# Crush vs Droid CLI (slim)

> Droid CLI scores 59.1 (C) to Crush's 56.5 (C) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Droid CLI scores 59.1 (C) on agent readiness against Crush's 56.5 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Crush leads on reliability and payments & pricing. Both do agent harnesses.

- Crush: C 56.5, rank #705 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/crush.min.md
- Droid CLI: C 59.1, rank #619 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/droid-cli.min.md
- Crush, good for Developers who want a Go terminal agent with a wide provider list, local models and Claude Code-compatible hooks. Ahead on Reliability, 54 against 49; Payments & pricing, 55 against 10. Also Free to start without a card.
- Droid CLI, good for Teams that want a terminal coding agent with tiered autonomy, command rules and an optional sandbox, and that will pay for a Factory plan. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 79 against 65; Agent ergonomics, 72 against 52; Security & auth, 63 against 44; Transparency & trust, 64 against 56.

| Category | Crush | Droid CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 54 | 49 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 65 | 79 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 52 | 72 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 44 | 63 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 55 | 10 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 79 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 56 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Crush | Droid CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Charm | Factory |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Licence | FSL-1.1-MIT (source-available, each release converts to MIT two years after it is made available) | Proprietary, under Factory's Terms and Conditions. The `droid` npm package is marked `UNLICENSED` and the public repository holds documentation only. The Python SDK is Apache-2.0 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-09 | 2026-10-08 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-07-14 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-08-20 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| 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 | 29k stars, 5.6k npm/wk | 49 stars, 7.8k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2.3/5 (4) | none |