{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "kimi-code-cli", "name": "Kimi Code CLI", "vendor": "Moonshot AI", "vendorUrl": "https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-code/en/", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "Open-source terminal coding agent from Moonshot AI that replaced the archived Python Kimi CLI. It runs Kimi, Anthropic, OpenAI or Gemini models, headless with `kimi -p`, as an ACP server, or behind a local REST server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kimi-code-cli", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kimi-code-cli.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kimi-code-cli.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/kimi-code-cli.json", "repo": "https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code", "license": "MIT", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@moonshot-ai/kimi-code" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Kimi Code OAuth (RFC 8628 device code through `/login` or `kimi login`) for a Kimi Code subscription, or a Kimi Platform API key. Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, Vertex AI and OpenAI-compatible providers take a key in `config.toml`. Provider keys in the shell are not read unless named through `api_key_env` or the `KIMI_MODEL_*` variables. OAuth tokens are stored in `~/.kimi-code/credentials/` with 0600 permissions.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free and MIT-licensed, with nothing to buy for the CLI. The owner pays the model provider. Kimi Platform API keys are billed pay-as-you-go per million tokens, and the Kimi Code subscription is sold as a Kimi membership plan whose prices render only with JavaScript and weren't read on 18 October 2026.", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the 2.2.0 npm package (checked 2026-10-18).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 36761, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-18" }, "docsUrl": "https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-code/en/", "llmsTxt": "https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-code/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness", "agent.mcp-client", "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "official", "harness", "coding-agent", "cli", "open-source", "typescript", "mcp", "acp", "llms-txt", "telemetry-default-on", "no-sandbox", "free", "no-card", "local" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-14", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 62.1, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 492, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1146, "categoryRank": 11, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 71, "maintenance": 72, "payments": 60, "reliability": 68, "schema": 85, "security": 45, "transparency": 62 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-18" }, "negative": -4, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-09-04. Version 0.41.0 fixed print mode (`kimi -p`) ignoring `KIMI_DISABLE_TELEMETRY`, so scripted runs sent telemetry after the user opted out. Fixed and stated in the changelog, -2. https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-code/en/release-notes/changelog", "2026-09-23. Version 2.1.0 fixed file tools reaching outside the working directory through symlinks, repository git configuration running commands during background git operations, and project config applied before the workspace was trusted. Fixed and listed in the changelog, with no advisory published in OSV on 18 October 2026, -2. https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-code/en/release-notes/changelog" ], "verdict": "MIT-licensed, with 32 releases in the 90 days to 14 October 2026, `kimi -p` with stream-json output, an ACP server and a local REST API with a live OpenAPI document. Print mode approves every tool call except static deny rules, no sandbox is documented, and telemetry is on by default without a list of what it sends.", "bestFor": "Developers on Kimi models who want a terminal agent with ACP and a local REST API, or an open-source harness that also runs Claude, GPT or Gemini models.", "strengths": [ "MIT-licensed, with a single-binary installer, npm and Homebrew core packages at 2.2.0", "`kimi -p` with `stream-json` output, plus `kimi acp` covering the full ACP core and session surface", "`kimi web` serves a REST and WebSocket API with live OpenAPI and AsyncAPI documents behind a bearer token", "32 npm releases in the 90 days to 14 October 2026, with a dated changelog in the docs", "Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, Vertex AI and OpenAI-compatible providers alongside Kimi" ], "weaknesses": [ "Print mode approves every tool call under Never Ask, where the dangerous-command guard is off", "No sandbox and no network control found in the docs", "Telemetry is on by default, the docs don't say what it sends, and print mode ignored the opt-out before 0.41.0", "No privacy page for the CLI, and the Kimi terms use content for training unless the user opts out by email", "Lifecycle hooks fail open, so a hook that errors or times out lets the tool call through" ], "agentNotes": [ "`kimi -p` approves every tool call. Add `[[permission.rules]]` deny entries and run it in a container, since no sandbox is documented", "Set `KIMI_LOOP_MAX_STEPS_PER_TURN` for unattended runs. Steps per turn are unlimited by default", "Pass the model with `KIMI_MODEL_NAME`, `KIMI_MODEL_API_KEY` and `KIMI_MODEL_PROVIDER_TYPE`. `OPENAI_API_KEY` or `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` in the shell is ignored otherwise", "Set `KIMI_DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1` and use 0.41.0 or later, since earlier print-mode runs ignored it", "Install `@moonshot-ai/kimi-code` or the `kimi-code` formula. The `kimi-cli` and `kimi-code` packages on PyPI are the archived Python CLI" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 62.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 71, "maintenance": 72, "payments": 60, "reliability": 68, "schema": 85, "security": 45, "transparency": 64 }, "provenanceScore": 59 }, "connect": { "install": "curl -fsSL https://code.kimi.com/kimi-code/install.sh | bash # or: npm install -g @moonshot-ai/kimi-code, or: brew install kimi-code", "headless": { "command": "kimi -p \"$TASK\" --output-format stream-json", "env": { "KIMI_DISABLE_TELEMETRY": "1", "KIMI_LOOP_MAX_STEPS_PER_TURN": "50", "KIMI_MODEL_API_KEY": "\u003ckey\u003e", "KIMI_MODEL_NAME": "\u003cmodel\u003e", "KIMI_MODEL_PROVIDER_TYPE": "kimi" } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/kimi-code-cli" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Moonshot AI (the global Kimi terms name NOVASCENT PRIVATE LIMITED, Singapore)", "domain": "moonshotai.github.io", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://www.kimi.ai/user/agreement/modelUse?version=v2", "privacy": "https://www.kimi.ai/user/agreement/userPrivacy?version=v2", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-code/en/release-notes/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-18", "notes": [ "The LICENSE reads Copyright (c) 2026 Moonshot AI. The Kimi terms (effective 13 August 2026) and privacy policy (last updated 13 August 2026), linked from the Kimi Code page on kimi.ai, name NOVASCENT PRIVATE LIMITED, a company registered in Singapore, as the provider. Neither names the CLI.", "The docs are on GitHub Pages and carry no terms or privacy page of their own. The Kimi Platform has separate terms and a privacy policy for API keys at platform.kimi.ai/docs/agreement.", "kimi.com, kimi.ai and moonshot.ai each answered /.well-known/security.txt with an HTML page, so no security.txt was found. SECURITY.md names private GitHub advisories and code@moonshot.ai." ], "score": 59 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kimi-code-cli.json", "live": { "slug": "kimi-code-cli", "pages": [ { "url": "https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-code/en/release-notes/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:33:53.410496102Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "f8f198816ab3" }, { "url": "https://www.kimi.ai/user/agreement/userPrivacy?version=v2", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:44:58.354116633Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e6a453a3c7bd" }, { "url": "https://www.kimi.ai/user/agreement/modelUse?version=v2", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:44:55.919228113Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "27a334b00216" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-18T23:44:58.354116633Z" } }, "answer": "Kimi Code CLI scores 62.1 (B) 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": "Moonshot AI", "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": "Free", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT", "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": "2026-10-14", "b": "2026-10-16", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "", "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": "37k npm/wk", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3/5 (4)", "b": "2/5 (4)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Kimi Code CLI scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against Parallax's 37.9 (F), and leads in every scored category.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Kimi Code CLI or Parallax?" }, { "answer": "Kimi Code CLI is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Parallax.", "question": "Are Kimi Code CLI and Parallax open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 68 against 40", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 29", "Agent ergonomics, 71 against 42", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 72 against 56", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 62 against 48" ], "also": [ "Free to start without a card", "Open source", "Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.0 against 2.0 out of 5" ], "goodFor": "Developers on Kimi models who want a terminal agent with ACP and a local REST API, or an open-source harness that also runs Claude, GPT or Gemini models.", "slug": "kimi-code-cli", "watchFor": "Print mode approves every tool call under Never Ask, where the dangerous-command guard is off" }, { "aheadOn": null, "also": null, "goodFor": "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.", "slug": "parallax-agents", "watchFor": "No API, MCP server or CLI reference for the app itself. Captain, subscription fallback and fast merge are described only on the product page" } ], "job": { "capability": "agent.multi-agent", "name": "Multi-agent orchestration" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-kimi-code-cli.json", "title": "Agent Zero vs Kimi Code CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-kimi-code-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-kimi-code-cli.json", "title": "Aider vs Kimi Code CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-kimi-code-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-kimi-code-cli.json", "title": "Amp vs Kimi Code CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-kimi-code-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-kimi-code-cli.json", "title": "Antigravity CLI vs Kimi Code CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-kimi-code-cli" }, { "json": 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Code vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-parallax-agents" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-kimi-code-cli.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Kimi Code CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-kimi-code-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-parallax-agents" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "Cline vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-parallax-agents" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crush-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "Crush vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crush-vs-parallax-agents" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "goose vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-parallax-agents" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-kimi-code-cli.json", "title": "Harness vs Kimi Code CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-kimi-code-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "Harness vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-parallax-agents" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "HarnessRouter vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-parallax-agents" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jules-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "Jules vs Parallax", "url": 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Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-parallax-agents" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/muse-code-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "Muse Code vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/muse-code-vs-parallax-agents" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opencode-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "OpenCode vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opencode-vs-parallax-agents" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openhands-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "OpenHands vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openhands-vs-parallax-agents" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperclip-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "Paperclip vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperclip-vs-parallax-agents" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallax-agents-vs-prime-agent.json", "title": "Parallax vs Prime Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallax-agents-vs-prime-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallax-agents-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "Parallax vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallax-agents-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallax-agents-vs-qwen-code.json", "title": "Parallax vs Qwen Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallax-agents-vs-qwen-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallax-agents-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "Parallax vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallax-agents-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallax-agents-vs-rovo-dev-cli.json", "title": "Parallax vs Rovo Dev CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallax-agents-vs-rovo-dev-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallax-agents-vs-warp.json", "title": "Parallax vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallax-agents-vs-warp" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 28, "edge": "kimi-code-cli", "key": "reliability", "kimi-code-cli": 68, "name": "Reliability", "parallax-agents": 40, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 56, "edge": "kimi-code-cli", "key": "schema", "kimi-code-cli": 85, "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "parallax-agents": 29, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 29, "edge": "kimi-code-cli", "key": "ergonomics", "kimi-code-cli": 71, "name": "Agent ergonomics", "parallax-agents": 42, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 2, "edge": "kimi-code-cli", "key": "security", "kimi-code-cli": 45, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "parallax-agents": 43, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 30, "edge": "kimi-code-cli", "key": "payments", "kimi-code-cli": 60, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "parallax-agents": 30, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 16, "edge": "kimi-code-cli", "key": "maintenance", "kimi-code-cli": 72, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "parallax-agents": 56, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 14, "edge": "kimi-code-cli", "key": "transparency", "kimi-code-cli": 62, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "parallax-agents": 48, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Kimi Code CLI scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against Parallax's 37.9 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do multi-agent orchestration.", "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "kimi-code-cli": "MIT-licensed, with 32 releases in the 90 days to 14 October 2026, `kimi -p` with stream-json output, an ACP server and a local REST API with a live OpenAPI document. Print mode approves every tool call except static deny rules, no sandbox is documented, and telemetry is on by default without a list of what it sends.", "parallax-agents": "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." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-parallax-agents", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-parallax-agents.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-parallax-agents.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-parallax-agents.min.md" }, "markdown": "Kimi Code CLI scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against Parallax's 37.9 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do multi-agent orchestration.\n\n- Kimi Code CLI: grade B, 62.1/100, rank #492 of 1146. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kimi-code-cli.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/kimi-code-cli.json\n- Parallax: grade F, 37.9/100, rank #1069 of 1146. 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### Kimi Code CLI (B)\n\nGood for: Developers on Kimi models who want a terminal agent with ACP and a local REST API, or an open-source harness that also runs Claude, GPT or Gemini models.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 68 against 40\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 29\n- Agent ergonomics, 71 against 42\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 72 against 56\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 62 against 48\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n- Open source\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.0 against 2.0 out of 5\n\nWatch for: Print mode approves every tool call under Never Ask, where the dangerous-command guard is off\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 | Kimi Code CLI | Parallax | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 68 | 40 | Kimi Code CLI +28 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 85 | 29 | Kimi Code CLI +56 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 71 | 42 | Kimi Code CLI +29 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 45 | 43 | Kimi Code CLI +2 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 30 | Kimi Code CLI +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 72 | 56 | Kimi Code CLI +16 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 62 | 48 | Kimi Code CLI +14 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -4 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **62.1 · B** | **37.9 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Kimi Code CLI | Parallax |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Moonshot AI | 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 | Free | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | 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 | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-16 |\n| Terms last updated | | |\n| Privacy policy last updated | | |\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 | 37k npm/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | 2/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Kimi Code CLI.** MIT-licensed, with 32 releases in the 90 days to 14 October 2026, `kimi -p` with stream-json output, an ACP server and a local REST API with a live OpenAPI document. Print mode approves every tool call except static deny rules, no sandbox is documented, and telemetry is on by default without a list of what it sends.\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### Kimi Code CLI\n\n1. `kimi -p` approves every tool call. Add `[[permission.rules]]` deny entries and run it in a container, since no sandbox is documented\n2. Set `KIMI_LOOP_MAX_STEPS_PER_TURN` for unattended runs. Steps per turn are unlimited by default\n3. Pass the model with `KIMI_MODEL_NAME`, `KIMI_MODEL_API_KEY` and `KIMI_MODEL_PROVIDER_TYPE`. `OPENAI_API_KEY` or `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` in the shell is ignored otherwise\n4. Set `KIMI_DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1` and use 0.41.0 or later, since earlier print-mode runs ignored it\n5. Install `@moonshot-ai/kimi-code` or the `kimi-code` formula. The `kimi-cli` and `kimi-code` packages on PyPI are the archived Python CLI\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, Kimi Code CLI or Parallax?\n\nKimi Code CLI scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against Parallax's 37.9 (F), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Are Kimi Code CLI and Parallax open source?\n\nKimi Code CLI is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Parallax.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-parallax-agents.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-parallax-agents.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"kimi-code-cli\", \"b\": \"parallax-agents\"}`. 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