Mobile-Harness vs Paradev
Paradev is much bigger: 15.8k stars against 766.
Paradev leads on noise control and model freedom. 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
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
Orchestrates many independent CLI coding agents in parallel from a single desktop IDE with workspaces, built-in diffs, and terminals.
- Stars
- 15.8k
- Tracked growth
- not tracked long enough
- Maturity
- ●●●●●
- Last commit
- 1h ago
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Cost to run
- Use your existing agent subscription / API key
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 | Mobile-Harness | Paradev |
|---|---|---|
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 workspace | ●●●●● Diff + related files |
Noise control How it keeps output volume down — severity thresholds, deduplication, incremental runs over new commits only. | ●●●●● None mentioned | ●●●●● Basic filters/config |
Customization How far it bends to your team: custom rules, prompts, style guides, per-path config. | ●●●●● Provider & toolchain configs | ●●●●● Workspace & skills config |
Privacy Whether your code stays on your own infrastructure: fully local, self-hostable, or cloud API only. | ●●●●● Cloud APIs (local keys) | ●●●●● Cloud with BYO-key |
Model freedom Whether you can point it at any provider, or it is wired to one. | ●●●●● Anthropic-compatible & gateways | ●●●●● Bring-your-own model |
Setup ease What it takes to get a first useful run out of it. | ●●●●● Guided setup | ●●●●● Install app + config |
Which one to pick
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.
Pick Paradev if…
Parallel agent orchestration — pick Paradev when you want to run and compare many coding agents in parallel from a local desktop workspace while using your own model subscriptions.
- Noise control: Basic filters/config (3/5 against 1/5)
- Model freedom: Bring-your-own model (5/5 against 3/5)
What people want from each one
techjarves/Mobile-Harness
ParadevAI/Paradev
Questions people ask
Is Mobile-Harness better than Paradev?
Paradev leads on noise control and model freedom. Mobile-Harness does not take any axis by a clear margin. Mobile-Harness is worth picking when 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.
Which of Mobile-Harness and Paradev keeps my code private?
Mobile-Harness: Cloud APIs (local keys) (3/5). Paradev: Cloud with BYO-key (3/5).
What does each one cost to run?
Mobile-Harness: Requires cloud model API keys. Paradev: Use your existing agent subscription / API key.
Full profiles: techjarves/Mobile-Harness and ParadevAI/Paradev. Everything else in IDE & editor agents.