{ "data": { "a": { "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", "dns": "junie.grade.anchorterminal.com", "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": null, "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": "2026-11-03", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 49, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1110, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1510, "categoryRank": 44, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 55, "maintenance": 64, "payments": 42, "reliability": 33, "schema": 62, "security": 56, "transparency": 77 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-04" }, "negative": -4, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-10-15. CVE-2026-111091, high (CVSS 3.1 7.8, CWE-829), published by JetBrains. Code execution was possible through an untrusted project's MCP server configuration in Junie CLI before 26.8.3. Fixed and published, under two months old (https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/111xxx/CVE-2026-111091.json). -2", "2026-10-27. CVE-2026-117530, medium (CVSS 3.1 6.7, CWE-184), published by JetBrains. Command execution was possible through incomplete validation of allowlisted commands in Junie CLI before 26.8.17. Fixed and published by the vendor (https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/117xxx/CVE-2026-117530.json). -1", "2026-04-17. CVE-2026-41153, medium (CVSS 3.1 5.8), published by 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://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/41xxx/CVE-2026-41153.json). -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 (high, 15 October 2026) and CVE-2026-117530 (medium, 27 October 2026) allowed code and command execution through project MCP configuration and allowlisted commands", "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": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 49 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 55, "maintenance": 64, "payments": 42, "reliability": 33, "schema": 62, "security": 56, "transparency": 57 }, "provenanceScore": 97, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-04", "maintenance": "2026-11-04", "payments": "2026-11-04", "reliability": "2026-11-04", "schema": "2026-11-04", "security": "2026-11-04", "transparency": "2026-11-04" }, "last": "2026-11-04", "lastMoved": "2026-11-04", "oldest": "2026-11-04", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "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": "2026-11-04", "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).", "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.", "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.", "The registration date is carried from the earlier listing and wasn't looked up again. Junie's site is junie.jetbrains.com.", "status.jetbrains.cloud covers JetBrains AI. Its components and incidents were read on 2026-10-18 from a JSON API this run doesn't use, so they aren't relied on, and JetBrains' website terms (version 2.5, 28 November 2023) bar robots and data mining on every JetBrains site, so it wasn't re-read.", "JetBrains' Website Terms of Use cover every site under the domains JetBrains lists, so its pages are paused pending the founder; its GitHub repositories are read from clones." ], "score": 97 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/junie.json", "live": { "slug": "junie", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.jetbrains.cloud", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T19:22:17.814304352Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "JetBrains/junie", "version": "4040.1", "released": "2026-11-06", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:36:13.78475433Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@jetbrains/junie", "version": "3110.7.0", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:36:13.561699806Z" } ], "githubStars": 544, "npmWeekly": 7037, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://jetbrains.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T16:00:45.129912604Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://junie.jetbrains.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:32:48.182444941Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "jetbrains.com", "registered": "2001-11-09", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/jetbrains.com", "checkedAt": "2026-11-01T14:07:20.014771665Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://junie.jetbrains.com/whats-new", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:11:49.572643963Z", "changedAt": "2026-11-04T08:25:47.158034938Z", "fingerprint": "af4a365b540d" }, { "url": "https://www.jetbrains.com/legal/docs/privacy/privacy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:30:22.908152335Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "7d6c9c28b6d6" }, { "url": "https://www.jetbrains.com/legal/docs/terms/jetbrains-ai-service/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:30:24.932957221Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c56282bd3350" } ], "github": { "repo": "jetbrains/junie", "checkedAt": "2026-11-02T08:57:19.655674548Z", "stars": 522, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": true, "pushedAt": "2026-11-02T08:55:24Z", "openIssues": 6, "openPRs": 8, "issuesOpened90d": 20, "issuesClosed90d": 67, "prsMerged90d": 22, "replies": { "sampled": 25, "unanswered": 5, "medianDays": 16 } }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T19:22:17.814304352Z" } }, "answer": "Junie CLI scores 49 (D) on agent readiness against Verdent's 39.7 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Verdent leads on reliability.", "b": { "slug": "verdent", "name": "Verdent", "vendor": "Verdent AI, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.verdent.ai", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "Verdent is a coding agent from Verdent AI, Inc., with a desktop app for macOS and Windows, VS Code and JetBrains extensions and a browser edition. It plans tasks, runs parallel workers in git worktrees and uses MCP servers.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/verdent", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/verdent.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/verdent.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/verdent.json", "dns": "verdent.grade.anchorterminal.com", "license": "Proprietary. The terms of use from Verdent AI, Inc. forbid reverse engineering or copying any component, and no source is published", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "A person signs in to a Verdent account with Google, GitHub or email in a browser. Model use runs on Verdent credits through llm-proxy.verdent.ai, or on the user's own Anthropic, OpenAI or OpenRouter key (BYOK). BYOA runs workers on a local Claude Code or Codex CLI with keys kept on the machine. No API key or token for driving Verdent from another program was found.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "From $5 a month (Lite), then $19 Starter, $59 Pro and $179 Max with 320, 1,000 and 3,000 credits a month (doubled by a limited-time bonus). One credit is about $0.059 at provider rates. Top-ups $20 for 340 credits to $200 for 3,400. Free Mode and the free trial ended with v2.18.0 on 29 October 2026.", "priceSummary": "$5 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, pricing page, terms or changelog (checked 2026-11-06). Subscriptions and top-ups go through Stripe.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-11-06" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.verdent.ai/docs/verdent-manager/getting-started/overview", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness", "agent.multi-agent", "agent.mcp-client" ], "tags": [ "official", "harness", "coding-agent", "closed-source", "desktop", "vscode", "jetbrains", "mcp", "byok", "paid-plans", "no-sandbox" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-29", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 39.7, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1336, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1510, "categoryRank": 53, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 35, "maintenance": 61, "payments": 20, "reliability": 43, "schema": 55, "security": 33, "transparency": 55 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-06" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-11-06. The changelog says v2.18.0 of 29 October 2026 retired Free Mode, the free trial and the 100 welcome credits, while the pricing page FAQ read on 6 November still says \"Your free trial includes 100 credits\" and the 1.0 docs overview still lists a free trial. A stale claim on the vendor's own pricing page, 2 points. https://www.verdent.ai/pricing, https://www.verdent.ai/changelog" ], "verdict": "A desktop and editor coding agent that splits a goal into parallel workers in git worktrees, with a read-only Plan Mode, MCP servers and the option to run workers on Claude Code or Codex. It has no CLI, API or sandbox, sends context through Verdent's servers, and has had no free tier since 29 October 2026.", "bestFor": "A person who wants a desktop app to plan and run several coding tasks at once, possibly on their own Claude Code or Codex.", "strengths": [ "Plan Mode is read-only and writes a plan.md for review before Agent Mode makes changes", "Parallel workers each run in their own git worktree, with a review column before work is accepted", "BYOA runs workers on a local Claude Code or Codex CLI, and BYOK takes Anthropic, OpenAI or OpenRouter keys", "Plan, top-up and per-credit prices are public, charged at provider token rates with no markup per the pricing page", "Every current docs page has a Markdown twin, and the changelog is dated by version" ], "weaknesses": [ "No CLI, print mode, API or SDK, so a pipeline can't start or read a run except through a paired chat bot", "No sandbox or network restriction documented, and the actions that need approval aren't listed", "Free Mode and the free trial ended on 29 October 2026, while the pricing page FAQ still promises 100 trial credits", "Event logging to log.verdent.ai has no documented opt-out, and the privacy policy gives no retention periods", "SOC 2 and ISO/IEC 42001 are being pursued, not held, and there is no bug bounty or security.txt" ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to drive Verdent headless. Hand the task to the person using the desktop app, or use a harness with a print mode", "Start large changes in Plan Mode and review plan.md before switching to Agent Mode", "Add MCP servers in the project's .mcp.json or ~/.verdent/mcp.json in the mcpServers shape", "Keep work under git, since rollback relies on git and there is no sandbox", "Budget in credits at about $0.059 each, because there is no free allowance since 29 October 2026" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 39.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 35, "maintenance": 61, "payments": 20, "reliability": 43, "schema": 55, "security": 33, "transparency": 47 }, "provenanceScore": 62, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-06", "maintenance": "2026-11-06", "payments": "2026-11-06", "reliability": "2026-11-06", "schema": "2026-11-06", "security": "2026-11-06", "transparency": "2026-11-06" }, "last": "2026-11-06", "oldest": "2026-11-06", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "config": { "mcpServers": { "github": { "args": [ "-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-github" ], "command": "npx", "env": { "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "${GITHUB_TOKEN}" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/verdent" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Lite plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 5, "note": "Eco Mode models and light usage" }, { "item": "Starter plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 19, "note": "320 credits a month, 480 with the limited-time bonus" }, { "item": "Pro plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 59, "note": "1,000 credits a month, 1,500 with the bonus" }, { "item": "Max plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 179, "note": "3,000 credits a month, 4,500 with the bonus" }, { "item": "Credit", "unit": "credit", "usd": 0.059, "note": "About $0.059, charged at provider token prices with no markup per the pricing page" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Verdent AI, Inc.", "domain": "verdent.ai", "domainRegistered": "2025-05-06", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.verdent.ai/terms", "privacy": "https://www.verdent.ai/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://www.verdent.ai/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-11-06", "notes": [ "The privacy policy names Verdent AI, Inc. as data controller, and the terms choose California law.", "The terms forbid users to crawl, scrape or otherwise harvest data or information from the Services. Public pages were read once each.", "www.verdent.ai/robots.txt allows all crawlers.", "RDAP gives verdent.ai a registration date of 6 May 2025.", "/.well-known/security.txt returns 404, and status.verdent.ai did not answer. No status page found.", "The security page says SOC 2 and ISO/IEC 42001 are being pursued, not held, and takes vulnerability reports at hi@verdent.ai with acknowledgement within five business days." ], "score": 62 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/verdent.json", "live": { "slug": "verdent", "securityTxt": { "url": "https://verdent.ai/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:59:33.272105482Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.verdent.ai/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:36:28.662063151Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "bac05e4e426e" }, { "url": "https://www.verdent.ai/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:36:31.354667853Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "3ec1d3c07d70" }, { "url": "https://www.verdent.ai/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:36:33.295376926Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "206b6ec23a6a" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T15:59:33.272105482Z" } }, "edges": [ { "by": 23, "category": "security", "leads": "junie", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "reasons": { "a": "Framework reading (telemetry defaults, approvals, guardrails, sandboxing), five lines. A browser login, a long-lived Junie API key with no scopes we found, or provider keys passed as flags or environment variables. The CLI's statistics default isn't stated (13). The allowlist asks before terminal commands, MCP tools, edits outside the project, reads outside it and secret files, and checks every part of chained, nested and multi-line commands. Brave mode is interactive only. Sandbox mode limits writes and hides `~/.ssh`, but it's EAP-only, off by default, missing on Windows, and leaves the network open by default (12). Interactive runs keep an untrusted project's MCP servers, hooks and skills unloaded and a project can't widen the sandbox, but one-shot, piped, ACP and Gateway runs trust every project by design, and the docs say to run them only in trusted projects (9). `/usage` shows per-session cost and sessions are stored, and PreToolUse hooks in batch runs can log or block tools, but they're EAP, and no audit log for the CLI was found (7). A coordinated disclosure policy (updated 10 October 2026) and a security.txt contact, CVEs JetBrains publishes as a CVE numbering authority (three for Junie in cvelistV5) and a fixed-issues page, discretionary rewards with no formal bounty, and SOC 2 per the Junie homepage. The repository has no SECURITY.md, per a clone on 4 November (15). The docs, policy and homepage readings are per the 18 October check, not re-read on 4 November, because JetBrains' website terms bar robots and data mining on its sites. 13+12+9+7+15 = 56.", "b": "Framework reading (telemetry defaults, approvals, guardrails, sandboxing). Conversation history and tool results go to Verdent's US servers and on to Azure, Bedrock or Vertex, with zero data retention stated for Vertex and Bedrock only. Event logging to log.verdent.ai has no documented opt-out. BYOA keys stay on the machine (10). Plan Mode is read-only, Agent Mode asks before destructive commands and edits outside scope, and workers are isolated by git worktree, but there is no sandbox or network control and the approval list isn't enumerated (9). No prompt-injection guidance found, while web search and fetch results enter the context (2). Usage history in the dashboard, no audit log found (5). A security page with a disclosure address and a five-day acknowledgement, SOC 2 and ISO/IEC 42001 being pursued rather than held, no security.txt and no bug bounty (7). 10+9+2+5+7 = 33." }, "scores": { "a": 56, "b": 33 } }, { "by": 22, "category": "payments", "leads": "junie", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "reasons": { "a": "Harness reading of the published rubric. No payment protocol (0). Plan prices and the US$1 credit are public without a login, but per-model credit rates and Junie API key usage rates weren't found (12). Junie Lite is free with a JetBrains account and no card (20). Judgement call. The docs present BYOK keys and custom endpoints such as Ollama as alternatives to a JetBrains sign-in, so a pipeline holding a provider key needs no JetBrains signup, but the headless page says a token is required and a Junie API key is created by hand at junie.jetbrains.com/cli (10). 0+12+20+10 = 42. Per the 18 October check, not re-read on 4 November, because JetBrains' website terms bar robots and data mining on its sites.", "b": "Harness reading of the published rubric, scored on the Verdent subscription the agent needs. No payment protocol (0). Plan prices from $5 a month, top-up prices and the credit value of about $0.059 are public without a login (20). Free Mode and the free trial ended on 29 October 2026, so there is no free tier (0). A person signs up in a browser (0). 0+20+0+0 = 20." }, "scores": { "a": 42, "b": 20 } }, { "by": 22, "category": "transparency", "leads": "junie", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "reasons": { "a": "Proprietary, with clear terms. The JetBrains AI Terms of Service (version 2.1, effective 30 September 2025) name AI Assistant and Junie, though the Junie EAP terms from December 2024 still call Junie a plugin (15). The terms rule out training on inputs without consent and list AI subcontractors with 30 days' notice of new ones (page updated 29 September 2026, naming OpenAI, Google, Anthropic and SpaceXAI for Junie). The AI FAQ says nothing persists unless detailed data collection is on, retained up to a year, and that it's on by default for non-commercial licences. Security monitoring keeps data for an unstated limited period (22). The terms promise 30 days' email notice before JetBrains AI is discontinued, but Junie Lite's model may change without notice and model aliases change without a stated period (10). A per-run override for anonymous statistics is documented, with no stated default and no list of what is sent (10). 15+22+10+10 = 57. Per the 18 October check, not re-read on 4 November, because JetBrains' website terms bar robots and data mining on its sites.", "b": "Proprietary, under terms from Verdent AI, Inc. that are clear on use and ownership (15). The privacy policy and security page agree that data stays in the US and that input isn't trained on without consent, and the security page lists subprocessors. The privacy policy gives no retention periods, names MiniMax as a provider the security list leaves out, and deletion is by email request (14). The credit bonus carries a promise of 15 days' notice, but Free Mode was retired on the day v2.18.0 shipped and no deprecation policy was found (6). Subprocessors and their locations are listed, and the domains the app calls are named, with event logging undescribed (12). 15+14+6+12 = 47." }, "scores": { "a": 77, "b": 55 } }, { "by": 20, "category": "ergonomics", "leads": "junie", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "reasons": { "a": "Framework reading, adapted to a harness driven by a pipeline. MCP tools can be allowed per server prefix, and default MCP, skill, agent and config locations can each be switched off, with no deferred tool loading found (15). text, json and json-stream output and `--json-output-file`. Remote mode mentions a step limit, but no turn, time or spend cap for a headless run was documented (10). No exit codes. A Stop hook can end a task with a failure status, and StopFailure names the failure category (8). Sessions resume with `--session-id` or `--resume`, and worktrees isolate parallel sessions (14). One command with `--auth` and a dynamically chosen default model, a GitHub Action and GitLab CI, and no SDK (8). 15+10+8+14+8 = 55. Per the 18 October check, not re-read on 4 November, because JetBrains' website terms bar robots and data mining on its sites.", "b": "Harness reading. MCP servers per project or globally, subagents, skills and rules, but no per-tool disabling or deferred loading found (10). No output-size, turn-limit or budget controls for a run were found beyond credit balances (5). No exit codes or error format, since there is no headless mode (3). Parallel workers in git worktrees and a review column make runs reviewable and reversible, with no resume by ID documented (10). No CLI, API or SDK. A pipeline can only reach Manager through a paired Telegram, Slack or Feishu bot (7). 10+5+3+10+7 = 35." }, "scores": { "a": 55, "b": 35 } }, { "by": 10, "category": "reliability", "leads": "verdent", "name": "Reliability", "reasons": { "a": "Local-package reading, the same as the other closed-source harnesses. Install scripts for macOS, Linux and Windows on x86-64 and ARM64, a Homebrew tap and npm, with SHA-256 sums checked against the release feed (update-info.jsonl, read from a clone on 4 November), but the script carries on without a sum for an unlisted version and npm sat five weeks behind at 3110.7.0 on 18 October (17). No public CI or test suite. No source is published and the repository has no workflow files, per a clone on 4 November (0). Crash and regression line 0. The 18 October counts came from shields.io badges and YouTrack's JSON API, both struck in this run, and no first-hand reading of the GitHub tracker or YouTrack is possible today (github.com pages refused, JetBrains hosts paused). What's New dates every build, but entries are one line and no breaking change is called out, and versions are a date plus a build number, per the 18 October check (6). JetBrains said Junie left Beta on 17 June 2026, but the headless page dated 15 October still calls the CLI an EAP, per the 18 October check (10). 17+0+0+6+10 = 33.", "b": "Local-package reading, as for the other closed-source harnesses. The desktop app installs from verdent.ai with macOS 11 or later and 64-bit Windows 10 and 11 stated, and the extension from the editor marketplaces, but not from a package registry (15). No public CI or test suite, since the source isn't published (0). No public issue tracker, every task runs through Verdent's servers, and no status page was found, so there is no readable record (5). A dated changelog by version, with the end of Free Mode called out in v2.18.0, but no breaking-change sections (8). 2.18.0, generally available (15). 15+0+5+8+15 = 43." }, "scores": { "a": 33, "b": 43 } }, { "by": 7, "category": "schema", "leads": "junie", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "reasons": { "a": "Framework reading. A CLI reference that lists every flag with examples, documented formats for the allowlist, config.json, custom model profiles and hook payloads, and ACP as the editor protocol. No schema for the json or json-stream output was found, and the OpenAPI covers only update metadata (12). llms.txt exists and claims Markdown by content negotiation, but docs pages came back as HTML with `Accept: text/markdown` and llms.txt doesn't index them (6). Pages say when to use ACP and when not, and how trust works in each launch mode, but the headless page doesn't say what happens when an action needs approval (13). Output formats, effort levels, channels and allowlist actions are enumerated, though the effort values differ between the CLI reference and the model page (11). Examples throughout and nine StopFailure categories in the hooks page, but no exit codes or error format (8). A dated release list and dated docs pages (12). 12+6+13+11+8+12 = 62. Per the 18 October check, not re-read on 4 November, because JetBrains' website terms bar robots and data mining on its sites.", "b": "Framework reading for a harness. No schema for settings or output, only mcp.json examples in the standard mcpServers shape (5). Every current docs page has a Markdown twin at the same path with .md, though no llms.txt (10). The docs say when to use Agent Mode or Plan Mode and what Plan Mode can't do, but the Agent Mode page lists the actions that need approval only as \"certain tool executions\" and \"destructive operations\" (12). Modes and BYOA agent types are enumerated, permissions are not (5). Examples on the MCP, BYOA and messaging pages, and a recovery page, with no error codes (8). Version numbers and a dated public changelog (15). The archived 1.0 docs are still served beside the current ones. 5+10+12+5+8+15 = 55." }, "scores": { "a": 62, "b": 55 } } ], "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Agent harness", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "JetBrains", "b": "Verdent AI, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Paid", "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. The terms of use from Verdent AI, Inc. forbid reverse engineering or copying any component, and no source is published", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-11-03", "b": "2026-10-29", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2025-09-30", "b": "2026-05-25", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-06-12", "b": "2026-05-26", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "3.2k npm/wk", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "2.8/5 (4)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Junie CLI scores 49 (D) on agent readiness against Verdent's 39.7 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Verdent leads on reliability.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Junie CLI or Verdent?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 62 against 55", "Agent ergonomics, 55 against 35", "Security \u0026 auth, 56 against 33", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 42 against 20", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 77 against 55" ], "also": [ "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "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.", "slug": "junie", "watchFor": "One-shot, piped, ACP and Gateway runs trust the project by design and load its MCP servers, hooks, agents and skills without a prompt" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 43 against 33" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "A person who wants a desktop app to plan and run several coding tasks at once, possibly on their own Claude Code or Codex.", "slug": "verdent", "watchFor": "No CLI, print mode, API or SDK, so a pipeline can't start or read a run except through a paired chat bot" } ], "history": { "junie": [ { "causes": [ "security", "correction" ], "date": "2026-11-04", "delta": -4.1, "from": 53.1, "fromGrade": "D", "to": 49, "toGrade": "D" }, { "causes": [ "method" ], "date": "2026-10-30", "delta": -0.1, "from": 53.2, "fromGrade": "D", "to": 53.1, "toGrade": "D" } ], "verdent": null }, "job": { "capability": "agent.harness", "name": "Agent harnesses" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-junie.json", "title": "Agent Zero vs Junie CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-junie" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-verdent.json", "title": "Agent Zero vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-junie.json", "title": "Aider vs Junie CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-junie" 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"Junie CLI vs T3 Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/junie-vs-t3-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/junie-vs-traycer.json", "title": "Junie CLI vs Traycer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/junie-vs-traycer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/junie-vs-unstoppable.json", "title": "Junie CLI vs Unstoppable", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/junie-vs-unstoppable" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/junie-vs-vibe-trading.json", "title": "Junie CLI vs Vibe-Trading", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/junie-vs-vibe-trading" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/junie-vs-warp.json", "title": "Junie CLI vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/junie-vs-warp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kilo-code-cli-vs-verdent.json", "title": "Kilo Code CLI vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kilo-code-cli-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-verdent.json", "title": "Kimi Code CLI vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiro-cli-vs-verdent.json", "title": "Kiro CLI vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiro-cli-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/letta-vs-verdent.json", "title": "Letta vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/letta-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-verdent.json", "title": "mini-swe-agent vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-verdent.json", "title": "MiniMax Code vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-verdent.json", "title": "Mistral Vibe CLI vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/muse-code-vs-verdent.json", "title": "Muse Code vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/muse-code-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-agents-api-vs-verdent.json", "title": "OpenAI Agents API vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-agents-api-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-codex-vs-verdent.json", "title": "OpenAI Codex vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-codex-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opencode-vs-verdent.json", "title": "OpenCode vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opencode-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openhands-vs-verdent.json", "title": "OpenHands vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openhands-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orca-vs-verdent.json", "title": "Orca vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orca-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paseo-vs-verdent.json", "title": "Paseo vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paseo-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prime-agent-vs-verdent.json", "title": "Prime Agent vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prime-agent-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qoder-cli-vs-verdent.json", "title": "Qoder CLI vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qoder-cli-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwen-code-vs-verdent.json", "title": "Qwen Code vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwen-code-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/reflection-mirror-vs-verdent.json", "title": "Mirror CLI vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/reflection-mirror-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rovo-dev-cli-vs-verdent.json", "title": "Rovo Dev CLI vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rovo-dev-cli-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sculptor-vs-verdent.json", "title": "Sculptor vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sculptor-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/t3-code-vs-verdent.json", "title": "T3 Code vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/t3-code-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/traycer-vs-verdent.json", "title": "Traycer vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/traycer-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/verdent-vs-vibe-trading.json", "title": "Verdent vs Vibe-Trading", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/verdent-vs-vibe-trading" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/verdent-vs-warp.json", "title": "Verdent vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/verdent-vs-warp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clawboo-vs-junie.json", "title": "Clawboo vs Junie CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clawboo-vs-junie" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clawboo-vs-verdent.json", "title": "Clawboo vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clawboo-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-junie.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Junie CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-junie" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-verdent.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-junie.json", "title": "Harness vs Junie CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-junie" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-verdent.json", "title": "Harness vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/junie-vs-paperclip.json", "title": "Junie CLI vs Paperclip", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/junie-vs-paperclip" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/junie-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "Junie CLI vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/junie-vs-parallax-agents" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openmausbot-vs-verdent.json", "title": "OpenMausBot vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openmausbot-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperclip-vs-verdent.json", "title": "Paperclip vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperclip-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallax-agents-vs-verdent.json", "title": "Parallax vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallax-agents-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/unstoppable-vs-verdent.json", "title": "Unstoppable vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/unstoppable-vs-verdent" } ], "panel": null, "scores": [ { "by": 10, "edge": "verdent", "junie": 33, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "verdent": 43, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 7, "edge": "junie", "junie": 62, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "verdent": 55, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 20, "edge": "junie", "junie": 55, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "verdent": 35, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 23, "edge": "junie", "junie": 56, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "verdent": 33, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 22, "edge": "junie", "junie": 42, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "verdent": 20, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 3, "edge": "junie", "junie": 64, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "verdent": 61, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 22, "edge": "junie", "junie": 77, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "verdent": 55, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Junie CLI scores 49 (D) on agent readiness against Verdent's 39.7 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Verdent leads on reliability. Both do agent harnesses.", "tasks": null, "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "junie": "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.", "verdent": "A desktop and editor coding agent that splits a goal into parallel workers in git worktrees, with a read-only Plan Mode, MCP servers and the option to run workers on Claude Code or Codex. It has no CLI, API or sandbox, sends context through Verdent's servers, and has had no free tier since 29 October 2026." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/junie-vs-verdent", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/junie-vs-verdent.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/junie-vs-verdent.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/junie-vs-verdent.min.md" }, "markdown": "Junie CLI scores 49 (D) on agent readiness against Verdent's 39.7 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Verdent leads on reliability. Both do agent harnesses.\n\n- Junie CLI: grade D, 49/100, rank #1110 of 1510. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/junie.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/junie.json\n- Verdent: grade E, 39.7/100, rank #1336 of 1510. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/verdent.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/verdent.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 1500 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- Schema \u0026 documentation, 62 against 55\n- Agent ergonomics, 55 against 35\n- Security \u0026 auth, 56 against 33\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 42 against 20\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 77 against 55\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\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### Verdent (E)\n\nGood for: A person who wants a desktop app to plan and run several coding tasks at once, possibly on their own Claude Code or Codex.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 43 against 33\n\nWatch for: No CLI, print mode, API or SDK, so a pipeline can't start or read a run except through a paired chat bot\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Security \u0026 auth: Junie CLI +23\n\n- Junie CLI (56): Framework reading (telemetry defaults, approvals, guardrails, sandboxing), five lines. A browser login, a long-lived Junie API key with no scopes we found, or provider keys passed as flags or environment variables. The CLI's statistics default isn't stated (13). The allowlist asks before terminal commands, MCP tools, edits outside the project, reads outside it and secret files, and checks every part of chained, nested and multi-line commands. Brave mode is interactive only. Sandbox mode limits writes and hides `~/.ssh`, but it's EAP-only, off by default, missing on Windows, and leaves the network open by default (12). Interactive runs keep an untrusted project's MCP servers, hooks and skills unloaded and a project can't widen the sandbox, but one-shot, piped, ACP and Gateway runs trust every project by design, and the docs say to run them only in trusted projects (9). `/usage` shows per-session cost and sessions are stored, and PreToolUse hooks in batch runs can log or block tools, but they're EAP, and no audit log for the CLI was found (7). A coordinated disclosure policy (updated 10 October 2026) and a security.txt contact, CVEs JetBrains publishes as a CVE numbering authority (three for Junie in cvelistV5) and a fixed-issues page, discretionary rewards with no formal bounty, and SOC 2 per the Junie homepage. The repository has no SECURITY.md, per a clone on 4 November (15). The docs, policy and homepage readings are per the 18 October check, not re-read on 4 November, because JetBrains' website terms bar robots and data mining on its sites. 13+12+9+7+15 = 56.\n- Verdent (33): Framework reading (telemetry defaults, approvals, guardrails, sandboxing). Conversation history and tool results go to Verdent's US servers and on to Azure, Bedrock or Vertex, with zero data retention stated for Vertex and Bedrock only. Event logging to log.verdent.ai has no documented opt-out. BYOA keys stay on the machine (10). Plan Mode is read-only, Agent Mode asks before destructive commands and edits outside scope, and workers are isolated by git worktree, but there is no sandbox or network control and the approval list isn't enumerated (9). No prompt-injection guidance found, while web search and fetch results enter the context (2). Usage history in the dashboard, no audit log found (5). A security page with a disclosure address and a five-day acknowledgement, SOC 2 and ISO/IEC 42001 being pursued rather than held, no security.txt and no bug bounty (7). 10+9+2+5+7 = 33.\n\n### Payments \u0026 pricing: Junie CLI +22\n\n- Junie CLI (42): Harness reading of the published rubric. No payment protocol (0). Plan prices and the US$1 credit are public without a login, but per-model credit rates and Junie API key usage rates weren't found (12). Junie Lite is free with a JetBrains account and no card (20). Judgement call. The docs present BYOK keys and custom endpoints such as Ollama as alternatives to a JetBrains sign-in, so a pipeline holding a provider key needs no JetBrains signup, but the headless page says a token is required and a Junie API key is created by hand at junie.jetbrains.com/cli (10). 0+12+20+10 = 42. Per the 18 October check, not re-read on 4 November, because JetBrains' website terms bar robots and data mining on its sites.\n- Verdent (20): Harness reading of the published rubric, scored on the Verdent subscription the agent needs. No payment protocol (0). Plan prices from $5 a month, top-up prices and the credit value of about $0.059 are public without a login (20). Free Mode and the free trial ended on 29 October 2026, so there is no free tier (0). A person signs up in a browser (0). 0+20+0+0 = 20.\n\n### Transparency \u0026 trust: Junie CLI +22\n\n- Junie CLI (77): Proprietary, with clear terms. The JetBrains AI Terms of Service (version 2.1, effective 30 September 2025) name AI Assistant and Junie, though the Junie EAP terms from December 2024 still call Junie a plugin (15). The terms rule out training on inputs without consent and list AI subcontractors with 30 days' notice of new ones (page updated 29 September 2026, naming OpenAI, Google, Anthropic and SpaceXAI for Junie). The AI FAQ says nothing persists unless detailed data collection is on, retained up to a year, and that it's on by default for non-commercial licences. Security monitoring keeps data for an unstated limited period (22). The terms promise 30 days' email notice before JetBrains AI is discontinued, but Junie Lite's model may change without notice and model aliases change without a stated period (10). A per-run override for anonymous statistics is documented, with no stated default and no list of what is sent (10). 15+22+10+10 = 57. Per the 18 October check, not re-read on 4 November, because JetBrains' website terms bar robots and data mining on its sites.\n- Verdent (55): Proprietary, under terms from Verdent AI, Inc. that are clear on use and ownership (15). The privacy policy and security page agree that data stays in the US and that input isn't trained on without consent, and the security page lists subprocessors. The privacy policy gives no retention periods, names MiniMax as a provider the security list leaves out, and deletion is by email request (14). The credit bonus carries a promise of 15 days' notice, but Free Mode was retired on the day v2.18.0 shipped and no deprecation policy was found (6). Subprocessors and their locations are listed, and the domains the app calls are named, with event logging undescribed (12). 15+14+6+12 = 47.\n\n### Agent ergonomics: Junie CLI +20\n\n- Junie CLI (55): Framework reading, adapted to a harness driven by a pipeline. MCP tools can be allowed per server prefix, and default MCP, skill, agent and config locations can each be switched off, with no deferred tool loading found (15). text, json and json-stream output and `--json-output-file`. Remote mode mentions a step limit, but no turn, time or spend cap for a headless run was documented (10). No exit codes. A Stop hook can end a task with a failure status, and StopFailure names the failure category (8). Sessions resume with `--session-id` or `--resume`, and worktrees isolate parallel sessions (14). One command with `--auth` and a dynamically chosen default model, a GitHub Action and GitLab CI, and no SDK (8). 15+10+8+14+8 = 55. Per the 18 October check, not re-read on 4 November, because JetBrains' website terms bar robots and data mining on its sites.\n- Verdent (35): Harness reading. MCP servers per project or globally, subagents, skills and rules, but no per-tool disabling or deferred loading found (10). No output-size, turn-limit or budget controls for a run were found beyond credit balances (5). No exit codes or error format, since there is no headless mode (3). Parallel workers in git worktrees and a review column make runs reviewable and reversible, with no resume by ID documented (10). No CLI, API or SDK. A pipeline can only reach Manager through a paired Telegram, Slack or Feishu bot (7). 10+5+3+10+7 = 35.\n\n### Reliability: Verdent +10\n\n- Junie CLI (33): Local-package reading, the same as the other closed-source harnesses. Install scripts for macOS, Linux and Windows on x86-64 and ARM64, a Homebrew tap and npm, with SHA-256 sums checked against the release feed (update-info.jsonl, read from a clone on 4 November), but the script carries on without a sum for an unlisted version and npm sat five weeks behind at 3110.7.0 on 18 October (17). No public CI or test suite. No source is published and the repository has no workflow files, per a clone on 4 November (0). Crash and regression line 0. The 18 October counts came from shields.io badges and YouTrack's JSON API, both struck in this run, and no first-hand reading of the GitHub tracker or YouTrack is possible today (github.com pages refused, JetBrains hosts paused). What's New dates every build, but entries are one line and no breaking change is called out, and versions are a date plus a build number, per the 18 October check (6). JetBrains said Junie left Beta on 17 June 2026, but the headless page dated 15 October still calls the CLI an EAP, per the 18 October check (10). 17+0+0+6+10 = 33.\n- Verdent (43): Local-package reading, as for the other closed-source harnesses. The desktop app installs from verdent.ai with macOS 11 or later and 64-bit Windows 10 and 11 stated, and the extension from the editor marketplaces, but not from a package registry (15). No public CI or test suite, since the source isn't published (0). No public issue tracker, every task runs through Verdent's servers, and no status page was found, so there is no readable record (5). A dated changelog by version, with the end of Free Mode called out in v2.18.0, but no breaking-change sections (8). 2.18.0, generally available (15). 15+0+5+8+15 = 43.\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: Junie CLI +7\n\n- Junie CLI (62): Framework reading. A CLI reference that lists every flag with examples, documented formats for the allowlist, config.json, custom model profiles and hook payloads, and ACP as the editor protocol. No schema for the json or json-stream output was found, and the OpenAPI covers only update metadata (12). llms.txt exists and claims Markdown by content negotiation, but docs pages came back as HTML with `Accept: text/markdown` and llms.txt doesn't index them (6). Pages say when to use ACP and when not, and how trust works in each launch mode, but the headless page doesn't say what happens when an action needs approval (13). Output formats, effort levels, channels and allowlist actions are enumerated, though the effort values differ between the CLI reference and the model page (11). Examples throughout and nine StopFailure categories in the hooks page, but no exit codes or error format (8). A dated release list and dated docs pages (12). 12+6+13+11+8+12 = 62. Per the 18 October check, not re-read on 4 November, because JetBrains' website terms bar robots and data mining on its sites.\n- Verdent (55): Framework reading for a harness. No schema for settings or output, only mcp.json examples in the standard mcpServers shape (5). Every current docs page has a Markdown twin at the same path with .md, though no llms.txt (10). The docs say when to use Agent Mode or Plan Mode and what Plan Mode can't do, but the Agent Mode page lists the actions that need approval only as \"certain tool executions\" and \"destructive operations\" (12). Modes and BYOA agent types are enumerated, permissions are not (5). Examples on the MCP, BYOA and messaging pages, and a recovery page, with no error codes (8). Version numbers and a dated public changelog (15). The archived 1.0 docs are still served beside the current ones. 5+10+12+5+8+15 = 55.\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Junie CLI | Verdent | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 33 | 43 | Verdent +10 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 62 | 55 | Junie CLI +7 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 55 | 35 | Junie CLI +20 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 56 | 33 | Junie CLI +23 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 42 | 20 | Junie CLI +22 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 64 | 61 | Junie CLI +3 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 77 | 55 | Junie CLI +22 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -4 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **49 · D** | **39.7 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Junie CLI | Verdent |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | JetBrains | Verdent AI, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\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. The terms of use from Verdent AI, Inc. forbid reverse engineering or copying any component, and no source is published |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-11-03 | 2026-10-29 |\n| Terms last updated | 2025-09-30 | 2026-05-25 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-06-12 | 2026-05-26 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 3.2k npm/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | none |\n\n## How the scores have moved\n\n### Junie CLI\n\n- -4.1 on 4 November 2026: security, correction\n- -0.1 on 30 October 2026: checklist\n\n### Verdent\n\nNo score change since it was listed.\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**Verdent.** A desktop and editor coding agent that splits a goal into parallel workers in git worktrees, with a read-only Plan Mode, MCP servers and the option to run workers on Claude Code or Codex. It has no CLI, API or sandbox, sends context through Verdent's servers, and has had no free tier since 29 October 2026.\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### Verdent\n\n1. Don't plan to drive Verdent headless. Hand the task to the person using the desktop app, or use a harness with a print mode\n2. Start large changes in Plan Mode and review plan.md before switching to Agent Mode\n3. Add MCP servers in the project's .mcp.json or ~/.verdent/mcp.json in the mcpServers shape\n4. Keep work under git, since rollback relies on git and there is no sandbox\n5. Budget in credits at about $0.059 each, because there is no free allowance since 29 October 2026\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Junie CLI or Verdent?\n\nJunie CLI scores 49 (D) on agent readiness against Verdent's 39.7 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Verdent leads on reliability.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/junie-vs-verdent.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/junie-vs-verdent.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"junie\", \"b\": \"verdent\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare junie verdent`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/junie.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/verdent.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Junie CLI or Verdent\n\n- [Agent Zero vs Junie CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-junie.md)\n- [Agent Zero vs Verdent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-verdent.md)\n- [Aider vs Junie CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-junie.md)\n- [Aider vs Verdent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-verdent.md)\n- [Amp vs Junie CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-junie.md)\n- [Amp vs Verdent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-verdent.md)\n- [Antigravity CLI vs Junie CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-junie.md)\n- [Antigravity CLI vs Verdent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-verdent.md)\n- [Auggie CLI vs Junie 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