| Acolyte |
Terminal agent |
TS |
Local-first, lifecycle-driven, observable |
| Codex |
Terminal agent |
Rust |
OpenAI's agent, sandbox execution |
| Aider |
Terminal agent |
Python |
Git-native, repo map, established |
| Goose |
Terminal agent |
Rust |
Block-backed, MCP extensions |
| Crush |
Terminal agent |
Go |
Charm's agent, Bubble Tea TUI, SKILL.md support |
| Mistral Vibe |
Terminal agent |
Python |
Mistral's agent, Devstral 2 |
| Qwen Code |
Terminal agent |
TS |
Alibaba's agent, Gemini CLI fork, free tier |
| Plandex |
Terminal agent |
Go |
Planning-focused, multi-file |
| OpenCode |
Terminal agent |
TS |
TUI/web/desktop |
| OpenClaw |
Terminal agent |
TS |
Personal AI assistant, WebSocket control plane |
| iFlow CLI |
Terminal agent |
TS |
Free Chinese models, subagent system |
| Kode |
Terminal agent |
TS |
Multi-model, @mention system |
| Neovate |
Terminal agent |
TS |
Plugin ecosystem, spec-driven |
| AdaL |
Terminal + web |
Python |
Self-evolving, learns team patterns |
| Cline |
IDE extension |
TS |
Approval-first, subagents, CLI 2.0, 5M installs |
| Roo Code |
IDE extension |
TS |
Cline fork, custom modes, SOC 2, team features |
| Kilo Code |
IDE + CLI |
TS |
Roo/Cline fork, orchestrator mode, 1.5M users |
| Continue |
IDE extension |
TS |
VS Code/JetBrains, model-agnostic |
| Pochi |
IDE + CLI |
TS |
TabbyML, parallel agents, Slack integration |
| OpenHands |
Platform |
Python |
Docker sandbox, web UI, multi-agent |
| Pi |
Agent SDK |
TS |
SDK harness, not a standalone agent |
