# Droid CLI vs Qoder CLI (slim)

> Qoder CLI and Droid CLI score within a point of each other for agent harnesses, 59.3 and 59.1 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Qoder CLI and Droid CLI score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 59.3 (C) and 59.1 (C). Droid CLI leads on security & auth and maintenance & community. Both do agent harnesses.

- Droid CLI: C 59.1, rank #619 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/droid-cli.min.md
- Qoder CLI: C 59.3, rank #609 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qoder-cli.min.md
- Droid CLI, good 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. Ahead on Security & auth, 63 against 55; Maintenance & community, 79 against 72. Also 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 Agent ergonomics, 80 against 72; Payments & pricing, 35 against 10.

| Category | Droid CLI | Qoder CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 49 | 51 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 79 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 72 | 80 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 63 | 55 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 79 | 72 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 64 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Droid CLI | Qoder CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Factory | Qoder (BRIGHT ZENITH PRIVATE LIMITED) |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| 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, 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 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-16 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-07-14 |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-20 |  |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |
| Popularity | 49 stars, 7.8k npm/wk | 5k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (4) |