Cockpit

OpenCockpit — The open Claude Code GUI for any LLM

  One seat. One AI. Everything under control.
  /ˈkɒkpɪt/ — like an aircraft cockpit

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OpenCockpit is the open Claude Code GUI for any LLM — an IDE-like workbench for the whole dev loop. Run multi-project Claude sessions out of the box; pop open a tab for Codex, Grok Build, DeepSeek, GLM, Kimi, or local Ollama whenever you need, side by side, with no environment variables to edit. Built-in terminal, Chrome control, PostgreSQL / MySQL / Redis bubbles, code review, and slash modes — all local. And it's web client–server: self-host it on a shared dev box and every teammate gets a seat.

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Why Cockpit?

Anthropic ships Claude Code as a CLI. That's the right call for power users — but the moment you have more than one project in flight, your terminal turns into mission control with no instruments.

Cockpit is the instrument panel. It does not replace Claude Code; it stands on top of the official Agent SDK and gives you the things a CLI can't:

How it compares

An honest snapshot as of July 2026 — each tool wins somewhere. Spotted an error? PRs welcome.

Pick Claude Code Desktop if you live inside the Anthropic ecosystem and want first-party polish. Pick Opcode if you want a native desktop feel with checkpoints and cost analytics. Pick OpenCockpit if you want more than a chat window — an open-source, IDE-like cockpit that covers the whole dev loop (read code, drive your browser and databases, review, automate) with any engine you bring, even from your phone.

Features

Engines — Claude by default, bring any LLM you want

- Claude *(default)* — full official Agent SDK; zero setup if claude CLI is already…