What is Modo IDE?

modo — an open-source, MIT-licensed desktop AI IDE for developers and teams.

Spec-driven development workflow that turns prompts into requirements, design, and task checklists stored under .modo/specs for reproducible development.

Prompt-to-code pipeline with agents that generate documents, execute tasks, mark progress, and persist work across sessions.

Multi-provider LLM support, inline edit (Cmd+K), autocomplete, and AI chat integrated into the Void-based editor for contextual code generation and suggestions.

Support for MCP integration, external tool use, and an extension system to connect to developer workflows and registries.

Project-focused features include a spec mode session picker, requirements-first or design-first flows, and on-disk task persistence.

Targeted at individual developers, teams, and open-source maintainers needing structured AI-assisted coding, task automation, and traceable specs.

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Modo IDE's key features

Spec-driven workflow that converts prompts into requirements, designs, and task checklists stored under .modo/specs
Prompt-to-code pipeline with agents that generate documents, execute tasks, mark progress, and persist work across sessions
Multi-provider LLM support with inline edit (Cmd+K), autocomplete, and AI chat integrated into the Void-based editor
Integration and extension system supporting MCP, external tools, developer workflows, and registries
Project-focused tooling including spec-mode session picker, requirements-first/design-first flows, and on-disk task persistence

Modo IDE use cases

Convert stakeholder requirements into reproducible .modo/specs and task checklists using Modo, automatically generating spec-driven development plans, persisting tasks on-disk for traceable handoffs and enabling team collaboration through editor autocomplete and chat
Turn a high-level feature prompt into a prompt-to-code agent pipeline with Modo, producing scaffolded code, tests and runnable tasks across multiple LLMs, iterating in the desktop AI IDE with autocomplete, chat and extensions without leaving your workspace
Drive safe automated refactors and bug fixes by creating spec-driven refactor plans in Modo, running agent-based code generation to produce patches, persisting tasks for reproducibility and using multi-LLM validation and in-IDE reviews to approve changes