clodex-ide vs twinny
twinny is much bigger: 3.7k stars against 869.
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
- 869
- Tracked growth
- +36.2%
- Maturity
- ●●●●●
- Last commit
- 14d ago
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- Cost to run
- Free local preview; provider charges apply for BYOK/hosted models
A privacy-first VS Code assistant that runs on models you control (local, peer devices, or a team gateway) with no telemetry or sign-in.
- Stars
- 3.7k
- Tracked growth
- not tracked long enough
- Maturity
- ●●●●●
- Last commit
- 36m ago
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- MIT
- Cost to run
- Free; team gateway paid after 5 devs
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 | twinny |
|---|---|---|
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 | ●●●●● Rerank & review |
Customization How far it bends to your team: custom rules, prompts, style guides, per-path config. | ●●●●● Plugins & configs | ●●●●● Templates & plugins |
Privacy Whether your code stays on your own infrastructure: fully local, self-hostable, or cloud API only. | ●●●●● Self-hostable | ●●●●● Fully local |
Model freedom Whether you can point it at any provider, or it is wired to one. | ●●●●● BYOK + local | ●●●●● BYO models |
Setup ease What it takes to get a first useful run out of it. | ●●●●● Installer packages | ●●●●● Quickstart command |
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 twinny if…
Privacy-first — use Twinny when you want a full-featured VS Code AI assistant that runs on your own models and network with team admin controls and local-only operation.
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.
twinnydotdev/twinny
Questions people ask
Is clodex-ide better than twinny?
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 twinny keeps my code private?
clodex-ide: Self-hostable (4/5). twinny: Fully local (5/5).
What does each one cost to run?
clodex-ide: Free local preview; provider charges apply for BYOK/hosted models. twinny: Free; team gateway paid after 5 devs.
Full profiles: mereyabdenbekuly-ctrl/clodex-ide and twinnydotdev/twinny. Everything else in IDE & editor agents.