# Broccoli 10 Hacker News commenters recommended Broccoli and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months. **Verdict:** Open-source coding agent that runs in your own cloud with no third-party control plane, and multiple rounds of review on its output. ## Why people recommend it - Full control, runs in own cloud (2 comments): "Moving that to your own cloud with no third-party control plane feels like the right middle ground." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47872076)) "The main difference is that you have full control over this!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47868599)) - Multiple rounds of review and critique (2 comments): "Everything on Broccoli goes through multiple rounds of design critiques, and then multiple rounds of code review" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48041449)) "We see much better results from calling the models independently and do adversarial review and response." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47868804)) - Open source with detailed setup docs (2 comments): "Like the detailed setup instructions in the readme!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47866278)) "Thanks for making it open source" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47866298)) - Well received by commenters (2 comments): "this is exactly what I was looking for!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47868461)) "Good on you for putting it out there." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47870603)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Hax coding agent](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hax.md): 28 recommend - [Roo Code](https://hackerapproved.com/p/roo-code.md): 26 recommend - [Qwen Code](https://hackerapproved.com/p/qwen-code.md): 25 recommend - [MiMo Code](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mimo-code.md): 24 recommend - [GitHub Copilot Chat](https://hackerapproved.com/p/github-copilot-chat.md): 10 recommend ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Broccoli", https://hackerapproved.com/p/broccoli/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).