{ "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 billed annually with a 20-seat minimum, 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 2026-10-17).", "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": "2026-10-16", "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 re-checked on 15 October 2026 with every judgement call written in the note. Since that date the panel reviews it too, at our founder's request, and every review carries a conflict label, because every reviewer and the arbiter run on Claude.", "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 59.9, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 588, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1146, "categoryRank": 17, "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": "2026-10-17" }, "negative": -8, "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. Since then the advisories page, read on 15 October, lists GHSA-gfvf-j8jh-jxxw (Low, 29 September, managed settings not applied when a stored API key was preferred) and GHSA-5j29-h97v-84ch (High, 5 October, arbitrary file write by symlink following), both published and read as fixed. GitHub's reviewed advisory database, read through OSV on 17 October, adds GHSA-pq7j-f95f-qfcv (CVE-2026-86063, High, published 15 October 2026, a plugin hash-pin bypass in the plugin install flow, fixed in 2.1.179). All three sit under the same cap (https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/security/advisories and https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-pq7j-f95f-qfcv). -6", "2026-10-02 to 2026-10-14. The changelog for 2.1.288 to 2.1.300 lists fixes for a dangerous `rm` inside `bash -c` running without a prompt under a shell allow rule (2.1.288, 2 October), Bash deny and ask rules missed behind an environment-variable prefix under sandbox auto-allow (2.1.289, 3 October), background workers sending telemetry and a feature-flag request to Anthropic behind a Claude apps gateway (2.1.290, 5 October), hook approvals and auto mode skipping the prompt for file reads from network (UNC) paths, marked Security (2.1.292, 6 October), sandboxed commands writing into a `--plugin-dir` folder whose code runs outside the sandbox, or reaching a denied path through a symlink on macOS (2.1.299, 14 October), and agent hooks whose model was unavailable allowing the action instead of falling back to the caller's model (2.1.300, 14 October). All fixed. Judgement call. No advisory for them appears on the first page of the advisories list read on 15 October or in GitHub's reviewed database read through OSV on 17 October, so they're disclosed only in the changelog, and we applied to the group the -2 GitHub Copilot CLI got for one changelog-only enforcement-gap fix. Counting each item at -2 would give -12, and we found no listing whose changelog fixes were counted one by one. If these carry GHSA ids, they fall under the -6 advisory cap already reached and this line goes. 2.1.301 and 2.1.302 (15 and 16 October) list no comparable fix (https://code.claude.com/docs/en/changelog). -2" ], "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 re-checked on 15 October 2026 with every judgement call written in the note. Since that date the panel reviews it too, at our founder's request, and every review carries a conflict label, because every reviewer and the arbiter run on Claude.", "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 high, further highs on 5 and 15 October 2026, and sandbox and deny-rule fixes in October releases", "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`, `--max-turns` and `--max-budget-usd` on every `claude -p` run. The unset mode changed again in 2.1.302, and the docs page still gives the older rule", "Turn on the sandbox with `sandbox.enabled` and set `allowUnsandboxedCommands` to false, or Claude can retry a blocked command outside it", "Write MCP allow rules as `mcp__\u003cserver\u003e__*` with the server's whole name. Since 2.1.299 a rule for `mcp__a` no longer covers a server named `a__b`", "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" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 2.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 59.9 } ], "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 anthropic.com's, read on 17 October 2026 (HackerOne contact, Expires 2026-12-31). claude.com serves none (404 on 17 October). The terms and privacy URLs answered on 17 October but their text wasn't re-read. The status page was read through its RSS feed.", "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": "2026-10-17", "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": "2026-10-19T00:04:48.701326956Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "anthropics/claude-code", "version": "v2.1.302", "released": "2026-10-16", "seenAt": "2026-10-18T02:38:33.340848872Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@anthropic-ai/claude-code", "version": "2.1.302", "seenAt": "2026-10-18T02:38:32.486170342Z" } ], "githubStars": 151807, "npmWeekly": 6083065, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://claude.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T15:53:21.914253623Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://code.claude.com/docs/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T14:24:30.633087297Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "claude.com", "registered": "1995-05-24", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/claude.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T13:45:35.28471087Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://code.claude.com/docs/en/changelog", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:25:15.506723458Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-18T23:25:15.506723458Z", "fingerprint": "f3c894b5bda8" }, { "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anthropics/claude-code/main/CHANGELOG.md", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:37:09.630962104Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-18T23:37:09.630962104Z", "fingerprint": "c6b0a6563308" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-19T00:04:48.701326956Z" } }, "answer": "Claude Code scores 59.9 (C) on agent readiness against mini-swe-agent's 56.7 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. mini-swe-agent leads on reliability and payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "mini-swe-agent", "name": "mini-swe-agent", "vendor": "SWE-bench team (Princeton and Stanford)", "vendorUrl": "https://mini-swe-agent.com", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "Minimal open-source coding agent from the Princeton and Stanford team behind SWE-bench, shipped as the `mini` CLI and a Python library. It gives the model one bash tool, works with any model through LiteLLM, and is a common SWE-bench baseline.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mini-swe-agent", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mini-swe-agent.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mini-swe-agent.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mini-swe-agent.json", "repo": "https://github.com/SWE-agent/mini-swe-agent", "license": "MIT", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "mini-swe-agent" } ], "auth": "none", "authNotes": "No account of its own. A model key goes in an environment variable or the global `.env` file that `mini-extra config setup` writes, and is passed to the provider through LiteLLM, OpenRouter, Portkey or Requesty. Local models work through LiteLLM's `api_base`.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free and MIT, with nothing to buy. The owner pays the model provider, or nothing with a local model. Each run stops at a $3 cost limit by default, and a local model needs `MSWEA_COST_TRACKING=ignore_errors`.", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the source (checked 2026-10-18).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 8600, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": 4437981, "asOf": "2026-10-18" }, "docsUrl": "https://mini-swe-agent.com/latest/", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness" ], "tags": [ "harness", "coding-agent", "cli", "open-source", "python", "free", "no-card", "local", "docker" ], "lastRelease": "2026-07-23", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 56.7, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 698, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1146, "categoryRank": 25, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 69, "maintenance": 49, "payments": 60, "reliability": 70, "schema": 58, "security": 56, "transparency": 51 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-18" }, "negative": -4, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-10-10. CVE-2026-108592 (CVSS 4.0 score 6.0, from VulnCheck). The bubblewrap environment builds its `bwrap` command without `--clearenv` or `--unshare-net`, so commands inherit the host environment, model keys included, and can send them out over the network after a prompt injection in task content. Confirmed in src/minisweagent/environments/extra/bubblewrap.py at 2.4.6 and on main (3 September). The environment is opt-in and marked experimental, but it's the documented lightweight sandbox and no release fixes it, -4. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-108592" ], "verdict": "A small, readable harness with one bash tool, a linear trajectory saved as JSON, and step, cost and wall-time limits that stop unattended runs cleanly. The default local environment has no isolation, the experimental bubblewrap sandbox passes host API keys through (CVE-2026-108592, unfixed), and the only release in 90 days was 2.4.6 on 23 July 2026.", "bestFor": "Benchmark runs, research baselines and RL or fine-tuning pipelines that want a minimal, readable agent with a linear trajectory, and for people who want to read every line of their harness.", "strengths": [ "MIT, with an agent class of about 190 lines that a reviewer can read in one sitting", "Step, cost ($3 by default) and wall-time limits, each ending the run with its own exit status in the trajectory", "Any model through LiteLLM, OpenRouter, Portkey or Requesty, local ones included, with no account", "Docker, Podman and Singularity environments, where the Docker one forwards no host variables unless listed", "No telemetry found in the source" ], "weaknesses": [ "The default local environment runs commands on the host with no isolation and the full host environment", "CVE-2026-108592, published 10 October 2026, leaves the experimental bubblewrap sandbox passing host API keys and network through, unfixed in 2.4.6", "One release in the 90 days to 18 October 2026, and three commits on main since 23 July", "No MCP client, no ACP and no server mode", "No changelog file, and the PyPI classifier still says 3 - Alpha at 2.4.6" ], "agentNotes": [ "Run with `-y --exit-immediately` for unattended use. Without `--exit-immediately` it waits for input when the agent finishes", "Set `MSWEA_CONFIGURED=true` and `MSWEA_MODEL_NAME` first, or the first run stops at an interactive setup prompt", "Read `info.exit_status` in the `-o` trajectory file. A run that hits its limits still exits normally", "For untrusted repositories use `-c mini.yaml -c environment.environment_class=docker -c environment.image=\u003cimage\u003e`. The local and bubblewrap environments both expose host variables", "Strip model keys from the environment commands see, since the local environment passes every host variable to each command" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 56.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 69, "maintenance": 49, "payments": 60, "reliability": 70, "schema": 58, "security": 56, "transparency": 62 }, "provenanceScore": 40 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install mini-swe-agent # or: uvx mini-swe-agent", "headless": { "command": "mini -t \"$TASK\" -y --exit-immediately -m \u003cprovider/model\u003e -l 3 -o run.traj.json", "env": { "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "\u003ckey\u003e", "MSWEA_CONFIGURED": "true" } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/mini-swe-agent" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "No legal entity named. The MIT licence names Kilian A. Lieret and Carlos E. Jimenez", "domain": "mini-swe-agent.com", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-18", "notes": [ "The docs site is GitHub Pages built from the repository. It has no terms, privacy policy or security.txt (/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 18 October 2026).", "The security page names four contacts at Princeton and Stanford by email, with no response time.", "The repository has no changelog file and tags carry only a version bump. Release notes, if any, are on GitHub releases, which we couldn't read because GitHub's web pages refused this run." ], "score": 40 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mini-swe-agent.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Agent harness", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Anthropic", "b": "SWE-bench team (Princeton and Stanford)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "None", "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": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-16", "b": "2026-07-23", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes, with an opt-out", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "141k stars", "b": "8.6k stars, 4.4M PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "2.5/5 (4)", "b": "3/5 (4)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Claude Code scores 59.9 (C) on agent readiness against mini-swe-agent's 56.7 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. mini-swe-agent leads on reliability and payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Claude Code or mini-swe-agent?" }, { "answer": "No open-source release is listed for Claude Code. mini-swe-agent is open source (MIT).", "question": "Are Claude Code and mini-swe-agent open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 80 against 58", "Agent ergonomics, 87 against 69", "Security \u0026 auth, 80 against 56", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 82 against 49", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 81 against 51" ], "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, 70 against 50", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 20" ], "also": [ "No key needed to call it", "Free to start without a card", "Open source", "Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.0 against 2.5 out of 5" ], "goodFor": "Benchmark runs, research baselines and RL or fine-tuning pipelines that want a minimal, readable agent with a linear trajectory, and for people who want to read every line of their harness.", "slug": "mini-swe-agent", "watchFor": "The default local environment runs commands on the host with no isolation and the full host environment" } ], "job": { "capability": "agent.harness", "name": "Agent harnesses" }, "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/agent-zero-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "Agent Zero vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "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/aider-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "Aider vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "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/amp-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "Amp vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-claude-code.json", "title": "Antigravity CLI vs Claude Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-claude-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "Antigravity CLI vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-claude-code.json", "title": "Auggie CLI vs Claude Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-claude-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "Auggie CLI vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-cline.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Cline", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-cline" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-crush.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Crush", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-crush" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-cursor-cli.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Cursor CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-cursor-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-deepseek-harness.json", "title": "Claude Code vs DeepSeek Harness (dsh)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-deepseek-harness" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-devin.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Devin", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-devin" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-droid-cli.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Droid CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-droid-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-earendil-pi.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Pi", "url": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-harnessrouter" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-jules.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Jules", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-jules" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-junie.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Junie CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-junie" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-kilo-code-cli.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Kilo Code CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-kilo-code-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-kimi-code-cli.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Kimi Code CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-kimi-code-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-kiro-cli.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Kiro CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-kiro-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Mistral Vibe CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-mistral-vibe-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-muse-code.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Muse Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-muse-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-openai-codex.json", "title": "Claude Code vs OpenAI Codex", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-openai-codex" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-opencode.json", "title": "Claude Code vs OpenCode", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-opencode" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-openhands.json", "title": "Claude Code vs OpenHands", "url": 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"url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-rovo-dev-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-warp.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-warp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "Cline vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crush-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "Crush vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crush-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "Cursor CLI vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "DeepSeek Harness (dsh) vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/devin-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "Devin vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/devin-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/droid-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "Droid CLI vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/droid-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/earendil-pi-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "Pi vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/earendil-pi-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "Gemini CLI vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "GitHub Copilot CLI vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "goose vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness2-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "Harness² vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness2-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "HarnessRouter vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jules-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "Jules vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jules-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/junie-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "Junie CLI vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/junie-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kilo-code-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "Kilo Code CLI vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kilo-code-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "Kimi Code CLI vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiro-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "Kiro CLI vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiro-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.json", "title": "mini-swe-agent vs Mistral Vibe CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-mistral-vibe-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-muse-code.json", "title": "mini-swe-agent vs Muse Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-muse-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-openai-codex.json", "title": "mini-swe-agent vs OpenAI Codex", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-openai-codex" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-opencode.json", "title": "mini-swe-agent vs OpenCode", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-opencode" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-openhands.json", "title": "mini-swe-agent vs OpenHands", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-openhands" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-prime-agent.json", "title": "mini-swe-agent vs Prime Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-prime-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "mini-swe-agent vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-qwen-code.json", "title": "mini-swe-agent vs Qwen Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-qwen-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "mini-swe-agent vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-rovo-dev-cli.json", "title": "mini-swe-agent vs Rovo Dev CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-rovo-dev-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-warp.json", "title": "mini-swe-agent vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-warp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-cli-manager.json", "title": "Claude Code vs CLI Manager", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-cli-manager" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-harness-autonomous.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Harness", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-harness-autonomous" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-paperclip.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Paperclip", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-paperclip" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-parallax-agents" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 20, "claude-code": 50, "edge": "mini-swe-agent", "key": "reliability", "mini-swe-agent": 70, "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 22, "claude-code": 80, "edge": "claude-code", "key": "schema", "mini-swe-agent": 58, "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 18, "claude-code": 87, "edge": "claude-code", "key": "ergonomics", "mini-swe-agent": 69, "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 24, "claude-code": 80, "edge": "claude-code", "key": "security", "mini-swe-agent": 56, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 40, "claude-code": 20, "edge": "mini-swe-agent", "key": "payments", "mini-swe-agent": 60, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 33, "claude-code": 82, "edge": "claude-code", "key": "maintenance", "mini-swe-agent": 49, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 30, "claude-code": 81, "edge": "claude-code", "key": "transparency", "mini-swe-agent": 51, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Claude Code scores 59.9 (C) on agent readiness against mini-swe-agent's 56.7 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. mini-swe-agent leads on reliability and payments \u0026 pricing. Both do agent harnesses.", "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "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.", "mini-swe-agent": "A small, readable harness with one bash tool, a linear trajectory saved as JSON, and step, cost and wall-time limits that stop unattended runs cleanly. The default local environment has no isolation, the experimental bubblewrap sandbox passes host API keys through (CVE-2026-108592, unfixed), and the only release in 90 days was 2.4.6 on 23 July 2026." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-mini-swe-agent", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-mini-swe-agent.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-mini-swe-agent.min.md" }, "markdown": "Claude Code scores 59.9 (C) on agent readiness against mini-swe-agent's 56.7 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. mini-swe-agent leads on reliability and payments \u0026 pricing. Both do agent harnesses.\n\n- Claude Code: grade C, 59.9/100, rank #588 of 1146. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-code.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/claude-code.json\n- mini-swe-agent: grade C, 56.7/100, rank #698 of 1146. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mini-swe-agent.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mini-swe-agent.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 713 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- Schema \u0026 documentation, 80 against 58\n- Agent ergonomics, 87 against 69\n- Security \u0026 auth, 80 against 56\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 82 against 49\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 81 against 51\n\nWatch for: The sandbox is off by default and native Windows has none\n\n### mini-swe-agent (C)\n\nGood for: Benchmark runs, research baselines and RL or fine-tuning pipelines that want a minimal, readable agent with a linear trajectory, and for people who want to read every line of their harness.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 70 against 50\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 20\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- Free to start without a card\n- Open source\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.0 against 2.5 out of 5\n\nWatch for: The default local environment runs commands on the host with no isolation and the full host environment\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Claude Code | mini-swe-agent | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 50 | 70 | mini-swe-agent +20 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 80 | 58 | Claude Code +22 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 87 | 69 | Claude Code +18 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 80 | 56 | Claude Code +24 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 60 | mini-swe-agent +40 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 82 | 49 | Claude Code +33 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 81 | 51 | Claude Code +30 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -8 | -4 | |\n| **Total** | | **59.9 · C** | **56.7 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Claude Code | mini-swe-agent |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Anthropic | SWE-bench team (Princeton and Stanford) |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | None |\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| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-16 | 2026-07-23 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | |\n| Popularity | 141k stars | 8.6k stars, 4.4M PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (4) | 3/5 (4) |\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**mini-swe-agent.** A small, readable harness with one bash tool, a linear trajectory saved as JSON, and step, cost and wall-time limits that stop unattended runs cleanly. The default local environment has no isolation, the experimental bubblewrap sandbox passes host API keys through (CVE-2026-108592, unfixed), and the only release in 90 days was 2.4.6 on 23 July 2026.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Claude Code\n\n1. Pass `--permission-mode`, `--max-turns` and `--max-budget-usd` on every `claude -p` run. The unset mode changed again in 2.1.302, and the docs page still gives the older rule\n2. Turn on the sandbox with `sandbox.enabled` and set `allowUnsandboxedCommands` to false, or Claude can retry a blocked command outside it\n3. Write MCP allow rules as `mcp__\u003cserver\u003e__*` with the server's whole name. Since 2.1.299 a rule for `mcp__a` no longer covers a server named `a__b`\n4. Set `CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_NONESSENTIAL_TRAFFIC=1` on a Claude login to stop metrics and error reports in one go\n5. Set `autoUpdatesChannel` to stable or `DISABLE_AUTOUPDATER=1` in CI. Native installs update themselves about once a day\n\n### mini-swe-agent\n\n1. Run with `-y --exit-immediately` for unattended use. Without `--exit-immediately` it waits for input when the agent finishes\n2. Set `MSWEA_CONFIGURED=true` and `MSWEA_MODEL_NAME` first, or the first run stops at an interactive setup prompt\n3. Read `info.exit_status` in the `-o` trajectory file. A run that hits its limits still exits normally\n4. For untrusted repositories use `-c mini.yaml -c environment.environment_class=docker -c environment.image=\u003cimage\u003e`. The local and bubblewrap environments both expose host variables\n5. Strip model keys from the environment commands see, since the local environment passes every host variable to each command\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Claude Code or mini-swe-agent?\n\nClaude Code scores 59.9 (C) on agent readiness against mini-swe-agent's 56.7 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. mini-swe-agent leads on reliability and payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Are Claude Code and mini-swe-agent open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Claude Code. mini-swe-agent is open source (MIT).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-mini-swe-agent.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-mini-swe-agent.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"claude-code\", \"b\": \"mini-swe-agent\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare claude-code mini-swe-agent`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/claude-code.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mini-swe-agent.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Claude Code or mini-swe-agent\n\n- [Agent Zero vs Claude Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-claude-code.md)\n- [Agent Zero vs mini-swe-agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-mini-swe-agent.md)\n- [Aider vs Claude Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-claude-code.md)\n- [Aider vs mini-swe-agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-mini-swe-agent.md)\n- [Amp vs Claude Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-claude-code.md)\n- [Amp vs mini-swe-agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-mini-swe-agent.md)\n- [Antigravity CLI vs Claude Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-claude-code.md)\n- [Antigravity CLI vs mini-swe-agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent.md)\n- [Auggie CLI vs Claude Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-claude-code.md)\n- [Auggie CLI vs mini-swe-agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-mini-swe-agent.md)\n- [Claude Code vs Cline](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-cline.md)\n- [Claude Code vs Crush](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-crush.md)\n- [Claude Code vs Cursor CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-cursor-cli.md)\n- [Claude Code vs DeepSeek Harness (dsh)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-deepseek-harness.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 Harness²](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-harness2.md)\n- [Claude Code vs HarnessRouter](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-harnessrouter.md)\n- [Claude Code vs Jules](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-jules.md)\n- [Claude Code vs Junie CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-junie.md)\n- [Claude Code vs Kilo Code CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-kilo-code-cli.md)\n- [Claude Code vs Kimi Code CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-kimi-code-cli.md)\n- [Claude Code vs Kiro CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-kiro-cli.md)\n- [Claude Code vs Mistral Vibe CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-mistral-vibe-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 Qoder CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-qoder-cli.md)\n- [Claude Code vs Qwen Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-qwen-code.md)\n- [Claude Code vs Mirror CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-reflection-mirror.md)\n- [Claude Code vs Rovo Dev CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-rovo-dev-cli.md)\n- [Claude Code vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-warp.md)\n- [Cline vs mini-swe-agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-mini-swe-agent.md)\n- [Crush vs mini-swe-agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crush-vs-mini-swe-agent.md)\n- [Cursor CLI vs mini-swe-agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent.md)\n- [DeepSeek Harness (dsh) vs mini-swe-agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-mini-swe-agent.md)\n- [Devin vs mini-swe-agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/devin-vs-mini-swe-agent.md)\n- [Droid CLI vs mini-swe-agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/droid-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent.md)\n- [Pi vs mini-swe-agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/earendil-pi-vs-mini-swe-agent.md)\n- [Gemini CLI vs mini-swe-agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent.md)\n- [GitHub Copilot CLI vs mini-swe-agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent.md)\n- [goose vs mini-swe-agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-mini-swe-agent.md)\n- [Harness² vs mini-swe-agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness2-vs-mini-swe-agent.md)\n- [HarnessRouter vs mini-swe-agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-mini-swe-agent.md)\n- [Jules vs mini-swe-agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jules-vs-mini-swe-agent.md)\n- [Junie CLI vs mini-swe-agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/junie-vs-mini-swe-agent.md)\n- [Kilo Code CLI vs mini-swe-agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kilo-code-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent.md)\n- [Kimi Code CLI vs mini-swe-agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent.md)\n- [Kiro CLI vs mini-swe-agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiro-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent.md)\n- [mini-swe-agent vs Mistral Vibe CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.md)\n- [mini-swe-agent vs Muse Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-muse-code.md)\n- [mini-swe-agent vs OpenAI Codex](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-openai-codex.md)\n- [mini-swe-agent vs OpenCode](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-opencode.md)\n- [mini-swe-agent vs OpenHands](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-openhands.md)\n- [mini-swe-agent vs Prime Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-prime-agent.md)\n- [mini-swe-agent vs Qoder CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-qoder-cli.md)\n- [mini-swe-agent vs Qwen Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-qwen-code.md)\n- [mini-swe-agent vs Mirror CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-reflection-mirror.md)\n- [mini-swe-agent vs Rovo Dev CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-rovo-dev-cli.md)\n- [mini-swe-agent vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-warp.md)\n- [Claude Code vs CLI Manager](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-cli-manager.md)\n- [Claude Code vs Harness](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-harness-autonomous.md)\n- [Claude Code vs Paperclip](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-paperclip.md)\n- [Claude Code vs Parallax](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-parallax-agents.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- Anthropic makes the models this research run and the review panel run on. 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