# Crush vs Junie CLI (slim)

> Crush scores 56.5 (C) to Junie CLI's 53.2 (D) 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 Junie CLI's 53.2 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Junie CLI leads on security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do agent harnesses.

- Crush: C 56.5, rank #705 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/crush.min.md
- Junie CLI: D 53.2, rank #804 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/junie.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 45; Payments & pricing, 55 against 42; Maintenance & community, 82 against 72. Also No incidents deducted, where Junie CLI loses 3 points for them.
- Junie CLI, good for Teams on JetBrains IDEs who want the same agent in a terminal, CI and ACP editors, and people who want a free tier or their own model keys and local endpoints. Ahead on Security & auth, 56 against 44; Transparency & trust, 78 against 56. Also Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 2.8 against 2.3 out of 5.

| Category | Crush | Junie CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 54 | 45 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 65 | 62 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 52 | 55 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 44 | 56 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 55 | 42 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 72 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 56 | 78 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Crush | Junie CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Charm | JetBrains |
| Licence | FSL-1.1-MIT (source-available, each release converts to MIT two years after it is made available) | Proprietary, JetBrains s.r.o., all rights reserved, under the JetBrains AI Terms of Service. The GitHub repository holds the README, release binaries and the issue tracker, not source |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-09 | 2026-10-16 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-06-12 |
| Popularity | 29k stars, 5.6k npm/wk | 487 stars, 3.2k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2.3/5 (4) | 2.8/5 (4) |