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Re: Show HN: Modo – I built an open-source alternative to Kiro, Cursor, and Windsurf

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Post by cfontes » Mon, Apr 06, 2026, 11:42 AM UTC

Can subagents work on multiple branchs at the sametime (in a sandbox or some other way)?

This is a major pain atm with any IDE, they all fight over the same git cmd instance and make a mess out of it. I have a custom setup for this but would like some more integrated way of solving this.

Re: Show HN: Modo – I built an open-source alternative to Kiro, Cursor, and Windsurf

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Post by xkbear89 » Mon, Apr 06, 2026, 12:40 PM UTC

cfontes wrote: post #21

Can subagents work on multiple branchs at the sametime (in a sandbox or some other way)? This is a major pain atm with any IDE, they all fight over the same git cmd instance and make a mess out of it. I have a custom setup for this but would like some more integrated way of solving this.

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Re: Show HN: Modo – I built an open-source alternative to Kiro, Cursor, and Windsurf

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Post by crefiz » Mon, Apr 06, 2026, 1:20 PM UTC

Why? Like legit question, did you do it for the academy or are you genuinely trying to add yet another (agentic) IDE into the market?

Re: Show HN: Modo – I built an open-source alternative to Kiro, Cursor, and Windsurf

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Post by neurworlds » Mon, Apr 06, 2026, 1:21 PM UTC

curious how Modo handles multi-file edits across a monorepo, that's where most tools fall apart for me

Re: Show HN: Modo – I built an open-source alternative to Kiro, Cursor, and Windsurf

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Post by zhichuanxun » Mon, Apr 06, 2026, 1:37 PM UTC

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Re: Show HN: Modo – I built an open-source alternative to Kiro, Cursor, and Windsurf

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Post by ElFitz » Mon, Apr 06, 2026, 2:06 PM UTC

cfontes wrote: post #21

Can subagents work on multiple branchs at the sametime (in a sandbox or some other way)? This is a major pain atm with any IDE, they all fight over the same git cmd instance and make a mess out of it. I have a custom setup for this but would like some more integrated way of solving this.

Should be doable with worktrees. Claude Code has a flag for that, others probably do too.

Re: Show HN: Modo – I built an open-source alternative to Kiro, Cursor, and Windsurf

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Post by rpdaiml » Mon, Apr 06, 2026, 2:14 PM UTC

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Re: Show HN: Modo – I built an open-source alternative to Kiro, Cursor, and Windsurf

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Post by zephyrwhimsy » Mon, Apr 06, 2026, 2:22 PM UTC

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Re: Show HN: Modo – I built an open-source alternative to Kiro, Cursor, and Windsurf

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Post by chrisweekly » Mon, Apr 06, 2026, 3:02 PM UTC

ElFitz wrote: post #26

cfontes wrote: post #21

Can subagents work on multiple branchs at the sametime (in a sandbox or some other way)? This is a major pain atm with any IDE, they all fight over the same git cmd instance and make a mess out of it. I have a custom setup for this but would like some more integrated way of solving this.

Should be doable with worktrees. Claude Code has a flag for that, others probably do too.

Yes, this; git worktree is a pretty standard solution, straightforward to leverage in any IDE or AI harness worth its salt.

Re: Show HN: Modo – I built an open-source alternative to Kiro, Cursor, and Windsurf

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Post by agdexai » Mon, Apr 06, 2026, 3:29 PM UTC

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