# Crush vs Pi (slim)

> Pi scores 68.4 (B) to Crush's 56.5 (C) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Pi scores 68.4 (B) on agent readiness against Crush's 56.5 (C), and leads in every scored category. Both do agent harnesses.

- Crush: C 56.5, rank #705 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/crush.min.md
- Pi: B 68.4, rank #233 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/earendil-pi.min.md
- Crush, good for Developers who want a Go terminal agent with a wide provider list, local models and Claude Code-compatible hooks. Also No incidents deducted, where Pi loses 4 points for them.
- Pi, good for Developers and pipelines that want a small, scriptable coding agent they can extend in TypeScript and drive over JSONL or RPC, inside their own container. Ahead on Reliability, 75 against 54; Schema & documentation, 84 against 65; Agent ergonomics, 76 against 52; Security & auth, 61 against 44; Payments & pricing, 60 against 55; Maintenance & community, 87 against 82; Transparency & trust, 64 against 56. Also No key needed to call it; Open source; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.3 against 2.3 out of 5.

| Category | Crush | Pi |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 54 | 75 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 65 | 84 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 52 | 76 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 44 | 61 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 55 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 87 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 56 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Crush | Pi |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Charm | Earendil |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| Licence | FSL-1.1-MIT (source-available, each release converts to MIT two years after it is made available) | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-10-09 | 2026-10-07 |
| Popularity | 29k stars, 5.6k npm/wk | 113k stars, 5.2M npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2.3/5 (4) | 3.3/5 (4) |