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      "name": "Droid CLI",
      "vendor": "Factory",
      "vendorUrl": "https://factory.com",
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      "category": "agent-harnesses",
      "summary": "Droid CLI is Factory's closed-source coding agent for the terminal. It runs interactively or headless through `droid exec`, connects MCP servers, runs multi-agent Missions, and can be driven by TypeScript and Python SDKs. A paid Factory plan is required.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/droid-cli",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/droid-cli.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/droid-cli.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/droid-cli.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/Factory-AI/factory",
      "license": "Proprietary, under Factory's Terms and Conditions. The `droid` npm package is marked `UNLICENSED` and the public repository holds documentation only. The Python SDK is Apache-2.0",
      "transports": [],
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "droid"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@factory/droid-sdk"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "droid-sdk"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "A Factory account is required. The interactive CLI signs in through a browser with OAuth, and the docs say stored tokens rotate every 30 days. Headless runs set `FACTORY_API_KEY` to a key starting `fk-` created on the API keys page in Factory settings. Organisations can use service accounts whose keys can be rotated and revoked through an API.",
      "pricing": "paid",
      "pricingNotes": "Pro is $20 a month, Plus $100 and Max $200, each with the CLI, the Factory App and the SDK. Teams is $60 a month per team plus $40 a seat, and Business and Enterprise are by quote. Usage is capped by rolling 5-hour, 7-day and 30-day rate limits stated without numbers. Extra usage is prepaid credit from $10. No free tier or trial was found (checked 2026-10-09).",
      "priceSummary": "$20 / mo",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the pricing pages or the terms (checked 2026-10-09).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 49,
        "npmWeekly": 7766,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
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        "agent.harness",
        "agent.mcp-client",
        "agent.multi-agent"
      ],
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        "harness",
        "coding-agent",
        "cli",
        "closed-source",
        "mcp",
        "acp",
        "llms-txt",
        "sdk",
        "sandbox",
        "telemetry-default-on"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-10-08",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 59.1,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 619,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1146,
        "categoryRank": 20,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 72,
          "maintenance": 79,
          "payments": 10,
          "reliability": 49,
          "schema": 79,
          "security": 63,
          "transparency": 64
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        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
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          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-09"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "`droid exec` is read-only unless `--auto` raises the autonomy level, with command rules, an optional kernel-enforced sandbox, JSON output and documented exit codes. No free tier, status page or security.txt was found, the source is closed, and usage metrics go to Factory by default.",
        "bestFor": "Teams that want a terminal coding agent with tiered autonomy, command rules and an optional sandbox, and that will pay for a Factory plan.",
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          "`droid exec` is read-only by default. `--auto low`, `medium` or `high` opens edits and commands by risk tier, and a run that exceeds its level exits non-zero",
          "Optional OS sandbox using Seatbelt on macOS and bubblewrap with seccomp on Linux, with writes limited to the working directory and network limited to allowed domains",
          "Text, JSON and JSON-RPC output, exit codes 0, 1 and 2, session resume and fork, and tool lists that can be restricted per run",
          "llms.txt with a Markdown copy of every docs page, and a dated changelog with 62 entries between 11 July and 8 October 2026",
          "The install script verifies a SHA-256 checksum, and the `droid` npm package is published from GitHub Actions through a trusted publisher"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "No free tier or trial was found. Plans start at $20 a month and included usage is stated only as rolling rate limits without numbers",
          "The sandbox is off until `sandbox.enabled` is set, and `--skip-permissions-unsafe` skips every permission prompt",
          "Usage metrics go to Factory's collector by default. The pages read give no opt-out outside an airgapped deployment",
          "Closed source on a 0.x version line with near-daily releases. The public tracker had 33 open issues on 9 October 2026, most with no reply",
          "No status page and no security.txt were found. The trust centre is drawn by script and was not read",
          "The individual terms forbid using the service for benchmarking or competitive analysis, which matters before any probe is run"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Set `FACTORY_API_KEY` (starts `fk-`) from the API keys page in Factory settings for headless runs. Interactive use signs in through a browser",
          "Start with `droid exec` and no flags for analysis. Add `--auto low` for edits and `--auto medium` for installs, tests and local commits",
          "Use `--output-format json` and read `is_error`, `num_turns` and `session_id`. Treat a non-zero exit code as failure",
          "Set `sandbox.enabled` to true before running on untrusted code. In `droid exec` a sandbox violation is denied without a prompt",
          "Pin the version in CI with `npm install -g droid@\u003cversion\u003e`, or set `FACTORY_DROID_AUTO_UPDATE_ENABLED=false` on standalone installs, which update themselves"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "local",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 59.1
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        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 72,
          "maintenance": 79,
          "payments": 10,
          "reliability": 49,
          "schema": 79,
          "security": 63,
          "transparency": 55
        },
        "provenanceScore": 72
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "curl -fsSL https://app.factory.ai/cli | sh   # or: npm install -g droid",
        "headless": {
          "command": "droid exec --auto low --output-format json \"$TASK\"",
          "env": {
            "FACTORY_API_KEY": "fk-..."
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        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/droid-cli"
      },
      "area": "frameworks",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Pro plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 20,
          "note": "rolling rate limits, numbers not published"
        },
        {
          "item": "Plus plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 100,
          "note": "about 5 times Pro usage"
        },
        {
          "item": "Max plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 200,
          "note": "about 10 times Pro usage"
        },
        {
          "item": "Teams seat",
          "unit": "seat-month",
          "usd": 40,
          "note": "plus $60 a month per team, up to 10 seats"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "The San Francisco AI Factory, Inc.",
        "domain": "factory.com",
        "domainRegistered": "1999-03-09",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "https://factory.com/legal/terms-individual",
        "privacy": "https://factory.com/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://docs.factory.com/changelog/release-notes",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-09",
        "notes": [
          "The Terms and Conditions for Individual Plans (last updated 14 July 2026) name The San Francisco AI Factory, Inc., a Delaware corporation in San Francisco. The privacy policy (last updated 20 August 2026) names the same company.",
          "RDAP (Verisign) gives factory.com a registration date of 1999-03-09, long before the company.",
          "The CLI installs from app.factory.ai and downloads.factory.ai and signs in to app.factory.ai, a second domain of the vendor's.",
          "factory.com/.well-known/security.txt answered 404 on 9 October 2026.",
          "No status page is linked from the home page, the docs support page or the other pages read. factory.com/sla states a 99 per cent availability target.",
          "The terms linked are those for individual plans. Organisation plans are sold under separate orders, which we did not read."
        ],
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        "versions": [
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            "name": "@factory/droid-sdk",
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          {
            "registry": "pypi",
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            "version": "0.5.0",
            "released": "2026-09-24",
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        "pypiWeekly": 13520,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://factory.com/.well-known/security.txt",
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          "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T15:53:13.220177119Z"
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          "url": "https://docs.factory.com/llms.txt",
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          "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/factory.com",
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            "fingerprint": "cad5353e1589"
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            "url": "https://factory.com/privacy-policy",
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            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "5ef46e9f3c4f"
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          {
            "url": "https://factory.com/legal/terms-individual",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:30:41.299854406Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
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    "answer": "Droid CLI scores 59.1 (C) on agent readiness against Junie CLI's 53.2 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Junie CLI leads on payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust.",
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      "slug": "junie",
      "name": "Junie CLI",
      "vendor": "JetBrains",
      "vendorUrl": "https://junie.jetbrains.com",
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      "category": "agent-harnesses",
      "summary": "JetBrains' coding agent for the terminal, run as `junie`. It plans, edits files, runs commands and calls MCP servers, with an action allowlist, one-shot headless runs with JSON output for CI and an ACP mode for editors.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/junie",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/junie.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/junie.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/junie.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/JetBrains/junie",
      "license": "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",
      "transports": [],
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@jetbrains/junie"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "A JetBrains Account through a browser, a Junie API key (`JUNIE_API_KEY` or `--auth`) created at junie.jetbrains.com/cli for headless runs, or BYOK provider keys and custom endpoints, which need no JetBrains AI subscription.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Junie Lite is free with any JetBrains account, needs no card and has no published quota. JetBrains AI Pro is $10 a month ($100 a year) with 10 AI Credits and AI Ultimate $30 a month ($300 a year) with 35, where one credit is US$1. BYOK use is billed by the provider with no JetBrains markup. Per-model credit rates weren't found (checked 2026-10-18).",
      "priceSummary": "$10 / mo",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Junie docs, the JetBrains AI terms or the pricing on junie.jetbrains.com (checked 2026-10-18).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 487,
        "npmWeekly": 3153,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-18"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://junie.jetbrains.com/docs/junie-cli.html",
      "llmsTxt": "https://junie.jetbrains.com/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "agent.harness",
        "agent.mcp-client",
        "agent.multi-agent"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "official",
        "harness",
        "coding-agent",
        "cli",
        "closed-source",
        "mcp",
        "acp",
        "llms-txt",
        "free-tier",
        "no-card",
        "hooks",
        "subagents"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-10-16",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 53.2,
        "grade": "D",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 804,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1146,
        "categoryRank": 31,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
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          "maintenance": 72,
          "payments": 42,
          "reliability": 45,
          "schema": 62,
          "security": 56,
          "transparency": 78
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        "pending": [
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          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
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        "negative": -3,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "2026-10-15. CVE-2026-111091, high (CVSS 7.8, CWE-829). Code execution was possible through an untrusted project's MCP server configuration in Junie CLI before 26.8.3. Fixed and published through NVD and JetBrains' fixed-issues page, inside six months (https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?keywordSearch=Junie). -2",
          "2026-04-17. CVE-2026-41153, medium (CVSS 5.8 from JetBrains). Command execution through a malicious project file in JetBrains Junie before 252.549.29, a plugin build number. Judgement call, 1 point, since the IDE plugin and the CLI run the same agent per JetBrains' 17 June 2026 post. Fixed and published (https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?keywordSearch=Junie). -1"
        ],
        "verdict": "Runs headless with JSON output, speaks ACP, and works with JetBrains AI plans, a free Junie Lite tier, the owner's own provider keys or a local endpoint. Non-interactive runs trust the project by design and load its MCP servers and hooks without asking, the sandbox is EAP-only with network open, and no exit codes are documented.",
        "bestFor": "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.",
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          "An action allowlist that asks before terminal commands, MCP tools, outside edits and secret-file reads, and checks each part of chained and nested commands",
          "Headless runs with text, json or json-stream output, piped JSON input, `--session-id` and `--resume`",
          "ACP mode (`junie --acp true`) for editors, plus a GitHub Action and GitLab CI integration",
          "Junie Lite is a free model tier with no card, and BYOK keys or a local endpoint avoid JetBrains billing",
          "Install scripts check SHA-256 sums from a published release feed, and releases ship weekly"
        ],
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          "One-shot, piped, ACP and Gateway runs trust the project by design and load its MCP servers, hooks, agents and skills without a prompt",
          "Sandbox mode is EAP-only, off by default, absent on Windows, and leaves network access open by default",
          "No documented exit codes, output schema or turn and spend cap for headless runs",
          "CVE-2026-111091 (published 15 October 2026, high) allowed code execution through an untrusted project's MCP configuration before 26.8.3",
          "Closed source, and the CLI's default for anonymous usage statistics isn't stated"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Run headless only in repositories you trust. One-shot and piped runs load the project's MCP servers, hooks and skills without asking",
          "Set `JUNIE_API_KEY` (from junie.jetbrains.com/cli) or a provider key such as `JUNIE_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` in CI. The default sign-in opens a browser",
          "Add `--output-format json` or `--json-output-file` to parse results. Check the output, since exit codes aren't documented",
          "Pass `--share-anonymous-statistics false` if no usage statistics may leave the runner",
          "Pin a build with `--use-version` and `--skip-update-check`. The CLI updates itself on start by default"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "local",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 4,
        "avgRating": 2.8,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "D",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
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            "score": 53.2
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        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 55,
          "maintenance": 72,
          "payments": 42,
          "reliability": 45,
          "schema": 62,
          "security": 56,
          "transparency": 57
        },
        "provenanceScore": 99
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "curl -fsSL https://junie.jetbrains.com/install.sh | bash",
        "headless": {
          "acp": "junie --acp true",
          "review": "junie --auth=\"$JUNIE_API_KEY\" --review",
          "run": "junie --auth=\"$JUNIE_API_KEY\" \"Fix any failing tests\""
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      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/junie"
      },
      "sameCompany": [
        "youtrack"
      ],
      "area": "frameworks",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "JetBrains AI Pro",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 10,
          "note": "per user, 10 AI Credits every 30 days, $100 a year"
        },
        {
          "item": "JetBrains AI Ultimate",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 30,
          "note": "per user, 35 AI Credits every 30 days, $300 a year"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "JetBrains s.r.o.",
        "domain": "jetbrains.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2001-11-09",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "https://www.jetbrains.com/legal/docs/terms/jetbrains-ai-service/",
        "privacy": "https://www.jetbrains.com/legal/docs/privacy/privacy/",
        "statusPage": "https://status.jetbrains.cloud",
        "changelog": "https://junie.jetbrains.com/whats-new",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-10-18",
        "notes": [
          "The README says JetBrains s.r.o., all rights reserved, with use under the JetBrains AI Terms of Service (version 2.1, effective 30 September 2025, titled for AI Assistant and Junie).",
          "RDAP (Verisign) gives jetbrains.com a registration date of 2001-11-09. Junie's site is junie.jetbrains.com.",
          "www.jetbrains.com/.well-known/security.txt has a Contact and a Policy line and no Expires line, which RFC 9116 requires. The site's tracker reads a file with a Contact and no Expires as valid. junie.jetbrains.com/.well-known/security.txt answers 404.",
          "status.jetbrains.cloud (incident.io) covers JetBrains AI and its model providers, with no Junie component.",
          "The CLI runs on the owner's machine. Model calls go to JetBrains AI, the owner's provider or a local endpoint, so there is no single vendor endpoint."
        ],
        "score": 99
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/junie.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "junie",
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.jetbrains.cloud",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T00:05:24.10584297Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://junie.jetbrains.com/whats-new",
            "kind": "changelog",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:32:12.838843498Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "e7ffd0aa598d"
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          {
            "url": "https://www.jetbrains.com/legal/docs/privacy/privacy/",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:44:49.759359206Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "7d6c9c28b6d6"
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          {
            "url": "https://www.jetbrains.com/legal/docs/terms/jetbrains-ai-service/",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:44:51.742181669Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "c56282bd3350"
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    },
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        "a": "Agent harness",
        "b": "Agent harness",
        "name": "Kind"
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      {
        "a": "Factory",
        "b": "JetBrains",
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        "a": "no (local only)",
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      },
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        "a": "",
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        "name": "Transports"
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        "a": "not found in the text",
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        "a": "not found in the text",
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        "a": "yes",
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        "a": "not found in the text",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/junie.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/junie.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 713 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Droid CLI (C)\n\nGood for: Teams that want a terminal coding agent with tiered autonomy, command rules and an optional sandbox, and that will pay for a Factory plan.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 79 against 62\n- Agent ergonomics, 72 against 55\n- Security \u0026 auth, 63 against 56\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 79 against 72\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where Junie CLI loses 3 points for them\n\nWatch for: No free tier or trial was found. Plans start at $20 a month and included usage is stated only as rolling rate limits without numbers\n\n### Junie CLI (D)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 42 against 10\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 78 against 64\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: One-shot, piped, ACP and Gateway runs trust the project by design and load its MCP servers, hooks, agents and skills without a prompt\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Droid CLI | Junie CLI | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 49 | 45 | Droid CLI +4 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 79 | 62 | Droid CLI +17 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 72 | 55 | Droid CLI +17 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 63 | 56 | Droid CLI +7 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 10 | 42 | Junie CLI +32 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 79 | 72 | Droid CLI +7 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 64 | 78 | Junie CLI +14 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -3 | |\n| **Total** | | **59.1 · C** | **53.2 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Droid CLI | Junie CLI |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Factory | JetBrains |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports |  |  |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary, under Factory's Terms and Conditions. The `droid` npm package is marked `UNLICENSED` and the public repository holds documentation only. The Python SDK is Apache-2.0 | 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 |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-16 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-07-14 |  |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-20 | 2026-06-12 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes |  |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |\n| Popularity | 49 stars, 7.8k npm/wk | 487 stars, 3.2k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 2.8/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Droid CLI.** `droid exec` is read-only unless `--auto` raises the autonomy level, with command rules, an optional kernel-enforced sandbox, JSON output and documented exit codes. No free tier, status page or security.txt was found, the source is closed, and usage metrics go to Factory by default.\n\n**Junie CLI.** Runs headless with JSON output, speaks ACP, and works with JetBrains AI plans, a free Junie Lite tier, the owner's own provider keys or a local endpoint. Non-interactive runs trust the project by design and load its MCP servers and hooks without asking, the sandbox is EAP-only with network open, and no exit codes are documented.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Droid CLI\n\n1. Set `FACTORY_API_KEY` (starts `fk-`) from the API keys page in Factory settings for headless runs. Interactive use signs in through a browser\n2. Start with `droid exec` and no flags for analysis. Add `--auto low` for edits and `--auto medium` for installs, tests and local commits\n3. Use `--output-format json` and read `is_error`, `num_turns` and `session_id`. Treat a non-zero exit code as failure\n4. Set `sandbox.enabled` to true before running on untrusted code. In `droid exec` a sandbox violation is denied without a prompt\n5. Pin the version in CI with `npm install -g droid@\u003cversion\u003e`, or set `FACTORY_DROID_AUTO_UPDATE_ENABLED=false` on standalone installs, which update themselves\n\n### Junie CLI\n\n1. Run headless only in repositories you trust. One-shot and piped runs load the project's MCP servers, hooks and skills without asking\n2. Set `JUNIE_API_KEY` (from junie.jetbrains.com/cli) or a provider key such as `JUNIE_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` in CI. The default sign-in opens a browser\n3. Add `--output-format json` or `--json-output-file` to parse results. Check the output, since exit codes aren't documented\n4. Pass `--share-anonymous-statistics false` if no usage statistics may leave the runner\n5. Pin a build with `--use-version` and `--skip-update-check`. The CLI updates itself on start by default\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Droid CLI or Junie CLI?\n\nDroid CLI scores 59.1 (C) on agent readiness against Junie CLI's 53.2 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Junie CLI leads on payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/droid-cli-vs-junie.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/droid-cli-vs-junie.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"droid-cli\", \"b\": \"junie\"}`. 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