# Harness² vs Kimi Code CLI (slim)

> Kimi Code CLI scores 62.1 (B) to Harness²'s 41.6 (E) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Kimi Code CLI scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against Harness²'s 41.6 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do agent harnesses.

- Harness²: E 41.6, rank #1040 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/harness2.min.md
- Kimi Code CLI: B 62.1, rank #492 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kimi-code-cli.min.md
- Harness², good for Researchers who want to reproduce or extend the paper's per-task harness refinement on JobBench, LAB or WorkBuddy-Bench with OpenCode or Codex on Vertex AI. Also No key needed to call it; No incidents deducted, where Kimi Code CLI loses 4 points for them.
- Kimi Code CLI, good for Developers on Kimi models who want a terminal agent with ACP and a local REST API, or an open-source harness that also runs Claude, GPT or Gemini models. Ahead on Reliability, 68 against 20; Schema & documentation, 85 against 51; Agent ergonomics, 71 against 59; Payments & pricing, 60 against 40; Maintenance & community, 72 against 36; Transparency & trust, 62 against 44. Also Free to start without a card; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.0 against 2.5 out of 5.

| Category | Harness² | Kimi Code CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 20 | 68 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 51 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 59 | 71 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 44 | 45 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 36 | 72 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 44 | 62 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Harness² | Kimi Code CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Google (Google Research) | Moonshot AI |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Licence | Apache-2.0. Bundled benchmark runners keep their upstream licences (Apache-2.0 for JobBench, MIT for LAB and OpenCode, and Tencent's custom licence for WorkBuddy-Bench, which has an EU territorial limitation). | MIT |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-14 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked |  |
| Popularity | 4.2k stars | 37k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (4) | 3/5 (4) |