clodex-ide vs ORG2
ORG2 is much bigger: 2.6k stars against 864. Over the days we have tracked them clodex-ide moved +35.4% and ORG2 +22.3%, so clodex-ide is growing faster right now.
Neither one leads on the six capability axes, so the choice comes down to which of them fits the way you already work.
Stars and commit dates come from our own daily tracking. The six axes are read off each project's documentation by our review pipeline, so they describe what a project says about itself, not what we measured in its code.
Where they stand today
A durable, local-first agentic IDE that preserves task workspace and history across sessions while exposing explicit approval and review surfaces for sensitive actions.
- Stars
- 864
- Tracked growth
- +35.4%
- Maturity
- ●●●●●
- Last commit
- 2d ago
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- Cost to run
- Free local preview; provider charges apply for BYOK/hosted models
Provides replayable, inspectable agent trajectories, cross-session memory, and AI-blame for team review and accountability—capabilities not offered by typical stateless AI IDEs.
- Stars
- 2.6k
- Tracked growth
- +22.3%
- Maturity
- ●●●●●
- Last commit
- 1h ago
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- Cost to run
- Your API keys; free desktop app
Six axes, head to head
Each axis runs 0 to 5. The label under a score is what that project's own docs claim, not a category average.
| Axis | clodex-ide | ORG2 |
|---|---|---|
Context depth How much of your codebase it sees before it answers: the open diff, the diff plus related files, or the whole repository. | ●●●●● Whole-repo analysis | ●●●●● Whole-repo analysis |
Noise control How it keeps output volume down — severity thresholds, deduplication, incremental runs over new commits only. | ●●●●● Approval & review | ●●●●● Review controls |
Customization How far it bends to your team: custom rules, prompts, style guides, per-path config. | ●●●●● Plugins & configs | ●●●●● Agent & config options |
Privacy Whether your code stays on your own infrastructure: fully local, self-hostable, or cloud API only. | ●●●●● Self-hostable | ●●●●● Self-hostable |
Model freedom Whether you can point it at any provider, or it is wired to one. | ●●●●● BYOK + local | ●●●●● BYO providers |
Setup ease What it takes to get a first useful run out of it. | ●●●●● Installer packages | ●●●●● One-click desktop |
Which one to pick
Pick clodex-ide if…
Privacy-first — a desktop, local-first workspace with BYOK and local Ollama support plus built-in permission, diff, and review controls for inspectable autonomous work.
Pick ORG2 if…
Privacy-first — a local-first desktop IDE that replays agent sessions, traces AI-driven changes back to decisions, and enables team review and shared agent memory.
What people want from each one
mereyabdenbekuly-ctrl/clodex-ide
Hacker News: Clodex – Open-source agentic IDE with governed execution and graph memory drew 2 points and 0 comments.
Questions people ask
Is clodex-ide better than ORG2?
Neither one leads on the six capability axes, so the choice comes down to which of them fits the way you already work. clodex-ide is worth picking when privacy-first — a desktop, local-first workspace with BYOK and local Ollama support plus built-in permission, diff, and review controls for inspectable autonomous work.
Which of clodex-ide and ORG2 keeps my code private?
clodex-ide: Self-hostable (4/5). ORG2: Self-hostable (4/5).
What does each one cost to run?
clodex-ide: Free local preview; provider charges apply for BYOK/hosted models. ORG2: Your API keys; free desktop app.
Full profiles: mereyabdenbekuly-ctrl/clodex-ide and org2AI/ORG2. Everything else in IDE & editor agents.