# Obeya — AI Coding Tool Review & Pricing

> Obeya is a desktop workspace for directing AI coding agents on a spatial canvas. Each task is a card with its own Claude Code or Codex agent working in an isolated worktree or clone, and when the agent finishes it hands back a narrated demo that you approve or send back with feedback, by voice or text.

Source: https://ai.dosa.dev/tools/obeya · Updated Nov 12, 2026 · Category: Autonomous & Async Agents · Published by dosa.dev

## At a glance

- **Tool**: Obeya
- **Company**: Daniel Sadilek
- **Category**: [Autonomous & Async Agents](https://ai.dosa.dev/category/async-agents)
- **Pricing model**: Open Source
- **Official website**: https://obeya.si/

## Key features

- Infinite canvas of task and project cards, each with its own Claude Code or Codex agent
- Each agent works in its own git worktree or clone, locally or on other machines over SSH
- Narrated screen-recorded demos as the hand-off, with feedback pinned to a moment in the video
- Approved work lands on main or goes out as a pull request on GitHub, Forgejo or Gitea
- Review PR cards that read and review someone else's pull request before its code runs
- Arrows between cards to sequence dependent work and queueing of colliding changes
- Phone web app for reviewing demos over a private network, with English and German voice input

## Pricing

**Model**: Open Source

Obeya is free and open-source under the MIT licence and runs locally. Its agents use the official Claude Code or Codex installation on your machine, so your own Claude or ChatGPT subscription and its usage limits apply.

## Who it is for

- **Best for**: Developers who already delegate most coding to Claude Code or Codex and want to manage many parallel agent tasks by reviewing demos instead of diffs.
- **Not ideal for**: Teams that want to read every line agents write, or developers who use agents other than Claude Code and Codex.

## Verdict

An early but actively shipped take on agent orchestration built around demo review; worth a look if you run several Claude Code or Codex agents at once.

## Recent updates

Shown on Hacker News on November 11, 2026; v0.13.0 was released on November 9, 2026, after v0.12.0 on November 5 and v0.11.0 on November 4.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Obeya free?

Yes - Obeya is Open Source. Obeya is free and open-source under the MIT licence and runs locally. Its agents use the official Claude Code or Codex installation on your machine, so your own Claude or ChatGPT subscription and its usage limits apply.

### Is Obeya open source?

Yes - Obeya is open source. Obeya is free and open-source under the MIT licence and runs locally. Its agents use the official Claude Code or Codex installation on your machine, so your own Claude or ChatGPT subscription and its usage limits apply.

### Who is Obeya best for?

Developers who already delegate most coding to Claude Code or Codex and want to manage many parallel agent tasks by reviewing demos instead of diffs.

### Who is Obeya not ideal for?

Teams that want to read every line agents write, or developers who use agents other than Claude Code and Codex.

### What are the best Obeya alternatives?

The closest Obeya alternatives on ai.dosa.dev are Jules by Google, OpenHands, SWE-agent - all listed under Autonomous & Async Agents.

### Who makes Obeya?

Obeya is developed by Daniel Sadilek. It is listed in the Autonomous & Async Agents category on ai.dosa.dev.

## Top alternatives

- [Jules by Google](https://ai.dosa.dev/tools/jules) (Freemium) — Developers who want to offload repetitive, non-urgent tasks like dependency version bumps, lint fixes, test scaffolding, and resolving CI failures in GitHub-hosted projects.
- [OpenHands](https://ai.dosa.dev/tools/openhands) (Freemium) — Individual developers and software teams looking to automate repetitive coding tasks, repository maintenance, and issue resolution through autonomous agents.
- [SWE-agent](https://ai.dosa.dev/tools/swe-agent) (Open Source) — Autonomous resolution of software engineering issues in real GitHub repositories and performing custom developer tasks using language models.
- [mini-swe-agent](https://ai.dosa.dev/tools/mini-swe-agent) (Open Source) — Researchers and engineers who want a small, transparent coding agent baseline for benchmarks, fine-tuning or sandboxed batch runs, and developers who want a simple bash-only agent in the terminal.
- [Sweep](https://ai.dosa.dev/tools/sweep) (Freemium) — Individual developers and teams working primarily in JetBrains IDEs who want a native-feeling assistant for routine coding tasks, bug fixes, and autocompletions.
- [Ellipsis](https://ai.dosa.dev/tools/ellipsis) (Freemium) — Teams looking to centralize and govern AI coding agents across repositories with secure, non-personal credentials and persistent cloud-based execution.
- Full alternatives guide: https://ai.dosa.dev/tools/obeya/alternatives