Sudo Codevszot
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
Sudo Code
sudoprivacy · Terminal agent
#143OSS
Panel
6.61 spec wins
- Reliability
- 6.3
- Usefulness
- 6.2
- Cost
- 8.0
- Longevity
- 6.0
“It states outright that it is not for first-time coders, which is the most honest system requirement on this board.”
zot
Patrice Eckhart · Terminal agent
#110OSS
Panel
6.62 spec wins
- Reliability
- 5.5
- Usefulness
- 6.5
- Cost
- 8.7
- Longevity
- 5.7
“It can run as a Telegram bot, so your coding agent now lives in the same app as your family group chat.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | Sudo Code | zot |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | Terminal agent | Terminal agent |
| Runs | local | local |
| Platforms | macos, linux | macos, linux, windows |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | No | No |
| MCP server | No | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-file edits | Yes | Yes |
| Git operations | No | No |
| Browser control | No | No |
| Sandboxed execution | No | NoThe built-in /jail sandbox is a path and shell guardrail, not container isolation; the README suggests running zot under Docker if you need real isolation. |
| Multi-agent orchestration | YesThe README describes scaling from 1 to 10 to 100 agents with roles, definitions of done and reviewers. | YesSwarm subagents share the host working directory and the same read, write, edit and bash tools; there is no per-agent worktree or branch. |
| Headless / CI mode | No | YesPrint, stream and JSON modes accept piped stdin, and a headless Telegram daemon is supported. |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, Gemini | Anthropic, OpenAI, Codex, Google Gemini, Vertex AI, GitHub Copilot, Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, OpenRouter, Groq, Cerebras, xAI, Together, Hugging Face, Mistral, Moonshot, Kimi, DeepSeek, Z.AI, Xiaomi, MiniMax, Fireworks, Vercel AI Gateway, Cloudflare AI, Ollama |
| Bring your own model | Yes | Yes |
| Local models | No | YesOllama and local models are a built-in provider. |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | byok | byok |
| Starts at | $0/mo | $0/mo |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | Yes | Yes |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| GitHub stars | 397 | 348 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | Sudo Code | zot | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 7.3 | 7.0 | Sudo Code — Pick it if your terminal is your editor and you want an agent that behaves like a command; pick a desktop tool if you want a window with buttons. |
| El Crítico | 6.5 | 6.3 | Sudo Code — The stated ambition is scaling from one agent to a hundred, and the row describes no queue, no supervisor and no way to stop the tenth. |
| El Profesor | 7.0 | 6.3 | Sudo Code — It prints the file and the line range it is reading rather than a summary, which makes the retrieval step auditable by the person watching it. |
| La Inversora | 6.5 | 6.0 | Sudo Code — A small vendor, 395 stars, and a tool aimed squarely at the slice of the market least likely to buy anything: no revenue path, and none attempted. |
| La Jefa | 5.5 | 6.3 | zot — The print and JSON modes accept piped input and emit structured output, so it can sit in a pipeline, and Windows is supported where most of this category is not. |
| El Hacker | 7.0 | 7.8 | zot — MIT, Ollama is a built-in provider rather than a compatibility shim, and extensions in any language attach over subprocess JSON-RPC. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.