# Claude Code vs Vibe-Trading (slim)

> Vibe-Trading scores 62.2 (B) to Claude Code's 59.9 (C) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Vibe-Trading scores 62.2 (B) on agent readiness against Claude Code's 59.9 (C), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Claude Code leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics, security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do agent harnesses.

- Claude Code: C 59.9, rank #603 of 1210 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-code.min.md
- Vibe-Trading: B 62.2, rank #502 of 1210 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vibe-trading.min.md
- Claude Code, good 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. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 80 against 72; Agent ergonomics, 87 against 67; Security & auth, 80 against 70; Transparency & trust, 81 against 47.
- Vibe-Trading, good for A person or a pipeline that wants a ready-made finance research agent over free market data, with backtests, swarm reviews and exports, run on their own machine or used as an MCP server by another agent. Ahead on Reliability, 63 against 50; Payments & pricing, 60 against 20. Also No key needed to call it; Runs on your own machine; Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | Claude Code | Vibe-Trading |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 50 | 63 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 72 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 87 | 67 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 80 | 70 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 82 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 81 | 47 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Claude Code | Vibe-Trading |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Anthropic | HKUDS |
| Transports |  | stdio, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Paid | Free |
| 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 |
| Tools exposed | none | 82 |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-16 | 2026-10-21 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |
| Popularity | 141k stars | 37k stars |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (4) | none |