Right now the new herdr has more ... just more. Rex has the polish, attention to detail, and attention to performance.
They both follow the same "gui with a cli to manage the engine which owns the PTYs, has some interaction protocol, wraps coding agent interfaces, and you can connect to remote machines" model.
Unfortunately they are both GUI only atm and so I'm still using herdr-tui over ssh until it breaks or we get a tui surface.
I love the current model, where I can use the tui in ghosttty or wezterm or iterm, or pop an ssh session, and if it makes sense there's a gui version for whatever device I'm using. It's like magic, I'm free to do whatever from wherever. Forcing a GUI feels like them asserting ownership or control. Now I need their mobile app if i want to develop remotely, etc. I recognize the irony, the core is open- I'm free to develop against it - but we all know that realistically only a handful will and those will lag. Also i am sure that GUI is first because that's where the users are. Eh.
They both follow the same "gui with a cli to manage the engine which owns the PTYs, has some interaction protocol, wraps coding agent interfaces, and you can connect to remote machines" model.
Unfortunately they are both GUI only atm and so I'm still using herdr-tui over ssh until it breaks or we get a tui surface.
I love the current model, where I can use the tui in ghosttty or wezterm or iterm, or pop an ssh session, and if it makes sense there's a gui version for whatever device I'm using. It's like magic, I'm free to do whatever from wherever. Forcing a GUI feels like them asserting ownership or control. Now I need their mobile app if i want to develop remotely, etc. I recognize the irony, the core is open- I'm free to develop against it - but we all know that realistically only a handful will and those will lag. Also i am sure that GUI is first because that's where the users are. Eh.