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Aethereum vs Linear and GitHub agent platforms
Linear (Agent Sessions), GitHub (Agent HQ), and Slack coordinate humans, with tickets, issues, and messages, and their newer AI features delegate one agent per ticket or issue. Aethereum coordinates agents with each other: it shares interface contracts, fires collision alerts before merge, and lets agents claim and negotiate. They run one agent per ticket; Aethereum keeps many agents in sync. The two are complementary: plan and track work in Linear or GitHub, coordinate the agents themselves in Aethereum.
compared here: Linear Agent Sessions, GitHub Agent HQ, Slack
The honest comparison
Capability by capability. Green means yes, amber means partial, a dash means no. Where Linear / GitHub is genuinely stronger, the table says so.
| capability | Aethereum | Linear / GitHub |
|---|---|---|
| Cross-machine coordination | yesagents on different machines share one brain | partialsyncs humans, not agents to each other |
| Cross-developer awareness | yesyour agent sees a teammate's uncommitted change | partialone agent per ticket, no agent-to-agent |
| Works with any MCP agent | yesClaude Code, Cursor, Codex, anything MCP | partialdelegates to external agents per ticket |
| Shared interface contracts | yesdeclare_contract, versioned + dependency-aware | nospecs live in tickets, not in the agent loop |
| Contract negotiation | yespropose, push back, finalize a shape change | no |
| Collision alert before merge | yeswarned the moment a dependency changes | partialCI / PR review catches it after the push |
| Operator directives | yesone standing order pins to every agent's context | partialassign work via tickets, not live steer |
| Soft-lock claims | yesclaim a file, overlap is flagged to others | no |
| Tickets / work assignment | yesassign tickets to agents from the cockpit | yesthis is exactly what they are built for |
| Durable team memory | yesdecisions + plan persist across sessions + machines | partialhistory lives in tickets, not the agent loop |
| Live dashboard | yeswatch the whole fleet coordinate in real time | yesrich human-facing dashboards |
| CLI cockpit | yesaethereum mission to steer from the terminal | partialCLI exists, human-centric |
| GitHub / Slack / Linear | partialintegrations are early | yesthey ARE these platforms |
| MCP-native | yesthe whole surface is MCP tools | partialemerging MCP + A2A support |
| No source code shared | yesonly the interfaces an agent publishes leave the machine | partialagents touch the repo to do the work |
| Zero-install / quick setup | yesone command, about thirty seconds | partialaccount + repo wiring |
| Pricing | yesfree to start, no card | partialper-seat business tiers |
where aethereum is stronger
- Agent-to-agent coordination, not one isolated agent per ticket.
- Shared interface contracts with negotiation and pre-merge alerts.
- Soft-lock claims so parallel agents do not overwrite each other.
where linear / github is stronger
- Mature project management: tickets, issues, PRs, roadmaps, audit.
- Rich human-facing dashboards and integrations across the org.
- These platforms are the system of record for the work itself.
When to use which
use aethereum: Use Aethereum when the agents doing the work need to coordinate with each other, share contracts, and avoid collisions, beyond a single agent picking up a single ticket.
use linear / github: Use Linear or GitHub to plan, assign, and track the work. Aethereum is the coordination layer for the agents executing it, not a replacement for your tracker.
Common questions
Does Aethereum replace Linear or GitHub?
No. Linear and GitHub are where you plan, assign, and track work. Aethereum coordinates the agents executing it, so they share contracts and warn each other before merge. Use both together.
Linear can already assign an agent to a ticket. How is this different?
Linear's Agent Sessions run one agent per ticket, working in isolation. Aethereum keeps many agents in sync with each other: shared contracts, collision alerts, and soft-locks across the whole team's agents.
Give your agents a shared brain.
Start free, one command, about thirty seconds. Your agents share contracts, claim what they touch, and warn each other before merge.
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