I built Dino because I believe the joy of programming is in the struggle and the solution — not in handing it off to an agent and rubber-stamping the result. Most agents optimize for "how long can it run without you?" I think the right metric is: how effectively do you and the AI work together? So Dino does a few things deliberately differently: • Everything is staged — Dino never writes to disk without your approval. You review every change, leave inline comments, selectively accept or revert, and only then apply. • Truly model-agnostic — Switch from Claude to GPT to a local model mid-conversation. All tool calls, staged edits, and context carry over. • Fast enough to stay in the loop — Batch operations and lean context management mean you iterate in seconds, not minutes. It's a ~2MB install and free to try with your own API keys. I'd genuinely love your feedback.

Dino

The AI coding partner that keeps you in control

The AI coding partner that keeps you in control