DevThrottle isn’t a different agent — it’s the layer that runs the ones you already use. This compares the usual ways to keep up with a whole fleet of them.
| Terminal windows | Single-agent tools | DevThrottle | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Every agent in one place | |||
| Run many agents across different tools at once | |||
| Flagged the moment an agent needs you | Partial | ||
| Check in from any browser | |||
| Answer from your phone | |||
| Two-way voice: dictate to agents, hear them answer | Partial | ||
| Agents keep running in the background | Partial | ||
| Script the whole fleet (Control API + CLI tools) | |||
| Runs on your machine | Partial | ||
| Open source (MIT) | Partial |
“Terminal windows” and “single-agent tools” are common approaches, not specific products — and you keep using your agents inside DevThrottle either way.
No. DevThrottle does not write code and is not an agent - it is the control room for the agents you already run. It lines up Claude Code, Codex, and your other tools in one place so you can see what each is doing at a glance and answer them by voice. You bring the agents and their subscriptions, and running them through DevThrottle costs nothing.
The app is open source (MIT) and costs nothing to run on your own machines - not a trial, and it never expires. Paid plans are optional: Pro ($29 a month founding price, $49 list) is a hosted gateway, dictation, spoken replies, and the wingman brain - all included, with nothing metered on top - and Pro self-host ($24 founding, $39 list) is the same AI on a gateway you run. Every new account starts with 14 days of Pro, no credit card. You never pay for the app you run yourself.
It works with the AI coding agents you already use - Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, and others - across different tools at the same time. You keep your existing agent and subscription; DevThrottle just runs and watches them all for you, so one place shows what every agent is doing. You can also point it at any other command-line tool and run that in a plain terminal session.
Yes - that is one of the best parts. Voice mode reads you what an agent is doing and types your answers back, so you can keep things moving from the car or a walk. It even learns a custom dictionary of your project names and jargon, and that dictionary syncs across all your machines. Voice is included in Pro with zero setup - and every new account starts with 14 days of Pro.
Center Consulting, a Toronto-based AI consultancy. Founder Soren Frederiksen has 38 years in technology and two exits, and DevThrottle is the tool Center Consulting uses all day, every day, to ship client work.
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