ConduitvsSupacode
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
Conduit
lostintangent · Agent harness
Panel
5.21 spec wins
- Reliability
- 5.2
- Usefulness
- 6.3
- Cost
- 5.7
- Longevity
- 3.7
“Its author calls it a DIY-DE, which is what you build when the IDE you wanted has too many opinions and yours are better.”
Supacode
Supabit · Agent harness
Panel
5.31 spec wins
- Reliability
- 5.7
- Usefulness
- 6.5
- Cost
- 5.5
- Longevity
- 3.5
“The sidebar nests rows by branch and hoists the worktrees that need you, which is triage with considerably better typography.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | Conduit | Supacode |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | Agent harness | Agent harness |
| Runs | local, cloud | local |
| Platforms | macos | macos |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | No | No |
| MCP server | No | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-file edits | YesFiles are changed by the coding agents running in Conduit's terminal panes; Conduit adds its own editor pane on top. | YesFiles are changed by the coding agent running in each pane; Supacode supplies the worktree, terminal and review surface. |
| Git operations | Yes | Yes |
| Browser control | YesClicking a URL in a terminal opens a browser pane for navigating, testing and debugging web pages; it is not an agent-driven browser tool. | No |
| Sandboxed execution | No | No |
| Multi-agent orchestration | YesSeveral agent sessions run side by side in their own panes and worktrees, and synchronized panes can be steered together. | Yes |
| Headless / CI mode | No | No |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | any coding agent you configure | Claude, Codex, Copilot |
| Bring your own model | Yes | Yes |
| Local models | No | No |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | free | byok |
| Starts at | $0/mo | n/a |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | Yes | Yes |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | No | No |
| License | proprietary | unknown |
| GitHub stars | 232 | 2,391 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | Conduit | Supacode | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 6.0 | 6.0 | no preference |
| El Crítico | 5.3 | 5.5 | Supacode — It knows what each agent is doing by installing hooks into that agent's own configuration, which makes the status display dependent on three other vendors not changing their hook format. |
| El Profesor | 6.5 | 6.8 | Supacode — Sessions run inside a separate session daemon rather than as children of the application, so the interface is a viewer over state that outlives it. |
| La Inversora | 4.5 | 4.8 | Supacode — 2,333 stars and no published price at all: an unusual amount of attention for a product whose commercial terms have not been written down anywhere. |
| La Jefa | 4.0 | 4.0 | no preference |
| El Hacker | 5.0 | 4.8 | Conduit — Its own CLI lets me and my agents drive the whole environment, which I like, and the application itself is a closed binary, which means the driving stops where they decided. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.