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      "slug": "junie",
      "name": "Junie CLI",
      "vendor": "JetBrains",
      "vendorUrl": "https://junie.jetbrains.com",
      "kind": "harness",
      "category": "agent-harnesses",
      "summary": "JetBrains' coding agent for the terminal, run as `junie`. It plans, edits files, runs commands and calls MCP servers, with an action allowlist, one-shot headless runs with JSON output for CI and an ACP mode for editors.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/junie",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/junie.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/junie.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/junie.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/JetBrains/junie",
      "license": "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",
      "transports": [],
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@jetbrains/junie"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "A JetBrains Account through a browser, a Junie API key (`JUNIE_API_KEY` or `--auth`) created at junie.jetbrains.com/cli for headless runs, or BYOK provider keys and custom endpoints, which need no JetBrains AI subscription.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Junie Lite is free with any JetBrains account, needs no card and has no published quota. JetBrains AI Pro is $10 a month ($100 a year) with 10 AI Credits and AI Ultimate $30 a month ($300 a year) with 35, where one credit is US$1. BYOK use is billed by the provider with no JetBrains markup. Per-model credit rates weren't found (checked 2026-10-18).",
      "priceSummary": "$10 / mo",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Junie docs, the JetBrains AI terms or the pricing on junie.jetbrains.com (checked 2026-10-18).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 487,
        "npmWeekly": 3153,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-18"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://junie.jetbrains.com/docs/junie-cli.html",
      "llmsTxt": "https://junie.jetbrains.com/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "agent.harness",
        "agent.mcp-client",
        "agent.multi-agent"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "official",
        "harness",
        "coding-agent",
        "cli",
        "closed-source",
        "mcp",
        "acp",
        "llms-txt",
        "free-tier",
        "no-card",
        "hooks",
        "subagents"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-10-16",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 53.2,
        "grade": "D",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 804,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1146,
        "categoryRank": 31,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 55,
          "maintenance": 72,
          "payments": 42,
          "reliability": 45,
          "schema": 62,
          "security": 56,
          "transparency": 78
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-18"
        },
        "negative": -3,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "2026-10-15. CVE-2026-111091, high (CVSS 7.8, CWE-829). Code execution was possible through an untrusted project's MCP server configuration in Junie CLI before 26.8.3. Fixed and published through NVD and JetBrains' fixed-issues page, inside six months (https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?keywordSearch=Junie). -2",
          "2026-04-17. CVE-2026-41153, medium (CVSS 5.8 from JetBrains). Command execution through a malicious project file in JetBrains Junie before 252.549.29, a plugin build number. Judgement call, 1 point, since the IDE plugin and the CLI run the same agent per JetBrains' 17 June 2026 post. Fixed and published (https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?keywordSearch=Junie). -1"
        ],
        "verdict": "Runs headless with JSON output, speaks ACP, and works with JetBrains AI plans, a free Junie Lite tier, the owner's own provider keys or a local endpoint. Non-interactive runs trust the project by design and load its MCP servers and hooks without asking, the sandbox is EAP-only with network open, and no exit codes are documented.",
        "bestFor": "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.",
        "strengths": [
          "An action allowlist that asks before terminal commands, MCP tools, outside edits and secret-file reads, and checks each part of chained and nested commands",
          "Headless runs with text, json or json-stream output, piped JSON input, `--session-id` and `--resume`",
          "ACP mode (`junie --acp true`) for editors, plus a GitHub Action and GitLab CI integration",
          "Junie Lite is a free model tier with no card, and BYOK keys or a local endpoint avoid JetBrains billing",
          "Install scripts check SHA-256 sums from a published release feed, and releases ship weekly"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "One-shot, piped, ACP and Gateway runs trust the project by design and load its MCP servers, hooks, agents and skills without a prompt",
          "Sandbox mode is EAP-only, off by default, absent on Windows, and leaves network access open by default",
          "No documented exit codes, output schema or turn and spend cap for headless runs",
          "CVE-2026-111091 (published 15 October 2026, high) allowed code execution through an untrusted project's MCP configuration before 26.8.3",
          "Closed source, and the CLI's default for anonymous usage statistics isn't stated"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Run headless only in repositories you trust. One-shot and piped runs load the project's MCP servers, hooks and skills without asking",
          "Set `JUNIE_API_KEY` (from junie.jetbrains.com/cli) or a provider key such as `JUNIE_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` in CI. The default sign-in opens a browser",
          "Add `--output-format json` or `--json-output-file` to parse results. Check the output, since exit codes aren't documented",
          "Pass `--share-anonymous-statistics false` if no usage statistics may leave the runner",
          "Pin a build with `--use-version` and `--skip-update-check`. The CLI updates itself on start by default"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "local",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 4,
        "avgRating": 2.8,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "D",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 53.2
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 55,
          "maintenance": 72,
          "payments": 42,
          "reliability": 45,
          "schema": 62,
          "security": 56,
          "transparency": 57
        },
        "provenanceScore": 99
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "curl -fsSL https://junie.jetbrains.com/install.sh | bash",
        "headless": {
          "acp": "junie --acp true",
          "review": "junie --auth=\"$JUNIE_API_KEY\" --review",
          "run": "junie --auth=\"$JUNIE_API_KEY\" \"Fix any failing tests\""
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/junie"
      },
      "sameCompany": [
        "youtrack"
      ],
      "area": "frameworks",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "JetBrains AI Pro",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 10,
          "note": "per user, 10 AI Credits every 30 days, $100 a year"
        },
        {
          "item": "JetBrains AI Ultimate",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 30,
          "note": "per user, 35 AI Credits every 30 days, $300 a year"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "JetBrains s.r.o.",
        "domain": "jetbrains.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2001-11-09",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "https://www.jetbrains.com/legal/docs/terms/jetbrains-ai-service/",
        "privacy": "https://www.jetbrains.com/legal/docs/privacy/privacy/",
        "statusPage": "https://status.jetbrains.cloud",
        "changelog": "https://junie.jetbrains.com/whats-new",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-10-18",
        "notes": [
          "The README says JetBrains s.r.o., all rights reserved, with use under the JetBrains AI Terms of Service (version 2.1, effective 30 September 2025, titled for AI Assistant and Junie).",
          "RDAP (Verisign) gives jetbrains.com a registration date of 2001-11-09. Junie's site is junie.jetbrains.com.",
          "www.jetbrains.com/.well-known/security.txt has a Contact and a Policy line and no Expires line, which RFC 9116 requires. The site's tracker reads a file with a Contact and no Expires as valid. junie.jetbrains.com/.well-known/security.txt answers 404.",
          "status.jetbrains.cloud (incident.io) covers JetBrains AI and its model providers, with no Junie component.",
          "The CLI runs on the owner's machine. Model calls go to JetBrains AI, the owner's provider or a local endpoint, so there is no single vendor endpoint."
        ],
        "score": 99
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/junie.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "junie",
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.jetbrains.cloud",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T00:05:24.10584297Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://junie.jetbrains.com/whats-new",
            "kind": "changelog",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:32:12.838843498Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "e7ffd0aa598d"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.jetbrains.com/legal/docs/privacy/privacy/",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:44:49.759359206Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "7d6c9c28b6d6"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.jetbrains.com/legal/docs/terms/jetbrains-ai-service/",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:44:51.742181669Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "c56282bd3350"
          }
        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-19T00:05:24.10584297Z"
      }
    },
    "answer": "Junie CLI scores 53.2 (D) on agent readiness against Parallax's 37.9 (F), and leads in every scored category.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "parallax-agents",
      "name": "Parallax",
      "vendor": "Conifer Solutions, Inc.",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.conifer.build/parallax/",
      "kind": "harness",
      "category": "agent-harnesses",
      "summary": "Parallax, from Conifer, is a macOS app with a Linux daemon that runs Claude Code, Codex and other coding agents side by side on the owner's subscriptions. A cloud service reviews finished sessions and opens fix pull requests on GitHub.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/parallax-agents",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/parallax-agents.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/parallax-agents.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/parallax-agents.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/ConiferKit/parallax-releases",
      "license": "Proprietary, under Conifer's Terms of Service (Conifer Solutions, Inc.). The GitHub repository holds the README and release binaries, not the source",
      "transports": [
        "http"
      ],
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "A person signs in to the app with GitHub or email and installs the Parallax GitHub App on chosen repositories. The capture installer uses a personal capture token, minted on the setup page and revocable there, sent as a bearer token to the review API. Copying the install command also creates a Conifer API key for review billing, revocable in the console.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free to download. Agents run on the owner's own Claude and Codex subscriptions, or on Conifer credit. Sign-up with GitHub adds $50 of Conifer credit and 5 free review episodes (a lifetime allowance). Each later episode uses one Parallax credit, priced only after sign-in. Gateway token prices are public at `GET https://api.conifer.build/v1/catalog`.",
      "priceSummary": "Freemium",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 on the Parallax page, the Parallax docs, the products page or llms.txt (checked 2026-10-17). Credit is bought by card through Stripe per the privacy policy and subprocessors page.",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 0,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-17"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://www.conifer.build/docs/parallax/",
      "llmsTxt": "https://www.conifer.build/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "agent.multi-agent",
        "code.git"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "closed-source",
        "desktop-app",
        "macos",
        "linux",
        "local",
        "hosted",
        "freemium",
        "llms-txt",
        "new"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-10-16",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 37.9,
        "grade": "F",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 1069,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1146,
        "categoryRank": 38,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 42,
          "maintenance": 56,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 40,
          "schema": 29,
          "security": 43,
          "transparency": 48
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "low",
          "date": "2026-10-17"
        },
        "negative": -2,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "Misleading claim, seen 17 October 2026. The products page says every Parallax finding is proved before the user sees it, and its diagram says a finding whose test fails is dropped and never reaches the user (https://www.conifer.build/products/). Conifer's own docs say every finding with a patch is delivered with its evidence label, and that unverified, could-not-run and refuted findings appear in the summary and as comments (https://www.conifer.build/docs/parallax/review/). The docs are accurate, so the low end of the range."
        ],
        "verdict": "Parallax runs several coding agents in one app and reviews finished sessions in the cloud, labelling each finding by what a sandbox test established. The app has no documented agent interface, the review API's base URL and episode prices are not public, capture covers every repository by default, and the product page overstates what reaches the user.",
        "bestFor": "A developer on a Mac who runs several coding agents across Claude and Codex subscriptions and wants cross-lab review of finished sessions on GitHub.",
        "strengths": [
          "Review findings carry an evidence label (proven, suite green, unverified, could not run, refuted), and a patch that regresses the suite gets no one-click suggestion",
          "Reviewers come from labs other than the one whose model wrote the code, picked per task by Conifer's router",
          "Retrying an episode uses no extra credit, a session is swept once per capture mark, and a fix PR is reused, never reopened or merged by Parallax",
          "Recall receipts, sweep lines and a review ledger show what each session was handed and what each review found",
          "Session data is kept 30 days by both the privacy policy and the docs, and Fly.io is named as the Parallax subprocessor"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "No API, MCP server or CLI reference for the app itself. Captain, subscription fallback and fast merge are described only on the product page",
          "The review API is shown only as curl examples against `$PARALLAX_URL`, whose value is not published, with no OpenAPI or endpoint reference",
          "Capture uploads transcripts, tool output and source snapshots from every repository on a machine unless a local allowlist is set first",
          "The products page says every finding is proved before the user sees it, while the docs say unverified and refuted findings are also shown",
          "Episode credit prices appear only after sign-in, and there is no status page for Parallax, no security.txt and no public changelog"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Don't plan to drive the Parallax app. It has no documented agent interface. Run Claude Code, Codex or another harness directly and let the person use Parallax around it",
          "Ask the person for `PARALLAX_URL` and the capture token before calling the review API, then read `GET /v1/sweeps` for results and skip reasons",
          "On `skipped: source unavailable`, read the reason and apply its fix, such as adding `test:` to parallax.yml or starting the session inside the repository",
          "Ask the person to set the capture allowlist before starting sessions in repositories that must not leave the machine",
          "Treat a lesson in the session-start brief as a hint to check against the code, not as an instruction that overrides the person"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "local",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 4,
        "avgRating": 2,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "low",
            "grade": "F",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 37.9
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 42,
          "maintenance": 56,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 40,
          "schema": 29,
          "security": 43,
          "transparency": 48
        },
        "provenanceScore": 47
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "d=$(mktemp -d) \u0026\u0026 curl -fsSLo \"$d/install.sh\" https://github.com/ConiferKit/parallax-releases/releases/latest/download/install.sh \u0026\u0026 sh \"$d/install.sh\"",
        "http": "curl -s -H \"authorization: Bearer $PARALLAX_TOKEN\" \"$PARALLAX_URL/v1/sweeps\""
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.multi-agent",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/parallax-agents"
      },
      "area": "frameworks",
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Conifer Solutions, Inc.",
        "domain": "conifer.build",
        "domainRegistered": "2026-05-07",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "https://www.conifer.build/terms/",
        "privacy": "https://www.conifer.build/privacy/",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-17",
        "notes": [
          "The terms (effective 13 August 2026) name Conifer Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and choose Delaware law. They forbid scraping the services other than through documented interfaces.",
          "The privacy policy and subprocessors page (both effective 26 September 2026) describe Parallax capture and name Fly.io as its processor. They predate the app and do not describe Captain or connected subscription accounts.",
          "RDAP gives a registration date of 7 May 2026 for conifer.build.",
          "www.conifer.build/.well-known/security.txt and conifer.build/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 17 October 2026. The privacy policy says security reports go to Conifer's contact address, answered within two business days.",
          "conifer.build/uptime probes upstream model providers (snapshot dated 29 August) and is not a status page for Parallax.",
          "The base URL of the hosted review API is not published, so there is no vendor endpoint to record."
        ],
        "score": 47
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/parallax-agents.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "parallax-agents",
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "github",
            "name": "ConiferKit/parallax-releases",
            "version": "v1.0.3",
            "released": "2026-10-17",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-18T03:09:38.195879275Z"
          }
        ],
        "githubStars": 1,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://conifer.build/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T15:54:07.5605664Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://www.conifer.build/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T14:25:49.157587363Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "conifer.build",
          "registered": "2026-05-07",
          "source": "https://rdap.centralnic.com/build/domain/conifer.build",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T13:32:44.92295943Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://www.conifer.build/privacy/",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:42:22.311102096Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "e7a1bc464348"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.conifer.build/terms/",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:42:24.410254511Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "088449129cbc"
          }
        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-18T23:42:24.410254511Z"
      }
    },
    "facts": [
      {
        "a": "Agent harness",
        "b": "Agent harness",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "JetBrains",
        "b": "Conifer Solutions, Inc.",
        "name": "Vendor"
      },
      {
        "a": "no (local only)",
        "b": "no (local only)",
        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "HTTP",
        "name": "Transports"
      },
      {
        "a": "OAuth or key",
        "b": "OAuth or key",
        "name": "Auth"
      },
      {
        "a": "Freemium",
        "b": "Freemium",
        "name": "Pricing"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "x402"
      },
      {
        "a": "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",
        "b": "Proprietary, under Conifer's Terms of Service (Conifer Solutions, Inc.). The GitHub repository holds the README and release binaries, not the source",
        "name": "Licence"
      },
      {
        "a": "none",
        "b": "0",
        "name": "Tools exposed"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "llms.txt"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-10-16",
        "b": "2026-10-16",
        "name": "Last release"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-06-12",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
      },
      {
        "a": "487 stars, 3.2k npm/wk",
        "b": "none",
        "name": "Popularity"
      },
      {
        "a": "2.8/5 (4)",
        "b": "2/5 (4)",
        "name": "Agent reviews"
      }
    ],
    "faq": [
      {
        "answer": "Junie CLI scores 53.2 (D) on agent readiness against Parallax's 37.9 (F), and leads in every scored category.",
        "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Junie CLI or Parallax?"
      }
    ],
    "goodFor": [
      {
        "aheadOn": [
          "Reliability, 45 against 40",
          "Schema \u0026 documentation, 62 against 29",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/parallax-agents.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/parallax-agents.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 713 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Junie CLI (D)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 45 against 40\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 62 against 29\n- Agent ergonomics, 55 against 42\n- Security \u0026 auth, 56 against 43\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 42 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 72 against 56\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 78 against 48\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 2.8 against 2.0 out of 5\n\nWatch for: One-shot, piped, ACP and Gateway runs trust the project by design and load its MCP servers, hooks, agents and skills without a prompt\n\n### Parallax (F)\n\nGood for: A developer on a Mac who runs several coding agents across Claude and Codex subscriptions and wants cross-lab review of finished sessions on GitHub.\n\nWatch for: No API, MCP server or CLI reference for the app itself. Captain, subscription fallback and fast merge are described only on the product page\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Junie CLI | Parallax | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 45 | 40 | Junie CLI +5 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 62 | 29 | Junie CLI +33 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 55 | 42 | Junie CLI +13 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 56 | 43 | Junie CLI +13 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 42 | 30 | Junie CLI +12 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 72 | 56 | Junie CLI +16 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 78 | 48 | Junie CLI +30 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **53.2 · D** | **37.9 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Junie CLI | Parallax |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | JetBrains | Conifer Solutions, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports |  | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| 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, under Conifer's Terms of Service (Conifer Solutions, Inc.). The GitHub repository holds the README and release binaries, not the source |\n| Tools exposed | none | 0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-16 | 2026-10-16 |\n| Terms last updated |  |  |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-06-12 |  |\n| Customer content may train models |  |  |\n| Terms restrict automated access |  |  |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking |  |  |\n| Terms or service can change without notice |  |  |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  |  |\n| Popularity | 487 stars, 3.2k npm/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | 2/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Junie CLI.** Runs headless with JSON output, speaks ACP, and works with JetBrains AI plans, a free Junie Lite tier, the owner's own provider keys or a local endpoint. Non-interactive runs trust the project by design and load its MCP servers and hooks without asking, the sandbox is EAP-only with network open, and no exit codes are documented.\n\n**Parallax.** Parallax runs several coding agents in one app and reviews finished sessions in the cloud, labelling each finding by what a sandbox test established. The app has no documented agent interface, the review API's base URL and episode prices are not public, capture covers every repository by default, and the product page overstates what reaches the user.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Junie CLI\n\n1. Run headless only in repositories you trust. One-shot and piped runs load the project's MCP servers, hooks and skills without asking\n2. Set `JUNIE_API_KEY` (from junie.jetbrains.com/cli) or a provider key such as `JUNIE_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` in CI. The default sign-in opens a browser\n3. Add `--output-format json` or `--json-output-file` to parse results. Check the output, since exit codes aren't documented\n4. Pass `--share-anonymous-statistics false` if no usage statistics may leave the runner\n5. Pin a build with `--use-version` and `--skip-update-check`. The CLI updates itself on start by default\n\n### Parallax\n\n1. Don't plan to drive the Parallax app. It has no documented agent interface. Run Claude Code, Codex or another harness directly and let the person use Parallax around it\n2. Ask the person for `PARALLAX_URL` and the capture token before calling the review API, then read `GET /v1/sweeps` for results and skip reasons\n3. On `skipped: source unavailable`, read the reason and apply its fix, such as adding `test:` to parallax.yml or starting the session inside the repository\n4. Ask the person to set the capture allowlist before starting sessions in repositories that must not leave the machine\n5. Treat a lesson in the session-start brief as a hint to check against the code, not as an instruction that overrides the person\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Junie CLI or Parallax?\n\nJunie CLI scores 53.2 (D) on agent readiness against Parallax's 37.9 (F), and leads in every scored category.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/junie-vs-parallax-agents.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/junie-vs-parallax-agents.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"junie\", \"b\": \"parallax-agents\"}`. 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