TesseractTesseract and Conductor, compared, and how to switch.
Conductor, the Mac app for running coding agents in parallel, is joining Meta. Conductor Cloud goes read-only on November 13, 2026 and shuts down on November 20, 2026; the Mac app gets new models and critical fixes until early 2027. Here is what each app does and how to move your work, with every fact about Conductor from its own pages, checked on November 12, 2026.
What each one does.
Where Conductor is stronger: it is built around many agents in parallel, with a workspace for each task and pull requests and merges from the app.
Moving from Conductor to Tesseract.
Bring your cloud work home before November 20, 2026
In Conductor, right-click a cloud workspace and choose Transfer to local to bring it and its chats to your Mac, or download everything from Settings → Account → Export data. Conductor says it begins deleting cloud data after the shutdown.
Keep the branches you want
Each Conductor workspace is a Git worktree on its own branch, so the code lives in your repository. Merge or push the branches you want to keep.
Install Tesseract and open the project
Download Tesseract for Mac, Windows or Linux and open your project folder. Tesseract installs the coding agents you pick.
Sign in with the accounts you already use
Claude Code with your Claude account, Codex with ChatGPT, or an API key: the same ones Conductor used. What the agent uses counts against your plan’s own limits, or is billed to your key.
One conversation per task
Start a conversation for each task and pick its agent; they work at the same time. Check each turn’s diff before you keep it.
About switching.
When does Conductor shut down?
Conductor Cloud goes read-only on November 13, 2026 and shuts down on November 20, 2026. The Conductor app on your Mac gets new models and critical bug fixes until early 2027, Conductor says.
Does Tesseract run on Windows and Linux?
Yes. Tesseract runs on Mac, Windows and Linux, and installs and updates itself on all three. Conductor runs on the Mac.
Can I use the same Claude and ChatGPT accounts?
Yes. Sign in to Claude Code with your Claude account and to Codex with ChatGPT, or use an API key. Tesseract itself charges nothing; what the agent uses counts against your plan’s own limits.
Do my Conductor chats move into Tesseract?
No. Your code and branches are in your Git repository, so Tesseract opens them as they are; the chats stay in Conductor or in its export.
Sources for Conductor: conductor.build/changelog/0.93.0-conductor-is-joini… · techcrunch.com/2026/11/04/meta-acquires-ai-coding-s… · conductor.build/docs · conductor.build/docs/concepts/workspaces-and-branch… · conductor.build/docs/guides/providers