wsp vs herdr

herdr runs agents on ssh machines and copies nothing of yours onto them. wsp copies your setup onto each computer you add.

	herdr	wsp
Runs agents on	Your computer, saved ssh machines	Computers you own
Another computer	Yes, over ssh	Yes, over ssh or dialing out
What that computer has when the agent starts	Only herdr itself	Your setup, agents signed in
Where your keys and sign-ins live	On each machine, none copied	Your computers, none on ours
Which agents	22 detected, any terminal program	Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Cursor
Platforms	macOS, Linux, Windows	macOS, Linux
Price	Not stated	Free
Source code	Apache-2.0	AGPL-3.0

Which to pick.

What herdr does well

herdr detects 22 agents and runs any terminal program, on macOS, Linux and Windows. Since 2026-09-07 it reaches saved ssh machines, and authentication stays with OpenSSH. It is free under Apache-2.0.

When wsp fits better

wsp fits when you already have another computer, a server you rent or an old laptop, and want your agents on it signed in, with your MCP servers, CLIs and skills. herdr "does not copy local command plugins, configuration, executables, or secrets onto SSH hosts".

What wsp does not do yet.

Windows: herdr runs on Windows. wsp runs on macOS and Linux.
More agents: herdr detects 22 agents and runs any terminal program. wsp runs threads on four.
Size: herdr has 43,078 GitHub stars. wsp has 8; it started in September 2026.

Sources, read 2026-10-09

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