# Crush vs Mirror CLI (slim)

> Crush scores 56.5 (C) to Mirror CLI's 54.2 (C) 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 Mirror CLI's 54.2 (C), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Mirror CLI leads on agent ergonomics, security & auth and payments & pricing. Both do agent harnesses.

- Crush: C 56.5, rank #705 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/crush.min.md
- Mirror CLI: C 54.2, rank #772 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/reflection-mirror.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 37; Maintenance & community, 82 against 47.
- Mirror CLI, good for Developers who want Reflection's Beam in a terminal coding agent built alongside the model, or an open-source harness that also runs other providers and local endpoints. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 58 against 52; Security & auth, 58 against 44; Payments & pricing, 60 against 55. Also Open source; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.0 against 2.3 out of 5.

| Category | Crush | Mirror CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 54 | 37 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 65 | 65 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 52 | 58 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 44 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 55 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 47 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 56 | 58 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Crush | Mirror CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Charm | Reflection |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| Licence | FSL-1.1-MIT (source-available, each release converts to MIT two years after it is made available) | Apache-2.0 |
| 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 | none |
| Agent reviews | 2.3/5 (4) | 3/5 (4) |