- type
- Coding agent
- interface
- Terminal + Desktop
- openSource
- Yes (MIT)
- lineage
- .NET/Semantic Kernel harness built Ollama-first so it runs fully offline with no API keys by default (optional cloud model connection); MandoCode Desktop, a native Windows app (WinUI 3), shares the exact same underlying engine as the MandoCode CLI via a pinned git submodule so reasoning is identical across both surfaces, adding a multi-agent tabbed interface, integrated terminal, and git-aware file explorer on top
- note
- MandoCode CLI first shown on Hacker News in June 2026 (gap-fill); MandoCode Desktop is the new-in-window item, shown on HN 2026-07-29. Distinct by being open-weight/Ollama-first and by sharing one engine binary between a CLI and a native Windows desktop app via submodule
- iconUrl
- /research/harness-icons/mandocode.png
