesThrough documented devcontainer integration, which runs the agent session inside a container. |
| Multi-agent orchestration | No | Yes |
| Headless / CI mode | No | No |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | via managed agents (Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Codex CLI, Cursor Agent, Copilot CLI, Cline CLI, OpenCode, Kimi CLI, MiniMax Code) | |
| Bring your own model | Yes | Yesccmanager runs whatever agent command you configure as a preset, so the model comes from the agent CLI you point it at rather than from ccmanager itself. |
| Local models | Yes | No |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | free | free |
| Starts at | n/a | $0/mo |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | Yes | Yes |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| GitHub stars | 5,687 | 1,256 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | Apache Maka | ccmanager | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 7.0 | 7.3 | ccmanager — Pick it if you run three or four agent sessions and lose track of which one is waiting on you; pick Conductor if you would rather have a window than a terminal. |
| El Crítico | 5.0 | 6.5 | ccmanager — Creating, merging and deleting git worktrees are single keystrokes inside a full-screen session manager, and a merge is not an undoable thing. |
| El Profesor | 6.5 | 6.8 | ccmanager — It executes no edits of its own, so its correctness question reduces to session and worktree lifecycle, and status-change hooks make that lifecycle observable. |
| La Inversora | 7.0 | 5.5 | Apache Maka — An ASF-incubated project with a strong technical foundation, but its longevity depends entirely on community contribution, not a commercial entity. |
| La Jefa | 5.0 | 6.0 | ccmanager — Nothing to buy and nothing to administer: no headless mode, so it never enters a pipeline, and macOS and Linux only leaves my Windows engineers out. |
| El Hacker | 8.5 | 8.3 | Apache Maka — Apache Maka is an agent harness built the right way: open, local-first, and built around a reproducible log. It's a proper tool. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.