Warp is a fast agentic terminal, and it can share a live session from a host's machine. Coshell is a different shape: a neutral cloud session the whole team owns and works in together, with one agent.
Warp shares one developer's session, running on their machine.Coshell puts the whole team in one neutral cloud session with one agent.
Not a terminal per developer, and not a session anchored to one machine. A neutral cloud session the team shares, with one agent. Every line below is running in production today.
In Warp, a host shares their own session, running on their machine, and others operate it remotely. In Coshell the session lives in a cloud drive the team owns, so no laptop has to stay on and everyone is a first-class participant in the same running environment.
Warp is priced per user with metered AI credits. Coshell is free to self-host, no seats: run a drive on your own machine, up to five teammates in your org, unmetered, and no per-seat charge.
A drive stays warm in the cloud with your files, terminal, and an integrated browser preview, reachable from any browser or the CLI. There is nothing to install and no host session to keep alive for teammates to work.
Coshell runs 70+ models on your own provider keys, scoped per drive, billed by your provider. It is built on OpenCode, which, fittingly, is also one of the agent harnesses Warp can run.
| Warpagentic terminal · per developer | Coshellhosted · multiplayer | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A fast agentic terminal and dev environment, per developer | A shared cloud session a whole team works in with one agent |
| Where the session runs | On the host's machine; cloud agents orchestrate in the background | In a team-owned cloud drive: shared filesystem, terminal, browser preview |
| Live collaboration | Host shares their session; others view or run commands | Everyone joins one neutral session and prompts one agent together |
| Anchored to | The host developer's machine | A team-owned drive, no laptop dependency |
| Pricing basis | Per user, plus metered AI credits | Free to self-host, no seats |
| Team size | Priced per user | Up to 5 teammates per drive |
| Models | Bring your own key; multiple agent harnesses | Bring your own keys, 70+ models, built on OpenCode |
| Where you work | A terminal app on your machine | Any browser, or the CLI, nothing to install |
| Best for | A best-in-class agentic terminal per developer | A team working with one agent in one shared session |
Warp is a best-in-class terminal you can share. Coshell is a neutral session the team lives in.
Many engineers keep a fast terminal for their own work and join a shared Coshell drive when the work is shared. Coshell runs your own repo on your own model keys, pushes to your real git, and is priced per drive, so the whole team can be in one session without a per-head bill.
Coshell is built on OpenCode, the open agent engine, and adds the shared session your whole team works in together.
It does, and it is good. The difference is architecture. In Warp, one person hosts their session, running on their own machine, and grants others view or edit access, so collaborators operate the host's environment remotely. In Coshell the session lives in a cloud drive the team owns, so there is no host machine to depend on, everyone is a first-class participant in the same persistent environment, and the price is per drive rather than per user.
Yes. Many engineers keep a fast terminal like Warp for their own work and join a shared Coshell drive when the work is shared: pairing, debugging together, onboarding, live review. Coshell is built on OpenCode, which Warp can also run as an agent harness, so they sit comfortably in the same toolbox.
Warp is priced per user with metered AI credits, so cost scales with headcount and usage. Coshell is free to self-host, no seats: run a drive on your own machine, up to five teammates in your org, unmetered. Bring your own model keys on either, billed by your provider.
Yes. Coshell runs 70+ models on your own keys, scoped per drive, and a drive pushes to your real git as ordinary git. Self-host it on your own machine and your code never leaves it, free; the Enterprise tier adds org-wide on-prem, so your code never leaves your environment.
Keep your terminal for solo work. When the work is shared, open a drive and put the whole team in one neutral live session with one agent.