# Junie CLI vs Muse Code (slim)

> Muse Code scores 61.3 (C) to Junie CLI's 53.2 (D) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Muse Code scores 61.3 (C) on agent readiness against Junie CLI's 53.2 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Junie CLI leads on payments & pricing and transparency & trust. Both do agent harnesses.

- Junie CLI: D 53.2, rank #804 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/junie.min.md
- Muse Code: C 61.3, rank #521 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/muse-code.min.md
- Junie CLI, good 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. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 42 against 20; Transparency & trust, 78 against 57. Also Free to start without a card.
- Muse Code, good for Developers who want Meta's Muse models, Muse Wonder Full included, in a terminal or CI agent with the sandbox and approvals on from the first run. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 84 against 62; Agent ergonomics, 79 against 55; Security & auth, 67 against 56. Also Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.3 against 2.8 out of 5; No incidents deducted, where Junie CLI loses 3 points for them.

| Category | Junie CLI | Muse Code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 45 | 45 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 62 | 84 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 55 | 79 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 56 | 67 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 42 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 72 | 75 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 78 | 57 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Junie CLI | Muse Code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | JetBrains | Meta |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Licence | 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 | Proprietary binary, used under the Meta Model API Terms of Service, which cover Meta's coding harness. Subscriptions are also under the Meta Subscription Terms of Service. The TypeScript and Python SDKs in the linked repository are MIT. |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-16 | 2026-10-11 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-06-12 | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | 487 stars, 3.2k npm/wk | 63k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | 3.3/5 (4) |