# Cursor CLI vs Muse Code (slim)

> Muse Code scores 61.3 (C) to Cursor CLI's 35.3 (F) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Muse Code scores 61.3 (C) on agent readiness against Cursor CLI's 35.3 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Cursor CLI leads on payments & pricing. Both do agent harnesses.

- Cursor CLI: F 35.3, rank #968 of 993 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cursor-cli.min.md
- Muse Code: C 61.3, rank #487 of 993 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/muse-code.min.md
- Cursor CLI, good for Teams already on Cursor who want the same agent and rules in a terminal or CI and a hand-off to Cloud Agents. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 25 against 20. Also Free to start without a card.
- Muse Code, good for Developers who want Meta's Muse models, Muse Wonder Full included, in a terminal or CI agent with the sandbox and approvals on from the first run. Ahead on Reliability, 45 against 27; Schema & documentation, 84 against 39; Agent ergonomics, 79 against 42; Security & auth, 67 against 46; Maintenance & community, 75 against 62. Also No incidents deducted, where Cursor CLI loses 5 points for them.

| Category | Cursor CLI | Muse Code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 27 | 45 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 39 | 84 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 42 | 79 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 46 | 67 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 25 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 62 | 75 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 59 | 57 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Cursor CLI | Muse Code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Cursor | Meta |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Licence | Proprietary, under Cursor's terms of service (Anysphere, Inc., updated 3 September 2026). No source is published | Proprietary binary, used under the Meta Model API Terms of Service, which cover Meta's coding harness. Subscriptions are also under the Meta Subscription Terms of Service. The TypeScript and Python SDKs in the linked repository are MIT. |
| Last release | 2026-09-28 | 2026-10-11 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-03 |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-29 | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |
| Popularity | none | 63k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 1.5/5 (2) | none |