Llama CodervsPinvou Agent
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
Llama Coder
Steve Korshakov · IDE extension
#204OSS
Panel
5.20 spec wins
- Reliability
- 5.0
- Usefulness
- 3.7
- Cost
- 8.3
- Longevity
- 3.7
“Works best on Apple Silicon, which turns your privacy principles into a laptop procurement request.”
Pinvou Agent
Pinvou · IDE extension
#218OSSMCP
Panel
5.57 spec wins
- Reliability
- 4.0
- Usefulness
- 5.7
- Cost
- 7.2
- Longevity
- 5.0
“This agent can execute terminal commands and edit multiple files but lacks a sandboxed environment to contain its actions.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | Llama Coder | Pinvou Agent |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | IDE extension | IDE extension |
| Runs | local | local |
| Platforms | macos, linux, windows | macos, linux, windows |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | No | Yes |
| MCP server | No | Yes |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | No | Yes |
| Multi-file edits | No | Yes |
| Git operations | No | No |
| Browser control | No | No |
| Sandboxed execution | No | No |
| Multi-agent orchestration | No | Yes |
| Headless / CI mode | No | No |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | Code Llama | Codex, Claude Code, Kimi, DeepSeek, Qwen, Doubao, MiniMax, Zhipu (GLM) |
| Bring your own model | Yes | Yes |
| Local models | Yes | Yes |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | free | free |
| Starts at | n/a | n/a |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | No | Yes |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| GitHub stars | 2,087 | 2,262 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | Llama Coder | Pinvou Agent | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 5.3 | 6.3 | Pinvou Agent — Pick Pinvou Agent if you want a free, open-source desktop workspace that integrates coding, design, and work tasks with any model you choose. |
| El Crítico | 4.5 | 4.8 | Pinvou Agent — This agent executes code on your local machine without a sandbox, creating a direct path for an LLM hallucination to become a local security event. |
| El Profesor | 5.3 | 5.0 | Llama Coder — Completion is served by a local endpoint with no repository index and no embedding step documented, so the available context is whatever the editor hands over. |
| La Inversora | 4.0 | 4.0 | no preference |
| La Jefa | 4.8 | 4.5 | Llama Coder — The software is free and the real invoice is hardware: sixteen gigabytes of memory per developer machine, which is a refresh cycle, not a line item. |
| El Hacker | 7.3 | 8.3 | Pinvou Agent — Pinvou is a proper MIT-licensed desktop agent that supports local models and MCP. It's an open workspace I can actually build on, not just a chat window. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.