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Its standout feature is a Kanban-style Agent Command Center... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/my-favorite-coding-tool-isn-t-claude-code-or-codex-it-s-the-one-nobody-seems-to-talk-about-hzfoksseg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/hZfOKSSeG.png og:image:alt: My favorite coding tool isn’t Claude Code or Codex: it’s the one nobody seems to talk about og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- [XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers) [Read post](https://api.daily.dev/r/hZfOKSSeG) # [My favorite coding tool isn’t Claude Code or Codex: it’s the one nobody seems to talk about](https://api.daily.dev/r/hZfOKSSeG "Go to post") This title could be clearer and more informative.Try out Clickbait Shieldfor free (5 uses left this month). Devin Desktop is highlighted as an underrated AI coding tool compared to Claude Code and Codex. Its standout feature is a Kanban-style Agent Command Center that lets developers manage multiple AI agents as real work items rather than scattered chat sessions. The tool also introduces 'Spaces' for grouping related files, sessions, and pull requests, while retaining a full IDE so developers keep direct control over their code. The author argues Devin Desktop's real value is unifying the entire AI coding workflow — local agents, cloud agents, project context, and editor — in one place. 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