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<h1 align="center">MandoCode Desktop</h1>
<p align="center"><b>An AI coding assistant that lives on your machine, not someone else's server.</b></p>
<p align="center"><b>An AI coding assistant built on open-weight models, not someone else's closed one.</b></p>

<p align="center">
<a href="https://github.com/DevMando/MandoCode.Desktop/releases"><img alt="Latest release" src="https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/DevMando/MandoCode.Desktop?label=release"></a>
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<a href="https://ollama.com"><img alt="Platform: Ollama" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/platform-Ollama-000000"></a>
<a href="https://github.com/DevMando/MandoCode"><img alt="Engine: MandoCode CLI" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/engine-MandoCode%20CLI-informational"></a>
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<p align="center">Made with &lt;3 by Mando</p>

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Most AI coding tools assume you're always online, sending your code to someone else's servers, on
someone else's subscription. MandoCode doesn't have to. It runs entirely on your own machine through
[Ollama](https://ollama.com) — free, private, no API key, nothing metered per token — or, when you
want more horsepower, a cloud model when *you* choose to reach for one. Same assistant either way,
same conversation, your call.
Most AI coding tools lock you into one vendor's closed model — whatever they ship, whenever they
change it, on their terms. MandoCode runs on open-weight models instead, through
[Ollama](https://ollama.com): entirely on your own machine — free, private, no API key, nothing
metered per token — or a hosted model when you want more headroom. Same assistant either way, same
conversation, your call.

MandoCode Desktop takes that assistant and gives it an actual home on Windows, instead of a single
chat window bolted onto a terminal: several agents working in parallel, a real integrated shell, a
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## Screenshots

*(Drop your images into `docs/screenshots/` with the filenames below and they'll show up here —
see `docs/screenshots/README.md` for the exact list.)*
*(Drop your images into `docs/screenshots/` with the filenames below and they'll show up here.)*

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<img src="docs/screenshots/chat-and-agents.png" width="100%" alt="Chat with multiple agent tabs">
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Two problems, one app:

- **You shouldn't need a cloud subscription to have an AI pair programmer.** MandoCode is
local-first — point it at Ollama and it runs on your own hardware, on your own data, for free. A
cloud model is there if you want the extra ceiling, never because the app requires it.
- **A coding assistant is something you live in all day, not a popup.** So it gets a real app:
multiple agents open at once, a real shell, a file tree that actually knows about git, a place to
jot down a thought without opening a text editor, and a look you can make your own instead of one
fixed dark theme.
- **Open models, your choice — never one vendor's.** MandoCode runs on open-weight models through
Ollama: swap models per agent, run one entirely on your own hardware for free, or reach for a
hosted model when you want more ceiling. You're never locked to a single closed API.
- **A coding assistant is something you live in all day, not a popup.** So it gets a real native
app built on C#, WinUI 3, and Semantic Kernel's Ollama connector — multiple agents open at once,
a real shell, a file tree that actually knows about git, a place to jot down a thought without
opening a text editor, and a look you can make your own instead of one fixed dark theme.

## Features

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