Worktrunk is a git CLI for parallel AI coding agents

Worktrunk is a small command-line tool for parallel AI coding agents. Each agent works on its own copy of the code. The repository on GitHub has 10,759 stars. It sits 24th on Trendshift's daily list today, which tracks the projects developers are picking up now. The code is written in Rust. Maximilian Roos, the author, publishes under the GitHub handle max-sixty.

The project was created on 17 October 2025. The latest release, version 0.81.0, went out on 20 October 2026. Two earlier releases, 0.80.0 and 0.79.0, went out in September.

What a worktree is, and why this tool exists

Git lets a developer have several working copies of the same project at once. Each copy sits on its own branch. The feature is called a worktree. The author's point is that the plain git commands for worktrees are long. Most people never use them. One branch, one checkout, one terminal is the usual setup.

That setup is where AI coding agents get in the way. Claude Code, Codex and other agents write changes to whatever branch is checked out. Running two agents on one branch means they step on each other. The author writes that modern agents can work for long stretches on their own. Five to ten at once becomes possible. Keeping those runs apart is the problem worktrunk is built to solve.

What the commands do

Worktrunk provides a single binary, wt. Four short commands cover most work. wt switch jumps between worktrees. wt list shows the status of every worktree. wt merge squashes, rebases and merges a branch back. wt remove cleans up a finished one. The project page lists further features. The list names workflow hooks, shared build caches and AI-written commit messages. It also names an interactive branch picker, CI status integration and pull request checkout.

Install is one line on most systems. Homebrew is brew install worktrunk. Cargo is cargo install worktrunk. Arch Linux uses pacman. Windows installs through winget. Each line is followed by wt config shell install, which adds the shell integration.

The traction so far

The repository has gained 10,759 stars since it was created a year ago. Trendshift reports that it ranks 24th on its daily list today. The ranking is Trendshift's own. It is the only thing taken from that site. The star total and the release dates come from the GitHub API, read today.

The honest limit is that this is a wrapper. A developer who has learned the plain git worktree commands will not need it. The pitch is for people running several agents at once. The saved typing adds up. The bigger saving is that merges, cleans and status checks follow one short pattern instead of ten.

Source

• max-sixty, "Worktrunk", GitHub
• Worktrunk project site