CodeNomad vs Mobile-Harness
CodeNomad is much bigger: 2.7k stars against 766.
CodeNomad leads on noise control. Mobile-Harness does not take any axis by a clear margin.
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 desktop/browser 'cockpit' tightly integrated with OpenCode V2 that provides persistent, nested sessions, Git worktree-aware workflows, and SideCar web-tool integration.
- Stars
- 2.7k
- Tracked growth
- not tracked long enough
- Maturity
- ●●●●●
- Last commit
- 10m ago
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- MIT
- Cost to run
- Depends on OpenCode and your model provider (your API key or self-hosted).
Runs a full Ubuntu userspace and integrated AI agents directly on ARM64 Android devices, enabling on-device builds, terminal access, and live web previews in a single mobile app.
- Stars
- 766
- Tracked growth
- +68%
- Maturity
- ●●●●●
- Last commit
- 40m ago
- Language
- Kotlin
- License
- MIT
- Cost to run
- Requires cloud model API keys
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 | CodeNomad | Mobile-Harness |
|---|---|---|
Context depth How much of your codebase it sees before it answers: the open diff, the diff plus related files, or the whole repository. | ●●●●● Project-wide context | ●●●●● Project workspace |
Noise control How it keeps output volume down — severity thresholds, deduplication, incremental runs over new commits only. | ●●●●● Configurable visibility | ●●●●● None mentioned |
Customization How far it bends to your team: custom rules, prompts, style guides, per-path config. | ●●●●● Plugins & per-project | ●●●●● Provider & toolchain configs |
Privacy Whether your code stays on your own infrastructure: fully local, self-hostable, or cloud API only. | ●●●●● Self-hostable | ●●●●● Cloud APIs (local keys) |
Model freedom Whether you can point it at any provider, or it is wired to one. | ●●●●● Provider-agnostic via OpenCode | ●●●●● Anthropic-compatible & gateways |
Setup ease What it takes to get a first useful run out of it. | ●●●●● Install + configure | ●●●●● Guided setup |
Which one to pick
Pick CodeNomad if…
Workspace-first — choose CodeNomad when you want a local-first desktop/browser workspace with persistent OpenCode sessions, Git worktree support, and extensible SideCars.
- Noise control: Configurable visibility (3/5 against 1/5)
Pick Mobile-Harness if…
Mobile-first — choose Mobile Harness when you want a self-contained, privacy-minded development workspace on your phone with integrated agent workflows, local builds, and encrypted API key storage.
What people want from each one
NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad
techjarves/Mobile-Harness
Questions people ask
Is CodeNomad better than Mobile-Harness?
CodeNomad leads on noise control. Mobile-Harness does not take any axis by a clear margin. CodeNomad is worth picking when workspace-first — choose CodeNomad when you want a local-first desktop/browser workspace with persistent OpenCode sessions, Git worktree support, and extensible SideCars.
Which of CodeNomad and Mobile-Harness keeps my code private?
CodeNomad: Self-hostable (4/5). Mobile-Harness: Cloud APIs (local keys) (3/5).
What does each one cost to run?
CodeNomad: Depends on OpenCode and your model provider (your API key or self-hosted).. Mobile-Harness: Requires cloud model API keys.
Full profiles: NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad and techjarves/Mobile-Harness. Everything else in IDE & editor agents.