Not a VS Code fork
A native app built from scratch for speed. It opens fast and stays light on memory, even in long sessions.
a native coding agent
Lives on your desktop.
Not in the cloud.
Metaphor plans, edits and tests code in your repo, on your machine. It is built for developers who read the diff.
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Spends fewer tokens
Routine work goes to small, cheap models and only what matters is sent with each request. The big model only gets the hard part.
Built for you and your agent
You see every diff and approve every command. The agent gets a sandboxed shell and an index of your code, so it finds the right files the first time.