What DevThrottle is

DevThrottle is the open source control room for command-line coding agents. It is an MIT-licensed app for Windows and Mac that runs, watches, and steers the coding agents you already use - tools like Claude Code, Codex or Gemini that write and edit code for you - so you can start them and walk away. It tells you the moment one of them needs you. The app installs and runs on your own machine, and your agents run there too.

What it does for you

You stop waiting for agents: set several to work and come back when it suits you. You see every one of them from wherever you are, on any of your machines or in a browser. When one of them needs you, the question is waiting on your phone and you answer by voice. That is the short version - the docs entry lists everything you can do, each line linking to the page that shows how.

The problem it solves

A coding agent works on one task at a time in a terminal window. That is fine with one agent. The moment you run two or three, you are juggling windows: which one is still working, which one finished, and which one quietly asked a question twenty minutes ago and has been sitting idle ever since. The agents are fast; you become the bottleneck, and the waste is invisible.

What DevThrottle does

DevThrottle puts every agent in one place. Each agent session is a card, color-coded by state, and the card says which state in words: Working means leave it alone, and Needs you means it is waiting on a decision. Sessions that are snoozed, running in the background, or have exited say so on the card too. One glance tells you where to spend your attention. Click the card that needs you, answer, and move on. The same fleet is reachable from any browser and from your phone, so you can answer an agent while you are away from the desk - in a meeting, or on a walk - and you can answer by voice instead of typing.

What DevThrottle is not

DevThrottle is not another coding agent, and it does not replace the one you use. You bring your own agent and its subscription or API key; DevThrottle orchestrates it. It is vendor-neutral - Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, and more all run on the same Director - and running your own agents through it costs nothing.

Who it is for

DevThrottle is built for developers on Windows or Mac who want the productivity of agentic coding without living inside a terminal. If you have tried a coding agent and liked it, but running more than one felt like chaos - or if you have not started yet and want a guided, point-and-click way in - this is the tool. On Windows you do not need to touch a command line to install it or to run your first agent; on a Mac the install is one pasted Terminal line.

The pieces, in one paragraph

The app you watch is the Director. The background service that keeps agents reachable is the Gateway. The same fleet in a browser is the Cockpit, and it also fits in your pocket on mobile. Voice lets you answer agents by talking. That is the whole map, and each name links to the section that covers it.

What it costs

The app is open source (MIT). On the Free plan you run your own agents with your own subscriptions or keys, and DevThrottle does not meter that. Pro adds dictation and spoken replies, on the hosted gateway or, as Pro self-host, on a gateway you run yourself - and every new account starts with 14 days of Pro, no credit card. The prices are on the pricing page, and only there, so a change there never leaves a stale number here.

Where to go next

• Take the path - the steps in order, one sitting each, from an empty machine to several agents at once.
• Install DevThrottle - download to running app in a few minutes, on Windows or Mac.
• Start your first session - from an empty Director to your first working agent.