# Jules vs Kimi Code CLI (slim)

> Kimi Code CLI scores 62.1 (B) to Jules's 44.5 (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 Jules's 44.5 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Jules leads on security & auth. Both do agent harnesses.

- Jules: E 44.5, rank #1000 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jules.min.md
- Kimi Code CLI: B 62.1, rank #492 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kimi-code-cli.min.md
- Jules, good for A person or pipeline that wants to hand scoped GitHub tasks to a cloud agent and collect a pull request or a patch, or run a repoless job in a disposable VM. Ahead on Security & auth, 57 against 45. Also Runs on your own machine; 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 13; Schema & documentation, 85 against 76; Agent ergonomics, 71 against 64; Payments & pricing, 60 against 30; Maintenance & community, 72 against 18; Transparency & trust, 62 against 44. Also Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | Jules | Kimi Code CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 13 | 68 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 76 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 64 | 71 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 57 | 45 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 18 | 72 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 44 | 62 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Jules | Kimi Code CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Google LLC | Moonshot AI |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio |  |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the Google Terms of Service. The TypeScript SDK is Apache-2.0; the CLI binary is closed | MIT |
| Tools exposed | 8 | none |
| Last release | 2026-03-09 | 2026-10-14 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-07-30 |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-01 |  |
| Customer content may train models | yes |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text |  |
| Popularity | 1.3k npm/wk | 37k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | 3/5 (4) |