# Pi vs mini-swe-agent (slim)

> Pi scores 68.4 (B) to mini-swe-agent's 56.7 (C) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Pi scores 68.4 (B) on agent readiness against mini-swe-agent's 56.7 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent harnesses.

- Pi: B 68.4, rank #233 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/earendil-pi.min.md
- mini-swe-agent: C 56.7, rank #698 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mini-swe-agent.min.md
- Pi, good for Developers and pipelines that want a small, scriptable coding agent they can extend in TypeScript and drive over JSONL or RPC, inside their own container. Ahead on Reliability, 75 against 70; Schema & documentation, 84 against 58; Agent ergonomics, 76 against 69; Security & auth, 61 against 56; Maintenance & community, 87 against 49; Transparency & trust, 64 against 51.
- mini-swe-agent, good for Benchmark runs, research baselines and RL or fine-tuning pipelines that want a minimal, readable agent with a linear trajectory, and for people who want to read every line of their harness.

| Category | Pi | mini-swe-agent |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 75 | 70 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 84 | 58 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 76 | 69 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 61 | 56 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 87 | 49 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 64 | 51 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Pi | mini-swe-agent |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Earendil | SWE-bench team (Princeton and Stanford) |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-07-23 |
| Popularity | 113k stars, 5.2M npm/wk | 8.6k stars, 4.4M PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3.3/5 (4) | 3/5 (4) |