49 Agents vs Radix
Both are Coding & Dev Tools tools. 49 Agents is open source; Radix is freemium.
Grok| 49 Agents | Radix | |
|---|---|---|
| Tagline | 2D Canvas for Agents | Visual UI for agentic programming |
| Pricing | Open Source | Freemium |
| Categories | Coding & Dev Tools, AI Agents | Coding & Dev Tools, Design |
| Built for | Developers | Developers |
| Platforms | Web, macOS | macOS |
| Tech stack | — | — |
| Alternative to | — | — |
| AI Launch upvotes | ▲ 0 | ▲ 0 |
| Hacker News | Y▲ 18 on HN | Y▲ 15 on HN |
| Launched | 2026-09-27 | 2026-10-01 |
Overview
Who it's for
49 Agents
Developers juggling many coding agents and terminals across machines.Radix
Developers who work with coding agents and want visual explanations and tools alongside the code.Problem
49 Agents
Working with several agents means many terminal tabs, SSH sessions and constant alt-tabbing to check on them.Radix
Agent output disappears into chat and terminal scrollback instead of becoming something reusable.Solution
49 Agents
A single self-hostable canvas where every agent, terminal and machine is visible at once.Radix
Persistent, flexible artifacts such as diagrams, flame graphs and state machines that the agent creates and keeps in your repo.What makes it unique
49 Agents
A spatial 2D canvas instead of tabs, reachable from a phone.Radix
Artifacts stay connected to your code rather than being one-off chat responses.