# Crush vs Qoder CLI (slim)

> Qoder CLI scores 59.3 (C) to Crush's 56.5 (C) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Qoder CLI scores 59.3 (C) on agent readiness against Crush's 56.5 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Crush leads on payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do agent harnesses.

- Crush: C 56.5, rank #705 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/crush.min.md
- Qoder CLI: C 59.3, rank #609 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qoder-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 Payments & pricing, 55 against 35; Maintenance & community, 82 against 72. Also Free to start without a card; No incidents deducted, where Qoder CLI loses 3 points for them.
- Qoder CLI, good for Developers already on Qoder who want the same agent in a terminal, in CI through a PAT, in Zed through ACP, or embedded through the Agent SDK. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 81 against 65; Agent ergonomics, 80 against 52; Security & auth, 55 against 44; Transparency & trust, 64 against 56. Also Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 2.3 out of 5.

| Category | Crush | Qoder CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 54 | 51 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 65 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 52 | 80 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 44 | 55 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 55 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 72 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 56 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Crush | Qoder CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Charm | Qoder (BRIGHT ZENITH PRIVATE LIMITED) |
| Licence | FSL-1.1-MIT (source-available, each release converts to MIT two years after it is made available) | Proprietary, under the Qoder Terms of Service (BRIGHT ZENITH PRIVATE LIMITED, last updated 29 April 2026). No source is published, and the Agent SDK's LICENSE file points to the same terms |
| 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 |  |
| Popularity | 29k stars, 5.6k npm/wk | 5k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2.3/5 (4) | 3.5/5 (4) |