# Crush vs Jules (slim)

> Crush scores 56.5 (C) to Jules's 44.5 (E) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Crush scores 56.5 (C) on agent readiness against Jules's 44.5 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Jules leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics and security & auth. Both do agent harnesses.

- Crush: C 56.5, rank #705 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/crush.min.md
- Jules: E 44.5, rank #1000 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jules.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 13; Payments & pricing, 55 against 30; Maintenance & community, 82 against 18; Transparency & trust, 56 against 44. Also Free to start without a card.
- Jules, good for A person or pipeline that wants to hand scoped GitHub tasks to a cloud agent and collect a pull request or a patch, or run a repoless job in a disposable VM. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 76 against 65; Agent ergonomics, 64 against 52; Security & auth, 57 against 44. Also Runs on your own machine; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 2.8 against 2.3 out of 5.

| Category | Crush | Jules |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 54 | 13 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 65 | 76 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 52 | 64 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 44 | 57 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 55 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 18 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 56 | 44 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Crush | Jules |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Charm | Google LLC |
| Transports |  | HTTP, stdio |
| Licence | FSL-1.1-MIT (source-available, each release converts to MIT two years after it is made available) | Proprietary service under the Google Terms of Service. The TypeScript SDK is Apache-2.0; the CLI binary is closed |
| Tools exposed | none | 8 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-09 | 2026-03-09 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-07-30 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-10-01 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 29k stars, 5.6k npm/wk | 1.3k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2.3/5 (4) | 2.8/5 (4) |