Worktrunk Lets Developers Run 10 Claude Code Agents Without File Conflicts
A Rust CLI collapses git worktree management into three commands, letting you run Claude Code and Codex agents side by side without stepping on each other.
PRO- Worktrunk is a Rust CLI collapsing git worktree management into three commands for parallel AI agents.
- Core commands
wt switch,wt list,wt removereplace multi-step git worktree ceremony. wt switch -x claude -c featcreates a branch, worktree, and launches an agent in one line.- Ships hooks, LLM commit messages, per-worktree dev server ports, and a one-shot squash-rebase-merge.
- Installs via Homebrew, Cargo, Winget, pacman, or conda-forge; MIT/Apache-2.0 licensed.
- Full docs and recipes at worktrunk.dev, including Claude Code and Codex integrations.
Running multiple coding agents in parallel sounds great until your file system becomes a warzone. Two Claude Code sessions editing the same working directory is a fast path to a corrupted branch and a bad afternoon. Git worktrees solve this by giving each agent an isolated checkout, but the built-in UX is famously clunky. Worktrunk is a new Rust CLI that wraps the whole workflow into three commands designed for parallel agent use.
Why worktrees became an agent problem
Agents like Claude Code and Codex can now handle longer tasks without supervision, making it feasible to run 5-10 or more in parallel. Git's native worktree feature gives each agent its own working directory so they don't clobber each other's changes. The pattern is common enough that Anthropic recommends it in the Claude Code best practices guide.
Even starting a single worktree requires typing the branch name three times plus a manual cd into the new directory. Multiply that by ten agents and you spend more time wrangling paths than reviewing code.
Three commands instead of six
Worktrunk's core idea is that worktrees are addressed by branch name, with paths computed from a configurable template. That single design choice collapses most of the ceremony:
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