No open-source desktop coding agent with flexible model switching
A developer who likes Pi's ability to switch AI models and add custom features is looking for an open-source coding agent with a desktop client, and hasn't found a good option. This reflects a gap in the fast-growing AI coding-agent ecosystem for self-hostable, model-agnostic desktop tooling.
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