ORG2 vs twinny

The two are close in size: 2.6k stars for ORG2, 3.6k for twinny.

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

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
+21.6%
Maturity
Last commit
1h ago
Language
TypeScript
License
AGPL-3.0
Cost to run
Your API keys; free desktop app

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
3.6k
Tracked growth
not tracked long enough
Maturity
Last commit
1h 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.

AxisORG2twinny
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.
Review controls
Rerank & review
Customization
How far it bends to your team: custom rules, prompts, style guides, per-path config.
Agent & config options
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.
BYO providers
BYO models
Setup ease
What it takes to get a first useful run out of it.
One-click desktop
Quickstart command

Which one to pick

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.

Runs in cli, ide. Works with byok.

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.

Runs in ide, cli, pr-bot, web-app. Works with byok, openai, anthropic, gemini, local-ollama.

What people want from each one

Questions people ask

Is ORG2 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. ORG2 is worth picking when 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.

Which of ORG2 and twinny keeps my code private?

ORG2: Self-hostable (4/5). twinny: Fully local (5/5).

What does each one cost to run?

ORG2: Your API keys; free desktop app. twinny: Free; team gateway paid after 5 devs.

Full profiles: org2AI/ORG2 and twinnydotdev/twinny. Everything else in IDE & editor agents.