Emdash
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Emdash, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Emdash's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Emdash | Free | Free, open-source desktop app; run coding agents using their official CLIs |
The facts
Each one read from Emdash's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Agent providers
- The docs say Emdash supports 34 CLI-based coding agents, including Codex, Cursor, Claude Code, Amp, Antigravity, GitHub Copilot, and Devin.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Automations
- Automations create scheduled tasks from a configured prompt and provider, and keep a history of runs.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Chat assistance
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Coding agent
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- GitHub workflow
- Emdash can connect GitHub accounts for issues, pull requests, checks, and repository creation; GitHub connection is optional for local use.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Isolated tasks
- Each parallel agent can run in its own Git worktree, with changes reviewable in a diff view.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Issue integrations
- Supported issue trackers include Linear, Asana, Monday.com, Trello, GitHub, Jira, GitLab, Plane, Forgejo, Featurebase, Plain, and Notion.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The public GitHub repository identifies the project license as Apache-2.0.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Local-first privacy
- The maker says Emdash does not send code or chats to Emdash servers, while agent CLI providers may handle code and prompts under their own policies.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Remote development
- Emdash can run agents on remote machines or provisioned workspaces, including via SSH.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The docs direct users with missing tracker integrations to open a GitHub issue or message the team on Discord.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Telemetry
- Production builds enable anonymous-by-default telemetry, which users can disable in settings or with TELEMETRY_ENABLED=false.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Telemetry limits
- Normal telemetry events exclude code, file contents, prompts, messages, command text, repository names, and file paths; error events may include exception messages and stack traces.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Terminal access
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- What it does
- Emdash is an open-source desktop environment for running coding agents in parallel, scheduling recurring work, previewing apps, and managing prompts, skills, and MCP servers.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California, United Stateschecked 19 Oct 2026
- Maker
- General Action, Inc. identifies itself as the company behind Emdash and lists San Francisco, California as its location.checked 12 Oct 2026
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