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      "vendor": "SWE-bench team (Princeton and Stanford)",
      "vendorUrl": "https://mini-swe-agent.com",
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      "category": "agent-harnesses",
      "summary": "Minimal open-source coding agent from the Princeton and Stanford team behind SWE-bench, shipped as the `mini` CLI and a Python library. It gives the model one bash tool, works with any model through LiteLLM, and is a common SWE-bench baseline.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mini-swe-agent",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mini-swe-agent.md",
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      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mini-swe-agent.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/SWE-agent/mini-swe-agent",
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          "name": "mini-swe-agent"
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      "auth": "none",
      "authNotes": "No account of its own. A model key goes in an environment variable or the global `.env` file that `mini-extra config setup` writes, and is passed to the provider through LiteLLM, OpenRouter, Portkey or Requesty. Local models work through LiteLLM's `api_base`.",
      "pricing": "free",
      "pricingNotes": "Free and MIT, with nothing to buy. The owner pays the model provider, or nothing with a local model. Each run stops at a $3 cost limit by default, and a local model needs `MSWEA_COST_TRACKING=ignore_errors`.",
      "priceSummary": "Free · OSS",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the source (checked 2026-10-18).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
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      "popularity": {
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        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": 4437981,
        "asOf": "2026-10-18"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://mini-swe-agent.com/latest/",
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        "harness",
        "coding-agent",
        "cli",
        "open-source",
        "python",
        "free",
        "no-card",
        "local",
        "docker"
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      "lastRelease": "2026-07-23",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 56.7,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 698,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1146,
        "categoryRank": 25,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
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          "maintenance": 49,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 70,
          "schema": 58,
          "security": 56,
          "transparency": 51
        },
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          "tasks"
        ],
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          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-18"
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        "negative": -4,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "2026-10-10. CVE-2026-108592 (CVSS 4.0 score 6.0, from VulnCheck). The bubblewrap environment builds its `bwrap` command without `--clearenv` or `--unshare-net`, so commands inherit the host environment, model keys included, and can send them out over the network after a prompt injection in task content. Confirmed in src/minisweagent/environments/extra/bubblewrap.py at 2.4.6 and on main (3 September). The environment is opt-in and marked experimental, but it's the documented lightweight sandbox and no release fixes it, -4. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-108592"
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        "verdict": "A small, readable harness with one bash tool, a linear trajectory saved as JSON, and step, cost and wall-time limits that stop unattended runs cleanly. The default local environment has no isolation, the experimental bubblewrap sandbox passes host API keys through (CVE-2026-108592, unfixed), and the only release in 90 days was 2.4.6 on 23 July 2026.",
        "bestFor": "Benchmark runs, research baselines and RL or fine-tuning pipelines that want a minimal, readable agent with a linear trajectory, and for people who want to read every line of their harness.",
        "strengths": [
          "MIT, with an agent class of about 190 lines that a reviewer can read in one sitting",
          "Step, cost ($3 by default) and wall-time limits, each ending the run with its own exit status in the trajectory",
          "Any model through LiteLLM, OpenRouter, Portkey or Requesty, local ones included, with no account",
          "Docker, Podman and Singularity environments, where the Docker one forwards no host variables unless listed",
          "No telemetry found in the source"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "The default local environment runs commands on the host with no isolation and the full host environment",
          "CVE-2026-108592, published 10 October 2026, leaves the experimental bubblewrap sandbox passing host API keys and network through, unfixed in 2.4.6",
          "One release in the 90 days to 18 October 2026, and three commits on main since 23 July",
          "No MCP client, no ACP and no server mode",
          "No changelog file, and the PyPI classifier still says 3 - Alpha at 2.4.6"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Run with `-y --exit-immediately` for unattended use. Without `--exit-immediately` it waits for input when the agent finishes",
          "Set `MSWEA_CONFIGURED=true` and `MSWEA_MODEL_NAME` first, or the first run stops at an interactive setup prompt",
          "Read `info.exit_status` in the `-o` trajectory file. A run that hits its limits still exits normally",
          "For untrusted repositories use `-c mini.yaml -c environment.environment_class=docker -c environment.image=\u003cimage\u003e`. The local and bubblewrap environments both expose host variables",
          "Strip model keys from the environment commands see, since the local environment passes every host variable to each command"
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        "metrics": {
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          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 4,
        "avgRating": 3,
        "history": [
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            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
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              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
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        ],
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          "ergonomics": 69,
          "maintenance": 49,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 70,
          "schema": 58,
          "security": 56,
          "transparency": 62
        },
        "provenanceScore": 40
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "pip install mini-swe-agent   # or: uvx mini-swe-agent",
        "headless": {
          "command": "mini -t \"$TASK\" -y --exit-immediately -m \u003cprovider/model\u003e -l 3 -o run.traj.json",
          "env": {
            "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "\u003ckey\u003e",
            "MSWEA_CONFIGURED": "true"
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/mini-swe-agent"
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      "area": "frameworks",
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "No legal entity named. The MIT licence names Kilian A. Lieret and Carlos E. Jimenez",
        "domain": "mini-swe-agent.com",
        "domainRegistered": "",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "",
        "privacy": "",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "",
        "securityTxt": "none",
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        "notes": [
          "The docs site is GitHub Pages built from the repository. It has no terms, privacy policy or security.txt (/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 18 October 2026).",
          "The security page names four contacts at Princeton and Stanford by email, with no response time.",
          "The repository has no changelog file and tags carry only a version bump. Release notes, if any, are on GitHub releases, which we couldn't read because GitHub's web pages refused this run."
        ],
        "score": 40
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mini-swe-agent.json"
    },
    "answer": "Qoder CLI scores 59.3 (C) on agent readiness against mini-swe-agent's 56.7 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. mini-swe-agent leads on reliability and payments \u0026 pricing.",
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      "slug": "qoder-cli",
      "name": "Qoder CLI",
      "vendor": "Qoder (BRIGHT ZENITH PRIVATE LIMITED)",
      "vendorUrl": "https://qoder.com/cli",
      "kind": "harness",
      "category": "agent-harnesses",
      "summary": "Qoder's terminal coding agent. It reads and edits files, runs commands and calls MCP servers under permission rules, with a `-p` headless mode, an Agent Client Protocol server and a TypeScript and Python Agent SDK. Needs a Qoder account.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qoder-cli",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qoder-cli.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qoder-cli.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/qoder-cli.json",
      "license": "Proprietary, under the Qoder Terms of Service (BRIGHT ZENITH PRIVATE LIMITED, last updated 29 April 2026). No source is published, and the Agent SDK's LICENSE file points to the same terms",
      "transports": [],
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@qoder-ai/qodercli"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@qoder-ai/qoder-agent-sdk"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "qoder-agent-sdk"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "`/login` or `qoder login` through a browser on a Qoder account, with background token refresh, or a Personal Access Token in `QODER_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN` for CI, ACP clients and the SDK. A PAT is created at qoder.com/account/integrations with chosen permissions and an expiry, and can be revoked. Organisations can use service accounts with scoped tokens.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free gives basic models for a limited number of messages and a 14-day Pro trial with 300 credits. Pro is $20 a month (2,000 credits), Pro+ $60 (6,000) and Ultra $200 (20,000). Credit Packs cost $20 for 1,500 credits and expire after a month. Teams is $40 a seat a month with 3,000 credits, Enterprise $20 a seat with credits bought separately (checked 2026-10-18).",
      "priceSummary": "$20 / mo",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the CLI or SDK docs, the pricing docs or the CLI release notes (checked 2026-10-18).",
        "endpoints": []
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      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
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        "npmWeekly": 4996,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-18"
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      "docsUrl": "https://docs.qoder.com/cli/overview",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.qoder.com/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
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        "agent.mcp-client",
        "agent.multi-agent"
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        "official",
        "harness",
        "coding-agent",
        "cli",
        "closed-source",
        "mcp",
        "acp",
        "llms-txt",
        "telemetry-default-on",
        "free-tier"
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      "lastRelease": "2026-10-16",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
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        "score": 59.3,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 609,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1146,
        "categoryRank": 19,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 80,
          "maintenance": 72,
          "payments": 35,
          "reliability": 51,
          "schema": 81,
          "security": 55,
          "transparency": 64
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        "pending": [
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          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-18"
        },
        "negative": -3,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "2026-09-19. CLI 1.1.57 fixed \"a security issue where internal Git calls could execute repository configuration commands\", so opening an untrusted repository could run commands from its Git configuration. Fixed within the month and disclosed only as a release-note line, with no advisory, affected versions or CVE found. Inside six months, -2 (https://docs.qoder.com/release-notes/qoder-cli.md)",
          "2026-07-16. CLI 1.0.47 fixed the PreToolUse hook not taking effect in headless and SDK modes. The permissions page describes that hook as an interception that holds even in YOLO mode, so headless and SDK runs before the fix skipped organisation hooks. Fixed and noted in the release notes. Judgement call, -1 (https://docs.qoder.com/release-notes/qoder-cli.md)"
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        "verdict": "A closed-source terminal agent with a documented headless mode, an ACP server, typed TypeScript and Python SDKs and near-daily releases. Permission rules and modes are detailed, but no local sandbox is documented, usage statistics are on by default, and security fixes appear only as one-line release notes with no advisories or disclosure policy.",
        "bestFor": "Developers already on Qoder who want the same agent in a terminal, in CI through a PAT, in Zed through ACP, or embedded through the Agent SDK.",
        "strengths": [
          "Headless `-p` with text, json and stream-json output, `--max-turns`, and ask turned into deny",
          "Agent SDK for TypeScript and Python that drives the CLI with approval callbacks, hooks and session control",
          "Documented exit codes and Result error subtypes for scripts and SDK hosts",
          "Personal Access Tokens with chosen permissions and expiry, and scoped service accounts for organisations",
          "74 dated releases in the 90 days to 16 October 2026"
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        "weaknesses": [
          "No local sandbox is documented, and `auto` mode approves read-only tools on any path",
          "Usage and AI code statistics are on by default, and content use for improvement depends on the plan",
          "Closed source with no public CI, issue tracker or security advisories, and the audit log leaves out CLI execution",
          "No security.txt, disclosure policy or status page found",
          "Agent SDK release notes stop at 1.0.41 on 15 September while npm has 1.0.53"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Set `QODER_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN` in CI. The browser sign-in can't complete in a headless run",
          "Pass `--permission-mode` with `--allowed-tools` in headless runs. Every ask is denied, and `--yolo` removes all checks",
          "Set `--max-turns` on unattended runs, and branch on exit codes 41 (authentication) and 53 (turn limit)",
          "Set `privacy.usageStatisticsEnabled` and `aiCodeStatistics.enabled` to false in ~/.qoder/settings.json if usage data must stay local",
          "Don't pass `--model lite`. The Lite tier was removed on 18 September 2026 and headless requests naming it fail"
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        "metrics": {
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          "measured": false
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        "reviewCount": 4,
        "avgRating": 3.5,
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            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
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              "tasks"
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            "run": "2026-10-01",
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            "score": 59.3
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          "maintenance": 72,
          "payments": 35,
          "reliability": 51,
          "schema": 81,
          "security": 55,
          "transparency": 51
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      "connect": {
        "install": "curl -fsSL https://qoder.com/install | bash",
        "headless": {
          "env": {
            "QODER_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "\u003ctoken\u003e"
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          "run": "qoder -p \"Review these changes and list potential issues\" --output-format json --permission-mode accept_edits --max-turns 20"
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          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 20,
          "note": "2,000 credits a month"
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          "item": "Credit Pack",
          "unit": "tx",
          "usd": 20,
          "note": "1,500 credits, expires after one month, not refundable"
        },
        {
          "item": "Teams",
          "unit": "seat-month",
          "usd": 40,
          "note": "3,000 credits a seat a month"
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        "domain": "qoder.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2009-08-21",
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        "terms": "https://qoder.com/product-service",
        "privacy": "https://qoder.com/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://docs.qoder.com/release-notes/qoder-cli.md",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-18",
        "notes": [
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          "We didn't name a parent company, because neither the terms nor the privacy policy names one.",
          "qoder.com/.well-known/security.txt and docs.qoder.com/.well-known/security.txt answered 404 on 18 October 2026.",
          "No status page was found, and status.qoder.com didn't resolve.",
          "RDAP (Verisign) gives qoder.com a registration date of 21 August 2009, long before the product.",
          "qoder.com's robots.txt disallows /pricing, so prices come from docs.qoder.com/account/pricing.md."
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        "score": 76
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        "b": "Agent harness",
        "name": "Kind"
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        "a": "SWE-bench team (Princeton and Stanford)",
        "b": "Qoder (BRIGHT ZENITH PRIVATE LIMITED)",
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        "a": "no (local only)",
        "b": "no (local only)",
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        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
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        "a": "no",
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        "name": "Customer content may train models"
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        "answer": "Qoder CLI scores 59.3 (C) on agent readiness against mini-swe-agent's 56.7 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. mini-swe-agent leads on reliability and payments \u0026 pricing.",
        "question": "Which is better for AI agents, mini-swe-agent or Qoder CLI?"
      },
      {
        "answer": "mini-swe-agent is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Qoder CLI.",
        "question": "Are mini-swe-agent and Qoder CLI open source?"
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          "Reliability, 70 against 51",
          "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 35"
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        "watchFor": "The default local environment runs commands on the host with no isolation and the full host environment"
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        "aheadOn": [
          "Schema \u0026 documentation, 81 against 58",
          "Agent ergonomics, 80 against 69",
          "Maintenance \u0026 community, 72 against 49",
          "Transparency \u0026 trust, 64 against 51"
        ],
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          "Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 3.0 out of 5"
        ],
        "goodFor": "Developers already on Qoder who want the same agent in a terminal, in CI through a PAT, in Zed through ACP, or embedded through the Agent SDK.",
        "slug": "qoder-cli",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-mini-swe-agent.json",
        "title": "Agent Zero vs mini-swe-agent",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-mini-swe-agent"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-qoder-cli.json",
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      {
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-qoder-cli.json",
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  "markdown": "Qoder CLI scores 59.3 (C) on agent readiness against mini-swe-agent's 56.7 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. mini-swe-agent leads on reliability and payments \u0026 pricing. Both do agent harnesses.\n\n- mini-swe-agent: grade C, 56.7/100, rank #698 of 1146. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mini-swe-agent.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mini-swe-agent.json\n- Qoder CLI: grade C, 59.3/100, rank #609 of 1146. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qoder-cli.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/qoder-cli.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### mini-swe-agent (C)\n\nGood for: Benchmark runs, research baselines and RL or fine-tuning pipelines that want a minimal, readable agent with a linear trajectory, and for people who want to read every line of their harness.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 70 against 51\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 35\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- Free to start without a card\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: The default local environment runs commands on the host with no isolation and the full host environment\n\n### Qoder CLI (C)\n\nGood for: Developers already on Qoder who want the same agent in a terminal, in CI through a PAT, in Zed through ACP, or embedded through the Agent SDK.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 81 against 58\n- Agent ergonomics, 80 against 69\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 72 against 49\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 64 against 51\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 3.0 out of 5\n\nWatch for: No local sandbox is documented, and `auto` mode approves read-only tools on any path\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | mini-swe-agent | Qoder CLI | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 51 | mini-swe-agent +19 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 58 | 81 | Qoder CLI +23 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 69 | 80 | Qoder CLI +11 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 56 | 55 | mini-swe-agent +1 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 35 | mini-swe-agent +25 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 49 | 72 | Qoder CLI +23 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 51 | 64 | Qoder CLI +13 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -4 | -3 | |\n| **Total** | | **56.7 · C** | **59.3 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | mini-swe-agent | Qoder CLI |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | SWE-bench team (Princeton and Stanford) | Qoder (BRIGHT ZENITH PRIVATE LIMITED) |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports |  |  |\n| Auth | None | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Free | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | Proprietary, under the Qoder Terms of Service (BRIGHT ZENITH PRIVATE LIMITED, last updated 29 April 2026). No source is published, and the Agent SDK's LICENSE file points to the same terms |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-07-23 | 2026-10-16 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked |  |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked |  |\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 | 8.6k stars, 4.4M PyPI/wk | 5k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | 3.5/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**mini-swe-agent.** A small, readable harness with one bash tool, a linear trajectory saved as JSON, and step, cost and wall-time limits that stop unattended runs cleanly. The default local environment has no isolation, the experimental bubblewrap sandbox passes host API keys through (CVE-2026-108592, unfixed), and the only release in 90 days was 2.4.6 on 23 July 2026.\n\n**Qoder CLI.** A closed-source terminal agent with a documented headless mode, an ACP server, typed TypeScript and Python SDKs and near-daily releases. Permission rules and modes are detailed, but no local sandbox is documented, usage statistics are on by default, and security fixes appear only as one-line release notes with no advisories or disclosure policy.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### mini-swe-agent\n\n1. Run with `-y --exit-immediately` for unattended use. Without `--exit-immediately` it waits for input when the agent finishes\n2. Set `MSWEA_CONFIGURED=true` and `MSWEA_MODEL_NAME` first, or the first run stops at an interactive setup prompt\n3. Read `info.exit_status` in the `-o` trajectory file. A run that hits its limits still exits normally\n4. For untrusted repositories use `-c mini.yaml -c environment.environment_class=docker -c environment.image=\u003cimage\u003e`. The local and bubblewrap environments both expose host variables\n5. Strip model keys from the environment commands see, since the local environment passes every host variable to each command\n\n### Qoder CLI\n\n1. Set `QODER_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN` in CI. The browser sign-in can't complete in a headless run\n2. Pass `--permission-mode` with `--allowed-tools` in headless runs. Every ask is denied, and `--yolo` removes all checks\n3. Set `--max-turns` on unattended runs, and branch on exit codes 41 (authentication) and 53 (turn limit)\n4. Set `privacy.usageStatisticsEnabled` and `aiCodeStatistics.enabled` to false in ~/.qoder/settings.json if usage data must stay local\n5. Don't pass `--model lite`. The Lite tier was removed on 18 September 2026 and headless requests naming it fail\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, mini-swe-agent or Qoder CLI?\n\nQoder CLI scores 59.3 (C) on agent readiness against mini-swe-agent's 56.7 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. mini-swe-agent leads on reliability and payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Are mini-swe-agent and Qoder CLI open source?\n\nmini-swe-agent is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Qoder CLI.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-qoder-cli.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-qoder-cli.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"mini-swe-agent\", \"b\": \"qoder-cli\"}`. 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