KunvsQoder
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
Kun
KunAgent · AI-native IDE
#84MCP
Panel
5.82 spec wins
- Reliability
- 5.7
- Usefulness
- 6.2
- Cost
- 6.5
- Longevity
- 4.8
“It writes your code and also your slide deck, which is the most accurate description of an engineering week ever shipped as a feature list.”
Qoder
Alibaba · AI-native IDE
#36MCP
Panel
6.51 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 | Kun | 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 output is attached to tasks and screenshots are captured through browser automation. | No |
| Sandboxed execution | No | No |
| Multi-agent orchestration | No | YesExperts mode dispatches multiple expert agents in parallel, and subagents can be supplied by installed extensions. |
| Headless / CI mode | No | No |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Ollama, DeepSeek, Kimi, GLM, Qwen, MiniMax | Qwen, GLM, Kimi |
| Bring your own model | Yes | Yes |
| Local models | YesOllama ships as a named provider preset, and base URLs are editable so any OpenAI-compatible or Anthropic-compatible endpoint can be added. | No |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | byok | mixed |
| Starts at | n/a | $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 | No | No |
| License | PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0 | proprietary |
| GitHub stars | 6,324 | n/a |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | Kun | Qoder | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 6.3 | 6.8 | Qoder — Pick Qoder if you want one assistant that follows you from the editor to the terminal; pick Windsurf if a single polished IDE is all you need. |
| El Crítico | 5.8 | 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 | 6.5 | 6.8 | Qoder — Repo Wiki precomputes a structured description of the repository and serves it as context, which is a materialised index rather than retrieval at query time. |
| La Inversora | 5.0 | 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 | 4.8 | 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 | 6.5 | 5.5 | Kun — PolyForm Noncommercial, so I can read it and never ship a competing fork, but Ollama is a named preset and every base URL is editable. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.