I can’t tolerate anything other than Pi anymore.

Why? - session management - accurate (unlike OpenCode last time I tried), tree structured (allows me to jump back and forth to manage context growth), compaction is just another message and pi manages which subtree to send to the model - fast - super customizable - no hidden stuff - sane defaults - it is a shame that this is a differentiator.

PI is best for any local model not just Qwen but you can use hermes as it offers more kind of productivity though hermes is not optimized right for local agents which will somewhat affect your work balance but with some tweaks like

1.Trim the Token Tax: Run hermes tools and turn off everthing unused 2.Enable KV Cache / Prefix Caching

I've been mostly drawn to pi simply because I can modify it so easily to have extensions or behavior I want.

pi.dev with

"packages": [ "npm:context-mode", "npm:pi-subagents", "npm:pi-web-access", "npm:pi-bar", "npm:pi-opencode-bridge", "npm:@ssweens/pi-leash", "npm:pi-caveman", "npm:@ff-labs/pi-fff", "npm:pi-ui-hephaestus", "npm:@alexanderfortin/pi-zai-usage", "npm:pi-cache-optimizer", "npm:@hypabolic/pi-hypa" ]

opencode, pretty good setup out of the box, no need to go through and find packages for the basics like pi

there are MCP/skills for browser integration that work in any harness