Cloudly vs Conductor, T3 Code and Orca
Short answer: desktop agent apps are great while you're at your desk: fast, local, and nothing to host. Cloudly is for the work you want to hand off and walk away from. It's a server you own, so agents keep working with your laptop closed, and anyone can start a task from Discord, Slack or a GitHub issue.
| Cloudly | Conductor | T3 Code | Orca | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Where agents run | Your server (containers on your VM) | Your Mac | Your computer | Your computer |
| Keeps working with your laptop closed | Yes | No | No | No |
| Open source | Yes, MIT | No | Yes | Yes |
| Agents | Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, any ACP agent | Claude Code, Codex | Codex, Claude Code and more | Many CLI agents |
| Start tasks from chat and triggers | Discord, Slack, GitHub issues, Sentry, schedules | No | No | No |
| Agent's access to your machine | None: it runs in a sandbox with keys kept out | Your machine | Your machine | Your machine |
| Tests run on every change | Yes, in a separate container | Up to you | Up to you | Up to you |
Checked 7 November 2026. These apps change quickly; check each project's site.
Desktop apps and Cloudly also work together. You can pull a Cloudly session onto your computer and keep going in Claude Code, Codex or Pi, and your local editor can read the same shared repo notes as the cloud agents.
Choose a desktop app if
- You're working alongside the agent and want it on your own machine.
- You don't want to run a server.
Choose Cloudly if
- You want to hand off a task and come back to a tested pull request, without keeping a laptop awake.
- You want tasks to start from Discord, Slack, a labelled GitHub issue or a new Sentry error.
- You don't want agents running with access to your own computer.