Async IDEvsQoder
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
Async IDE
ZYKJShadow · AI-native IDE
#37OSSMCP
Panel
6.44 spec wins
- Reliability
- 5.7
- Usefulness
- 6.5
- Cost
- 8.2
- Longevity
- 5.3
“It bridges to Telegram, Slack, Discord and Feishu, so four separate apps can now tell you the build is broken.”
Qoder
Alibaba · AI-native IDE
#36MCP
Panel
6.50 spec wins
- Reliability
- 6.2
- Usefulness
- 7.0
- Cost
- 6.0
- Longevity
- 7.0
“There is a mobile app for approving agent work, so you can now merge a refactor you cannot read on a screen you cannot see.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | Async IDE | Qoder |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | AI-native IDE | AI-native IDE |
| Runs | local | local, cloud |
| Platforms | macos, linux, windows | macos, linux, windows |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | Yes | Yes |
| MCP server | No | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-file edits | Yes | Yes |
| Git operations | Yes | Yes |
| Browser control | YesBrowser automation with custom headers and fingerprint is one of the built-in tools. | No |
| Sandboxed execution | No | No |
| Multi-agent orchestration | YesAgent and Team toolchains are shared with the IM bot bridge, each with its own model, workspace and allowlist config. | YesExperts mode dispatches multiple expert agents in parallel, and subagents can be supplied by installed extensions. |
| Headless / CI mode | No | No |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, Ollama, vLLM, any OpenAI-compatible endpoint | Qwen, GLM, Kimi |
| Bring your own model | Yes | Yes |
| Local models | Yes | No |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | byok | mixed |
| Starts at | $0/mo | $20/mo |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | Yes | YesBring Your Own Key is listed as a Free plan feature. |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | Yes | No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | proprietary |
| GitHub stars | 474 | n/a |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | Async IDE | Qoder | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 6.8 | 6.8 | no preference |
| El Crítico | 6.0 | 6.3 | Qoder — Quest mode takes long-running multi-step delegation across your working tree, and this row records no container isolation, so a bad plan runs for a long time in your checkout. |
| El Profesor | 7.0 | 6.8 | Async IDE — The control loop is named and exposed: Think, Plan, Execute, Observe, with each stage visible and interruptible rather than collapsed into one opaque completion. |
| La Inversora | 5.8 | 7.8 | Qoder — The Chinese edition is the renamed Tongyi Lingma with 2.6 million marketplace installs, so this launched with distribution most vendors here spend three years buying. |
| La Jefa | 5.3 | 6.3 | Qoder — Sixty developers is $1,200 monthly at the entry tier and $12,000 at the top, everything is metered in Credits, and team pricing is quoted rather than published. |
| El Hacker | 7.8 | 5.5 | Async IDE — Apache-2.0, Ollama and vLLM named directly rather than implied, MCP servers attach, and each agent carries its own model, workspace and allowlist. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.