# HB Code next to other apps for Claude Code and Codex

> HB Code next to T3 Code, Paseo, Conductor, Happy, Nimbalyst, the ChatGPT desktop app, and Claude Desktop: license, price, platforms, agents, and phone.

Each page compares HB Code with one other app in a table. The rows are license, price, platforms, agents, sign-in, and phone access. Each statement about another app comes from its maker's own pages, and each page names the date we read them.

HB Code is a desktop app for Mac and Windows. It runs Claude Code and Codex on your own computer with your own Claude and ChatGPT plans. The iPhone and Android apps open the sessions that run on the desktop. HB Code isn't open source.

- [Compare HB Code and T3 Code](https://www.hbcode.ai/alternatives/t3-code.md): T3 Code. An MIT-licensed app for Claude Code, Codex, and other coding agents on macOS, Windows, and Linux, with iOS, Android, and web apps.
- [Compare HB Code and Paseo](https://www.hbcode.ai/alternatives/paseo.md): Paseo. An Apache 2.0 app for Claude Code, Codex, and other coding agents on macOS, Windows, and Linux. It has iOS, Android, and web apps and an end-to-end encrypted relay.
- [Compare HB Code and Conductor](https://www.hbcode.ai/alternatives/conductor.md): Conductor. A macOS app for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and OpenCode with a git worktree for each workspace. It has cloud workspaces on paid plans and an iOS app.
- [Compare HB Code and Happy](https://www.hbcode.ai/alternatives/happy.md): Happy. An MIT-licensed desktop app with its own agent runtime for Claude, Codex, and Grok. It also has a CLI and iOS, Android, and web apps with an end-to-end encrypted relay.
- [Compare HB Code and Nimbalyst](https://www.hbcode.ai/alternatives/nimbalyst.md): Nimbalyst. An MIT-licensed visual workspace for Codex and Claude Code on macOS, Windows, and Linux. It has optional git worktrees and an iPhone app with end-to-end encrypted sync.
- [Compare HB Code and the ChatGPT desktop app](https://www.hbcode.ai/alternatives/codex-app.md): ChatGPT desktop app. OpenAI's own desktop app, with Codex as a mode, for macOS and Windows and in preview for Linux. Codex runs tasks in the cloud or on a connected computer.
- [Compare HB Code and Claude Desktop](https://www.hbcode.ai/alternatives/claude-desktop.md): Claude Desktop. Anthropic's own desktop app for macOS and Windows, and in beta for Linux. Its Code tab runs Claude Code on your machine, in the cloud, over SSH, or in WSL.

## Guides

- [How to check usage limits and use more than one account](https://www.hbcode.ai/claude-code-usage-limits.md)
- [How to check what Claude Code or Codex did](https://www.hbcode.ai/claude-code-ui.md)
- [How to run several Claude Code and Codex sessions](https://www.hbcode.ai/claude-code-sessions.md)
- [How to use Claude Code or Codex on your phone](https://www.hbcode.ai/claude-code-mobile.md)
- [How to see what the subagents of Claude Code do](https://www.hbcode.ai/claude-code-subagents.md)
- [How to try Claude Code and Codex on the same task](https://www.hbcode.ai/claude-code-vs-codex.md)
- [How to run Codex in a desktop app on Mac and Windows](https://www.hbcode.ai/codex-desktop-app.md)
- [Download HB Code](https://www.hbcode.ai/downloads)