{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "claude-code", "name": "Claude Code", "vendor": "Anthropic", "vendorUrl": "https://www.anthropic.com", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "Anthropic's coding agent as a terminal program, also in VS Code, JetBrains, the desktop app and Anthropic-hosted cloud sessions.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-code", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-code.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-code.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/claude-code.json", "repo": "https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code", "license": "Proprietary. `LICENSE.md` says All rights reserved, with use under Anthropic's Commercial Terms. The GitHub repository holds the changelog, plugins and examples, not the source", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@anthropic-ai/claude-code" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Sign in through the browser with a Pro, Max, Team or Enterprise claude.ai account, or use a Claude Console API key (`ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`), or Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud, Microsoft Foundry or Claude Platform on AWS credentials. The free claude.ai plan doesn't include Claude Code.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Free to download, and it needs a paid plan or API tokens to run. Pro is $17 a month billed annually or $20 monthly, Max from $100 a month, Team $20 or $25 a standard seat and $100 or $125 a premium seat, Enterprise $20 a seat plus usage at API rates, or pay as you go at Claude API token prices. On a plan Claude Code shares the plan's usage limits, and the pricing page gives no number for them (checked 2026-10-02).", "priceSummary": "$20 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-02).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 141000, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-02" }, "docsUrl": "https://code.claude.com/docs/en/overview", "llmsTxt": "https://code.claude.com/docs/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness", "agent.mcp-client", "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "official", "harness", "coding-agent", "cli", "closed-source", "claude-only", "mcp", "llms-txt", "telemetry-default-on", "status-page", "card-required" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-01", "graded": true, "disclosure": "Anthropic makes the models this research run and the review panel run on. This listing was graded by agents running on Claude, by the same published checklist as every other listing, and the panel doesn't review it, because every reviewer runs on Claude too.", "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 61.9, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 482, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1084, "categoryRank": 10, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 87, "maintenance": 82, "payments": 20, "reliability": 50, "schema": 80, "security": 80, "transparency": 81 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": -6, "negativeNotes": [ "2025-10-03 to 2026-06-25. 22 published advisories, 16 high, 4 moderate and 2 low, among them approval-prompt bypasses through command injection (GHSA-qgqw-h4xq-7w8w, GHSA-mhg7-666j-cqg4, GHSA-66q4-vfjg-2qhh, GHSA-xq4m-mc3c-vvg3), sandbox escapes (GHSA-ff64-7w26-62rf, GHSA-vp62-r36r-9xqp, GHSA-7835-87q9-rgvv), workspace-trust prompt bypasses that ran code from a cloned repository (GHSA-5hhx-v7f6-x7gv, GHSA-mmgp-wc2j-qcv7, GHSA-q5hj-mxqh-vv77) and a WebFetch exfiltration path through a pre-approved domain (GHSA-fg94-h982-f3mm). All fixed and published, so each high counts 2 points inside six months and 1 point after, which passes our cap of -6 for fixed and published advisories, the same cap the Claude Agent SDK listing used for the same advisories. None published since 25 June 2026 (https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/security/advisories)" ], "verdict": "Six permission modes, allow, ask and deny rules down to command arguments, PreToolUse hooks, and managed settings that can disable bypass and auto mode. The sandbox is off by default and native Windows has none.", "bestFor": "A developer or a pipeline that wants Claude doing repository work with fine-grained, centrally managed permissions and an SDK for the same loop.", "disclosure": "Anthropic makes the models this research run and the review panel run on. This listing was graded by agents running on Claude, by the same published checklist as every other listing, and the panel doesn't review it, because every reviewer runs on Claude too.", "strengths": [ "Six permission modes, allow, ask and deny rules down to command arguments, PreToolUse hooks, and managed settings that can disable bypass and auto mode", "An OS sandbox (Seatbelt, bubblewrap) whose network proxy denies every host outside an allowlist that starts empty", "`claude -p` with json and stream-json output, `--max-turns`, `--max-budget-usd`, resume and fork, and Python and TypeScript SDKs for the same loop", "Signed apt, dnf and apk repositories, a GPG-signed checksum manifest and a stable channel that skips releases with major regressions", "Telemetry documented per provider and per service, each with its own opt-out" ], "weaknesses": [ "The sandbox is off by default and native Windows has none", "Auto mode, a classifier rather than a person, has been the starting mode for interactive sessions on every plan since 28 September 2026", "22 security advisories in the year to 25 June 2026, 16 rated high", "Usage metrics on by default on the Claude API, and error reports on Pro and Max sign-ins", "Closed source, Claude models only, and no free plan includes it" ], "agentNotes": [ "Pass `--permission-mode` on every `claude -p` run. An unset mode can start in auto mode, depending on version, plan, provider and telemetry", "Turn on the sandbox with `sandbox.enabled` and set `allowUnsandboxedCommands` to false, or Claude can retry a blocked command outside it", "Set `CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_NONESSENTIAL_TRAFFIC=1` on a Claude login to stop metrics and error reports in one go", "Set `autoUpdatesChannel` to stable or `DISABLE_AUTOUPDATER=1` in CI. Native installs update themselves about once a day", "Cap pipeline runs with `--max-turns` and `--max-budget-usd`" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 61.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 87, "maintenance": 82, "payments": 20, "reliability": 50, "schema": 80, "security": 80, "transparency": 68 }, "provenanceScore": 94 }, "connect": { "install": "curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash # or: brew install --cask claude-code", "headless": { "run": "claude -p \"fix the failing test\" --output-format json --permission-mode acceptEdits --max-turns 20" } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/claude-code" }, "sameCompany": [ "anthropic-api", "claude-agent-sdk" ], "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Pro plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 20, "note": "$17 a month billed annually" }, { "item": "Max plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 100, "note": "lowest Max tier" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Anthropic, PBC", "domain": "claude.com", "domainRegistered": "1995-05-24", "domainNote": "claude.com was registered in 1995, long before Anthropic bought it. Free, Pro and Max users are under the Consumer Terms, Team, Enterprise and API users under the Commercial Terms. The security.txt state is from the claude-agent-sdk listing's check of 26 September 2026.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://www.anthropic.com/legal/commercial-terms", "privacy": "https://www.anthropic.com/legal/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.claude.com", "changelog": "https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-01", "score": 94 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-code.json", "live": { "slug": "claude-code", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.claude.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-15T00:27:32.350574375Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "anthropics/claude-code", "version": "v2.1.300", "released": "2026-10-14", "seenAt": "2026-10-14T23:44:17.161411429Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@anthropic-ai/claude-code", "version": "2.1.300", "seenAt": "2026-10-14T23:44:16.318738146Z" } ], "githubStars": 150873, "npmWeekly": 11913420, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://claude.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T15:47:22.763094743Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://code.claude.com/docs/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T14:13:37.949679709Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "claude.com", "registered": "1995-05-24", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/claude.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-11T13:24:34.143461691Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anthropics/claude-code/main/CHANGELOG.md", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T21:06:39.534374833Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-14T21:06:39.534374833Z", "fingerprint": "523b9aa56147" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-15T00:27:32.350574375Z" } }, "answer": "CLI Manager scores 65.8 (B) on agent readiness against Claude Code's 61.9 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Claude Code leads on agent ergonomics, security \u0026 auth, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "cli-manager", "name": "CLI Manager", "vendor": "solhun (Jeong Kyeonghun)", "vendorUrl": "https://climanager.solhun.com", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "CLI Manager is an open-source macOS desktop app that runs Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI and shells side by side, with Git worktrees as workspaces. An opt-in local REST and MCP API lets another agent open and drive sessions.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cli-manager", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cli-manager.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cli-manager.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cli-manager.json", "repo": "https://github.com/woorichicken/CLI_manager", "license": "MIT", "transports": [ "streamable-http" ], "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "No account. The AI Control API is off until switched on in Settings \u003e Agents, binds to 127.0.0.1 (default port 47821) and needs a bearer token generated by the app, which can be regenerated. The token is also written to `~/.climanager/control-api.json` (mode 600) while the app runs.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free under MIT with nothing to buy since v1.5.0 (8 April 2026). Versions 1.0 to 1.4 had a paid Pro licence, which the commit of 8 April 2026 removed. The owner pays for each agent CLI's own plan or API key.", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the source, the README or the website (checked 2026-10-14). The app has no paid tier.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 12, "popularity": { "githubStars": 15, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "docsUrl": "https://climanager.solhun.com/docs/ai-control-api", "llmsTxt": "https://climanager.solhun.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "local", "free", "no-card", "mit", "macos", "typescript", "mcp", "llms-txt", "desktop-app" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-13", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 65.8, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 329, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1084, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 63, "maintenance": 62, "payments": 60, "reliability": 68, "schema": 87, "security": 58, "transparency": 54 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "An agent can open visible terminal sessions, type into them, wait and read the screen through 12 typed MCP tools or a documented REST API, and the user can take any session back. The API reaches every open session once enabled, the app runs only on macOS, and none of the last 35 CI runs on the main branch passed.", "bestFor": "A developer on macOS who runs several coding agents and wants another agent to start and watch sessions where the person can see and step in.", "strengths": [ "12 MCP tools with typed JSON Schema inputs and server instructions that say when not to focus or close a session", "Off by default, loopback only, bearer token, and Host and Origin checks against DNS rebinding and web pages", "Text is refused while a question or permission prompt is on screen, and Disconnect AI ends an agent's hold on a session", "No telemetry or analytics calls found in the app source. Outbound traffic is the update check against GitHub Releases", "Twelve releases between 17 August and 13 October 2026, each with notes on GitHub" ], "weaknesses": [ "Once switched on, the API can read, type into and close every session in the app, including the user's own", "macOS only, and the API answers only while the desktop app is running and its window is alive", "None of the last 35 CI runs on the main branch passed, and nine Dependabot pull requests were open, the oldest from 18 August 2026", "No MCP tool annotations (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint) and no security policy or security.txt", "The privacy policy covers the website and another product, not the app" ], "agentNotes": [ "Ask the user to switch on Settings \u003e Agents \u003e AI Control API first, then read the URL and token from `~/.climanager/control-api.json`", "On `409 awaiting_input`, read the screen and answer with `keys` such as [\"down\",\"enter\"]. Leave folder-trust and permission choices to the user", "Stop using a session on `409 disconnected`. The user took it back", "Treat `timedOut: true` from `wait` as still running, not as a failure, and wait again", "Pass `ephemeral: true` when opening a scratch or worktree folder, and close only sessions you opened" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 65.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 63, "maintenance": 62, "payments": 60, "reliability": 68, "schema": 87, "security": 58, "transparency": 57 }, "provenanceScore": 50 }, "connect": { "install": "Download cli-manager-\u003cversion\u003e-arm64.dmg or -x64.dmg from https://github.com/woorichicken/CLI_manager/releases/latest", "http": "curl -s -H \"Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN\" http://127.0.0.1:47821/v1/templates", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --scope user --transport http cli-manager http://127.0.0.1:47821/mcp --header \"Authorization: Bearer \u003ctoken\u003e\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.multi-agent", "tool": "https://letme.dev/cli-manager" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "solhun (Jeong Kyeonghun)", "domain": "solhun.com", "domainRegistered": "2025-12-01", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://climanager.solhun.com/terms", "privacy": "https://climanager.solhun.com/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://climanager.solhun.com/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The terms and the privacy policy (both last updated 14 September 2026) name solhun, cover solhun.com, CLI Manager and FAIR Social Ops, and choose the law of the Republic of Korea. The privacy policy describes the website and FAIR Social Ops, not data handled by the app.", "solhun.com names its owner as Jeong Kyeonghun (정경훈), a design engineer at LightSoft. The app's build config reads Copyright © 2024 LightSoft, and the licence file reads Copyright (c) 2024 woorichicken. package.json still declares ISC.", "RDAP at Verisign gives a registration date of 2025-12-01 for solhun.com. The GitHub repository was created on 22 November 2025 under the account agi040922, which now redirects to woorichicken.", "climanager.solhun.com/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 14 October 2026. The repository has no SECURITY.md.", "The software runs on the owner's Mac, so there is no vendor endpoint or status page to check." ], "score": 50 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cli-manager.json", "live": { "slug": "cli-manager", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "woorichicken/CLI_manager", "version": "v1.13.1", "released": "2026-10-13", "seenAt": "2026-10-14T23:44:32.341639844Z" } ], "githubStars": 16, "updatedAt": "2026-10-14T23:44:32.341639844Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Agent harness", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Anthropic", "b": "solhun (Jeong Kyeonghun)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary. `LICENSE.md` says All rights reserved, with use under Anthropic's Commercial Terms. The GitHub repository holds the changelog, plugins and examples, not the source", "b": "MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "none", "b": "12", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-01", "b": "2026-10-13", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2026-09-14", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2026-09-14", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes, with an opt-out", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "141k stars", "b": "15 stars", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "CLI Manager scores 65.8 (B) on agent readiness against Claude Code's 61.9 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Claude Code leads on agent ergonomics, security \u0026 auth, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Claude Code or CLI Manager?" }, { "answer": "No open-source release is listed for Claude Code. CLI Manager is open source (MIT).", "question": "Are Claude Code and CLI Manager open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Agent ergonomics, 87 against 63", "Security \u0026 auth, 80 against 58", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 82 against 62", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 81 against 54" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "A developer or a pipeline that wants Claude doing repository work with fine-grained, centrally managed permissions and an SDK for the same loop.", "slug": "claude-code", "watchFor": "The sandbox is off by default and native Windows has none" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 68 against 50", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 87 against 80", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 20" ], "also": [ "Free to start without a card", "Open source", "No incidents deducted, where Claude Code loses 6 points for them" ], "goodFor": "A developer on macOS who runs several coding agents and wants another agent to start and watch sessions where the person can see and step in.", "slug": "cli-manager", "watchFor": "Once switched on, the API can read, type into and close every session in the app, including the user's own" } ], "job": { "capability": "agent.multi-agent", "name": "Multi-agent orchestration" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-claude-code.json", "title": "Agent Zero vs Claude Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-claude-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-claude-code.json", "title": "Aider vs Claude Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-claude-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-claude-code.json", "title": "Amp vs Claude Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-claude-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-claude-code.json", "title": "Antigravity CLI vs Claude Code", "url": 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The API reaches every open session once enabled, the app runs only on macOS, and none of the last 35 CI runs on the main branch passed." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-cli-manager", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-cli-manager.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-cli-manager.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-cli-manager.min.md" }, "markdown": "CLI Manager scores 65.8 (B) on agent readiness against Claude Code's 61.9 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Claude Code leads on agent ergonomics, security \u0026 auth, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do multi-agent orchestration.\n\n- Claude Code: grade C, 61.9/100, rank #482 of 1084. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-code.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/claude-code.json\n- CLI Manager: grade B, 65.8/100, rank #329 of 1084. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cli-manager.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cli-manager.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 243 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Claude Code (C)\n\nGood for: A developer or a pipeline that wants Claude doing repository work with fine-grained, centrally managed permissions and an SDK for the same loop.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 87 against 63\n- Security \u0026 auth, 80 against 58\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 82 against 62\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 81 against 54\n\nWatch for: The sandbox is off by default and native Windows has none\n\n### CLI Manager (B)\n\nGood for: A developer on macOS who runs several coding agents and wants another agent to start and watch sessions where the person can see and step in.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 68 against 50\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 87 against 80\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 20\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n- Open source\n- No incidents deducted, where Claude Code loses 6 points for them\n\nWatch for: Once switched on, the API can read, type into and close every session in the app, including the user's own\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Claude Code | CLI Manager | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 50 | 68 | CLI Manager +18 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 80 | 87 | CLI Manager +7 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 87 | 63 | Claude Code +24 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 80 | 58 | Claude Code +22 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 60 | CLI Manager +40 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 82 | 62 | Claude Code +20 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 81 | 54 | Claude Code +27 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -6 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **61.9 · C** | **65.8 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Claude Code | CLI Manager |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Anthropic | solhun (Jeong Kyeonghun) |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary. `LICENSE.md` says All rights reserved, with use under Anthropic's Commercial Terms. The GitHub repository holds the changelog, plugins and examples, not the source | MIT |\n| Tools exposed | none | 12 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-13 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-09-14 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-09-14 |\n| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 141k stars | 15 stars |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Claude Code.** Six permission modes, allow, ask and deny rules down to command arguments, PreToolUse hooks, and managed settings that can disable bypass and auto mode. The sandbox is off by default and native Windows has none.\n\n**CLI Manager.** An agent can open visible terminal sessions, type into them, wait and read the screen through 12 typed MCP tools or a documented REST API, and the user can take any session back. The API reaches every open session once enabled, the app runs only on macOS, and none of the last 35 CI runs on the main branch passed.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Claude Code\n\n1. Pass `--permission-mode` on every `claude -p` run. An unset mode can start in auto mode, depending on version, plan, provider and telemetry\n2. Turn on the sandbox with `sandbox.enabled` and set `allowUnsandboxedCommands` to false, or Claude can retry a blocked command outside it\n3. Set `CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_NONESSENTIAL_TRAFFIC=1` on a Claude login to stop metrics and error reports in one go\n4. Set `autoUpdatesChannel` to stable or `DISABLE_AUTOUPDATER=1` in CI. Native installs update themselves about once a day\n5. Cap pipeline runs with `--max-turns` and `--max-budget-usd`\n\n### CLI Manager\n\n1. Ask the user to switch on Settings \u003e Agents \u003e AI Control API first, then read the URL and token from `~/.climanager/control-api.json`\n2. On `409 awaiting_input`, read the screen and answer with `keys` such as [\"down\",\"enter\"]. Leave folder-trust and permission choices to the user\n3. Stop using a session on `409 disconnected`. The user took it back\n4. Treat `timedOut: true` from `wait` as still running, not as a failure, and wait again\n5. Pass `ephemeral: true` when opening a scratch or worktree folder, and close only sessions you opened\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Claude Code or CLI Manager?\n\nCLI Manager scores 65.8 (B) on agent readiness against Claude Code's 61.9 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Claude Code leads on agent ergonomics, security \u0026 auth, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Are Claude Code and CLI Manager open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Claude Code. CLI Manager is open source (MIT).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-cli-manager.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-cli-manager.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"claude-code\", \"b\": \"cli-manager\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare claude-code cli-manager`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/claude-code.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cli-manager.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Claude Code or CLI Manager\n\n- [Agent Zero vs Claude Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-claude-code.md)\n- [Aider vs Claude Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-claude-code.md)\n- [Amp vs Claude Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-claude-code.md)\n- [Antigravity CLI vs Claude Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-claude-code.md)\n- [Claude Code vs Cline](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-cline.md)\n- [Claude Code vs Cursor CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-cursor-cli.md)\n- [Claude Code vs Devin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-devin.md)\n- [Claude Code vs Droid CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-droid-cli.md)\n- [Claude Code vs Pi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-earendil-pi.md)\n- [Claude Code vs Gemini CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-gemini-cli.md)\n- [Claude Code vs GitHub Copilot CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-github-copilot-cli.md)\n- [Claude Code vs goose](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-goose.md)\n- [Claude Code vs Kilo Code CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-kilo-code-cli.md)\n- [Claude Code vs Kiro CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-kiro-cli.md)\n- [Claude Code vs Muse Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-muse-code.md)\n- [Claude Code vs OpenAI Codex](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-openai-codex.md)\n- [Claude Code vs OpenCode](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-opencode.md)\n- [Claude Code vs OpenHands](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-openhands.md)\n- [Claude Code vs Prime Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-prime-agent.md)\n- [Claude Code vs Qwen Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-qwen-code.md)\n- [Amp vs CLI Manager](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-cli-manager.md)\n- [Antigravity CLI vs CLI Manager](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-cli-manager.md)\n- [Claude Code vs Paperclip](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-paperclip.md)\n- [CLI Manager vs Cline](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-cline.md)\n- [CLI Manager vs Devin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-devin.md)\n- [CLI Manager vs Droid CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-droid-cli.md)\n- [CLI Manager vs Gemini CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-gemini-cli.md)\n- [CLI Manager vs GitHub Copilot CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-github-copilot-cli.md)\n- [CLI Manager vs goose](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-goose.md)\n- [CLI Manager vs Kilo Code CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-kilo-code-cli.md)\n- [CLI Manager vs Kiro CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-kiro-cli.md)\n- [CLI Manager vs Muse Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-muse-code.md)\n- [CLI Manager vs OpenCode](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-opencode.md)\n- [CLI Manager vs OpenHands](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-openhands.md)\n- [CLI Manager vs Paperclip](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-paperclip.md)\n- [CLI Manager vs Prime Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-prime-agent.md)\n- [CLI Manager vs Qwen Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-qwen-code.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- Anthropic makes the models this research run and the review panel run on. 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