Paseo covers every device. Token Intelligence covers the token cost.
Token Intelligence is Tempest's core feature: a local knowledge graph built once, shared across every parallel agent session — up to 86% fewer tokens, up to 92% fewer tool calls. Paseo is a genuinely impressive tool: mobile apps, a web client, CLI, local-first voice, E2E encrypted relay, cron scheduling, and 34+ agents. Both are free. The question is whether reach or token efficiency is the constraint you need to solve.
| Feature | Tempest | Paseo |
|---|---|---|
| Shared knowledge graph | Yes — indexed once, shared across all agents | I did not find an equivalent documented |
| Token efficiency | Up to 86% fewer | I did not find equivalent claims |
| Fewer tool calls | Up to 92% fewer | I did not find equivalent claims |
| Git worktree isolation | Per agent session | Yes |
| Parallel agents | Unlimited | Yes — 34+ agents supported |
| Windows support | Yes | I did not find a Windows desktop app |
| macOS support | Yes | Yes |
| Linux support | Build from source today | Yes |
| Mobile (iOS / Android) | No | Yes — iOS App Store and Google Play |
| Web client | No | Yes |
| CLI client | No | Yes |
| Remote access / relay | No | Yes — E2E encrypted relay, Tailscale, Cloudflare |
| Cron / scheduled runs | No | Yes — via CLI |
| Local-first voice | No | Yes — runs entirely on-device |
| Background daemon | No — desktop app only | Optional — can also run headless via CLI |
| No account required | Yes — fully local | Provider credentials only |
| License | Apache 2.0 | Open source (specific license on GitHub) |
| Price | Free | Free |
Paseo details based on public information at paseo.sh, reviewed 2026-07-25. If anything is wrong or outdated, open an issue on our GitHub and we will fix it.
Two honest recommendations.
Pick Paseo
Agents from anywhere: phone, tablet, browser, CLI.
Pick Paseo if you need agents accessible from anywhere — a phone, tablet, browser, or CLI. Its multi-client architecture with E2E encrypted relay, Tailscale support, local-first voice, and cron scheduling is built for exactly those workflows.
Pick Tempest
Your API bill and your desktop are the constraints.
Without Token Intelligence, every parallel agent session pays the full cost of reading your repository independently. Token Intelligence indexes it once — every agent then queries the shared graph instead of re-reading files. Up to 86% fewer tokens, up to 92% fewer tool calls. Native Windows binaries and no background daemon.
Both free. One shared index. That is the number that moves your bill.
The token gap is the real differentiator
Paseo is genuinely impressive — remote access, mobile, voice, scheduling, 34+ agents. But each agent session still reads your repository from scratch. Tempest's shared knowledge graph means that cost is paid once, not once per session. It compounds with every agent you add.
Windows binaries, no daemon
Paseo's desktop app targets macOS. Tempest ships native Windows binaries now. And unlike Paseo's daemon-based architecture (optional but needed for multi-client access), Tempest is just a desktop app — open it, close it, nothing running in the background.
Both free. One structural advantage.
Both tools are free and open source. The architectural difference is the shared knowledge graph — it is not a feature you can toggle on in Paseo. If token cost is your constraint, that is the one gap between them.
86% fewer tokens. Every parallel session. Free.
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