Farol vs UseIt Studio: Features, Pricing & Which Is Better (2026)

A side-by-side comparison of Farol and UseIt Studio — features, pricing, and ideal use cases — to help you decide which AI tool fits your workflow.

Farol

Lucas Neves Pereira

Free

A free, open source native macOS terminal for supervising Claude Code, Codex and other AI coding agents side by side.

Agent Status Sidebar: Shows at a glance which coding agent is working, which needs your input and which has finished, with a colored status dot per session.
Git Worktree Tasks: Describe a task, pick an agent, and Farol creates a git worktree on a new branch and starts the agent there so parallel agents never conflict.
Menu Bar and Notch Panel: A lighthouse menu bar item or notch panel and macOS notifications keep you posted on agent state while you work in other apps.
Diff Review and Shipping: View every changed file as a diff, then commit, push and open a pull request on GitHub or GitLab from the app.
Files and Git Graph: Browse the project as a tree, make quick fixes in a light editor and inspect a graph of every branch and commit.
Built on libghostty: Native Mac app with Ghostty's speed, themes and configuration support.
Multi-Agent Support: Claude Code and Codex report status once connected; any other terminal agent works via Farol's CLI or the terminal bell.

Parallel Agent Development: Run several Claude Code or Codex agents on separate branches of the same repo without file conflicts.
Agent Supervision: Monitor multiple long-running coding agents and respond only when one is waiting for you.
Code Review Before Merge: Inspect agent-generated diffs and open pull requests directly from the terminal.
Background Task Delegation: Kick off a task, switch to other apps and get notified through the notch or menu bar when it needs you.
Ghostty Migration: Keep an existing Ghostty config and themes while gaining agent-aware session management.

USEIT PTE. LTD.

Freemium

AI design studio that turns ideas into editable, print-ready designs for cards, packaging, stickers and more.

Conversational Editing: Select part of an artwork and describe a change; the rest stays untouched.
Editable Layers: Separates designs into layers so text, graphics and vectors can be fine-tuned.
Matching Sets: Expands one artwork into cards or sets while keeping style and palette.
2D to 3D Preview: Edit the flat design and watch a live 3D preview update.
Craft and Cut Lines: Traces cut lines and adds white ink plates for acrylic and stickers.
Illustrator Handoff: Open the same file in Illustrator and keep editing by conversation.
Gallery: Publish designs others can remix with their own content.