Show HN: AWS's Kiro just got an Open source Codex

Category: devtools

Tags: ai-coding-assistant, desktop-app, git-integration, tauri, agent-client-protocol

Score: 6.3/10 (Innovation: 4, Technical: 7, Documentation: 8, Utility: 6)

Kirodex is a native desktop application that provides AI coding agents via the Agent Client Protocol, enabling threaded agentic development with integrated chat, code diffs, Git worktrees, and a terminal. It's interesting because it combines multiple complex systems (Tauri for cross-platform native apps, git2 for Git operations, worktree isolation, and AI agent orchestration) into a lightweight, non-Electron desktop tool for AI-assisted coding.

Target audience: backend devs, full-stack devs

Repository: https://github.com/thabti/kirodex · TypeScript · 33 stars

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