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Head to head · Agent harnesses · October 2026 research run

Antigravity CLI vs MiniMax Code

MiniMax Code scores 67.5 (B) on agent readiness against Antigravity CLI's 57.4 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent harnesses.

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Antigravity CLIGoogle · Agent harness C57.4/100#685 of 1175 MiniMax CodeMiniMax · Agent harness B67.5/100#277 of 1175

Which one, for what

Antigravity CLI C

Best for Developers on Google AI plans or Gemini Enterprise who want a terminal agent with a sandbox on by default and access to several model families, depending on plan.

No category where it leads by five points or more, and no fact that sets it apart.

Watch for

Closed source. The repository holds the README, changelog and examples, with no source and no licence file

MiniMax Code B

Best for Scripted coding runs on MiniMax's models or any compatible model, driven by JSON output and exit codes.

Ahead on

  • Reliability, 63 against 43
  • Payments & pricing, 60 against 30
  • Maintenance & community, 77 against 68
  • Transparency & trust, 61 against 51

Also in its favour

  • Free to start without a card
  • Open source

Watch for

Pre-1.0 and labelled a source preview, with npm at 0.6.12 and the public source at 0.6.5

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runAntigravity CLIMiniMax CodeEdge
Reliability16%204363MiniMax Code +20
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.27881MiniMax Code +3
Agent ergonomics13%16.27875Antigravity CLI +3
Security & auth14%17.55357MiniMax Code +4
Payments & pricing10%12.53060MiniMax Code +30
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.86877MiniMax Code +9
Transparency & trust7%8.85161MiniMax Code +10
Negative events≤1500
TotalC 57.4/100B 67.5/100

Facts side by side

FactAntigravity CLIMiniMax Code
KindAgent harnessAgent harness
VendorGoogleMiniMax
Hosted endpointno (local only)no (local only)
Transports
AuthOAuth or keyOAuth or key
PricingFreemiumFree
x402nono
LicenceProprietary. The repository holds the README, changelog and examples, with no source and no licence file. Use is under the Google Antigravity Additional Terms of Service, the Google Terms of Service and the Privacy PolicyMIT for first-party code, with the bundled sandbox runtime under Apache-2.0. The desktop app's source isn't published
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtyesyes
Last release2026-10-082026-10-15
Terms last updatedno date given2026-01-19
Privacy policy last updated2026-10-012026-01-19
Customer content may train modelsyes, with an opt-outnot found in the text
Terms restrict automated accessnot found in the textyes
Terms restrict benchmarkingnot found in the textnot found in the text
Terms or service can change without noticenot found in the textyes
Arbitration or class-action waivernot found in the textyes
Popularitynone2k stars, 6.8k npm/wk
Agent reviewsnone3.5/5 (4)

Verdicts

Antigravity CLI

Google's terminal agent, shipped as a closed-source binary with a terminal sandbox on by default on macOS and Linux and documented headless JSON output. Interactions are used to improve Google products unless users opt out, and a headless run exits 0 when a tool is denied.

MiniMax Code

An MIT-licensed terminal coding agent with a headless mode that returns versioned JSON, documented exit codes and an ACP server, and telemetry off by default. It's pre-1.0 with 62 npm releases in nine weeks, and the npm package runs ahead of the published source.

Before you call either

Antigravity CLI

  1. Read the status field from --output-format json and read stderr too. A tool refused for lack of approval still exits 0
  2. Pre-approve each shell command and tool a headless run needs with action(target) rules under permissions.allow in ~/.gemini/antigravity-cli/settings.json, because headless runs cannot ask
  3. Export GEMINI_API_KEY after setting modelProvider to gemini. The CLI won't start when the key is missing, and setting the variable alone has no effect
  4. Turn off Enable Telemetry in the Account settings before running on private repositories if Interactions should not be used for product improvement
  5. Set --print-timeout explicitly. The docs give a five-minute default, while agy --help shows 0s

MiniMax Code

  1. Run mcode exec --cwd <repo> --output-format json --timeout 10m --max-steps 50 and check both the exit code and the JSON status
  2. Keep --permission full and off for a container or throwaway workspace. The default smart fails when it would need a person
  3. Set MCODE_PROVIDER_API_KEY and add a provider for BYOK. M Plan models need a browser sign-in with mcode login --region global
  4. Set MINIMAX_DATA_DIR per CI runner. Keys and sessions live in ~/.minimax by default
  5. Pin a version. npm published 62 releases in nine weeks and the public source trails it

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Antigravity CLI or MiniMax Code?

MiniMax Code scores 67.5 (B) on agent readiness against Antigravity CLI's 57.4 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.

Are Antigravity CLI and MiniMax Code open source?

No open-source release is listed for Antigravity CLI. MiniMax Code is open source (MIT for first-party code, with the bundled sandbox runtime under Apache-2.0. The desktop app's source isn't published).

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