{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "minimax-code", "name": "MiniMax Code", "vendor": "MiniMax", "vendorUrl": "https://agent.minimax.io", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "MiniMax's coding agent, as an open-source terminal CLI (`mcode`) and a closed desktop app. The CLI runs MiniMax models through M Plan or an API key, or any compatible model, headless with `mcode exec` or as an ACP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-code", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-code.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-code.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/minimax-code.json", "repo": "https://github.com/MiniMax-AI/minimax-code", "license": "MIT for first-party code, with the bundled sandbox runtime under Apache-2.0. The desktop app's source isn't published", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@minimax-ai/code" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "MiniMax sign-in in a browser (`mcode login --region global`) for M Plan or Token Plan usage, a MiniMax API key read from an environment variable (`mcode provider set-minimax-key`), or a key for any OpenAI- or Anthropic-compatible provider (BYOK), which needs no MiniMax login. Provider keys are stored in `config.yaml` in the data directory, `~/.minimax` by default.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "The CLI is free and MIT-licensed. Model use is paid separately, through an M Plan (Go $22, Explore $55, Build $132 a month), MiniMax's pay-as-you-go API, or another provider's key. M Plan usage is shared between MiniMax Code and other tools on the same subscription (https://platform.minimax.io/docs/m-plan/monthly-offer, checked 19 October 2026).", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the CLI docs, README or the 0.6.12 npm metadata (checked 2026-10-19).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 2000, "npmWeekly": 6842, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-19" }, "docsUrl": "https://agent.minimax.io/docs/cli/quick-start", "llmsTxt": "https://agent.minimax.io/docs/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness", "agent.mcp-client", "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "official", "harness", "coding-agent", "cli", "open-source", "typescript", "mcp", "acp", "llms-txt", "free", "no-card", "local" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-15", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 67.5, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 277, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1175, "categoryRank": 8, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 75, "maintenance": 77, "payments": 60, "reliability": 63, "schema": 81, "security": 57, "transparency": 61 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-19" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "An MIT-licensed terminal coding agent with a headless mode that returns versioned JSON, documented exit codes and an ACP server, and telemetry off by default. It's pre-1.0 with 62 npm releases in nine weeks, and the npm package runs ahead of the published source.", "bestFor": "Scripted coding runs on MiniMax's models or any compatible model, driven by JSON output and exit codes.", "strengths": [ "MIT-licensed CLI on npm, with `mcode exec` returning versioned JSON and nine documented exit codes", "`mcode acp` for editors and agent hosts, and BYOK for any OpenAI- or Anthropic-compatible provider without a MiniMax login", "Telemetry off by default, each channel opted into separately, with every field and destination documented", "Headless fails on a pending permission request instead of approving it, and `--timeout` and `--max-steps` bound a run", "62 npm releases between 14 August and 15 October 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "Pre-1.0 and labelled a source preview, with npm at 0.6.12 and the public source at 0.6.5", "The default headless policy sends actions to a cloud classifier, and what it sends isn't documented", "Which actions run inside the sandbox by default isn't documented", "The CLI changelog trails npm by five releases", "The MiniMax Agent terms take a perpetual, irrevocable licence over what users submit through MiniMax's services and what they generate, and the privacy policy states no retention period" ], "agentNotes": [ "Run `mcode exec --cwd \u003crepo\u003e --output-format json --timeout 10m --max-steps 50` and check both the exit code and the JSON `status`", "Keep `--permission full` and `off` for a container or throwaway workspace. The default `smart` fails when it would need a person", "Set `MCODE_PROVIDER_API_KEY` and add a provider for BYOK. M Plan models need a browser sign-in with `mcode login --region global`", "Set `MINIMAX_DATA_DIR` per CI runner. Keys and sessions live in `~/.minimax` by default", "Pin a version. npm published 62 releases in nine weeks and the public source trails it" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 67.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 75, "maintenance": 77, "payments": 60, "reliability": 63, "schema": 81, "security": 57, "transparency": 56 }, "provenanceScore": 65 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install -g @minimax-ai/code@latest # or: curl -fsSL https://filecdn.minimax.chat/public/install.sh | bash", "headless": { "command": "mcode exec --cwd . --output-format json --timeout 10m --max-steps 50 \"$TASK\"", "env": { "MCODE_DISABLE_TELEMETRY": "1", "MCODE_PROVIDER_API_KEY": "\u003ckey\u003e" } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/minimax-code" }, "sameCompany": [ "minimax-api", "minimax-video", "minimax-voice-cloning" ], "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Nanonoble Pte. Ltd.", "domain": "minimax.io", "domainRegistered": "2021-03-27", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://agent.minimax.io/doc/en/terms-of-service.html", "privacy": "https://agent.minimax.io/doc/en/privacy-policy.html", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://agent.minimax.io/docs/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-19", "notes": [ "The MiniMax Agent terms of use and privacy policy, both updated 19 January 2026 and linked from the download page, name Nanonoble Pte. Ltd., as do the MiniMax API terms. The repository's MIT licence names 'MiniMax Code' as the copyright holder.", "SECURITY.md takes private reports at a dedicated MiniMax Code security address and through GitHub's private advisories, with no response SLA. platform.minimax.io answers 404 for /.well-known/security.txt and www.minimax.io redirects it to the home page.", "RDAP for minimax.io gives a registration date of 2021-03-27, as recorded on the MiniMax Video API listing." ], "score": 65 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-code.json", "live": { "slug": "minimax-code", "securityTxt": { "url": "https://minimax.io/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T15:55:03.5197794Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-19T15:55:03.5197794Z" } }, "answer": "MiniMax Code scores 67.5 (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": 1085, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1175, "categoryRank": 39, "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": "2026-10-19T04:10:59.93785256Z" } ], "githubStars": 1, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://conifer.build/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T15:55:18.867007232Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://www.conifer.build/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T14:28:37.079230644Z" }, "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" } ], "github": { "repo": "coniferkit/parallax-releases", "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T06:03:26.780447048Z", "stars": 1, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": true, "pushedAt": "2026-10-19T04:26:36Z", "openIssues": 0, "openPRs": 0, "issuesOpened90d": 0, "issuesClosed90d": 0, "prsMerged90d": 1 }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-19T15:55:18.867007232Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Agent harness", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "MiniMax", "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 for first-party code, with the bundled sandbox runtime under Apache-2.0. The desktop app's source isn't published", "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": "2026-10-15", "b": "2026-10-16", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-01-19", "b": "", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-01-19", "b": "", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "2k stars, 6.8k npm/wk", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3.5/5 (4)", "b": "2/5 (4)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "MiniMax Code scores 67.5 (B) on agent readiness against Parallax's 37.9 (F), and leads in every scored category.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, MiniMax Code or Parallax?" }, { "answer": "MiniMax Code is open source (MIT for first-party code, with the bundled sandbox runtime under Apache-2.0. The desktop app's source isn't published). No open-source release is listed for Parallax.", "question": "Are MiniMax Code and Parallax open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 63 against 40", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 81 against 29", "Agent ergonomics, 75 against 42", "Security \u0026 auth, 57 against 43", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 77 against 56", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 61 against 48" ], "also": [ "Free to start without a card", "Open source", "Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 2.0 out of 5" ], "goodFor": "Scripted coding runs on MiniMax's models or any compatible model, driven by JSON output and exit codes.", "slug": "minimax-code", "watchFor": "Pre-1.0 and labelled a source preview, with npm at 0.6.12 and the public source at 0.6.5" }, { "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-minimax-code.json", "title": "Agent Zero vs MiniMax Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-minimax-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-minimax-code.json", "title": "Aider vs MiniMax Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-minimax-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-minimax-code.json", "title": "Amp vs MiniMax Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-minimax-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-minimax-code.json", "title": "Antigravity CLI vs MiniMax Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-minimax-code" }, { "json": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-minimax-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.json", "title": "MiniMax Code vs Mistral Vibe CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-mistral-vibe-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-muse-code.json", "title": "MiniMax Code vs Muse Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-muse-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-openai-codex.json", "title": "MiniMax Code vs OpenAI Codex", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-openai-codex" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-opencode.json", "title": "MiniMax Code vs OpenCode", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-opencode" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-openhands.json", "title": "MiniMax Code vs OpenHands", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-openhands" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-prime-agent.json", "title": "MiniMax Code vs Prime Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-prime-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "MiniMax Code vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-qwen-code.json", "title": "MiniMax Code vs Qwen Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-qwen-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "MiniMax Code vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-rovo-dev-cli.json", "title": "MiniMax Code vs Rovo Dev CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-rovo-dev-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-warp.json", "title": "MiniMax Code vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-warp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "Amp vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-parallax-agents" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "Antigravity CLI vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-parallax-agents" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "Auggie CLI vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-parallax-agents" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-parallax-agents" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-minimax-code.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs MiniMax Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-minimax-code" }, { "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": "DeepSeek Harness (dsh) vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-parallax-agents" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/devin-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "Devin vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/devin-vs-parallax-agents" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/droid-cli-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "Droid CLI vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/droid-cli-vs-parallax-agents" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "Gemini CLI vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-parallax-agents" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "GitHub Copilot CLI vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-parallax-agents" }, { "json": "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-minimax-code.json", "title": "Harness vs MiniMax Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-minimax-code" }, { "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": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jules-vs-parallax-agents" }, { "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/kilo-code-cli-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "Kilo Code CLI vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kilo-code-cli-vs-parallax-agents" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "Kimi Code CLI vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-parallax-agents" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiro-cli-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "Kiro CLI vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiro-cli-vs-parallax-agents" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-paperclip.json", "title": "MiniMax Code vs Paperclip", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-paperclip" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "Mistral Vibe CLI vs 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": 23, "edge": "minimax-code", "key": "reliability", "minimax-code": 63, "name": "Reliability", "parallax-agents": 40, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 52, "edge": "minimax-code", "key": "schema", "minimax-code": 81, "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "parallax-agents": 29, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 33, "edge": "minimax-code", "key": "ergonomics", "minimax-code": 75, "name": "Agent ergonomics", "parallax-agents": 42, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 14, "edge": "minimax-code", "key": "security", "minimax-code": 57, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "parallax-agents": 43, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 30, "edge": "minimax-code", "key": "payments", "minimax-code": 60, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "parallax-agents": 30, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 21, "edge": "minimax-code", "key": "maintenance", "minimax-code": 77, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "parallax-agents": 56, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 13, "edge": "minimax-code", "key": "transparency", "minimax-code": 61, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "parallax-agents": 48, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "MiniMax Code scores 67.5 (B) on agent readiness against Parallax's 37.9 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do multi-agent orchestration.", "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "minimax-code": "An MIT-licensed terminal coding agent with a headless mode that returns versioned JSON, documented exit codes and an ACP server, and telemetry off by default. It's pre-1.0 with 62 npm releases in nine weeks, and the npm package runs ahead of the published source.", "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/minimax-code-vs-parallax-agents", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-parallax-agents.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-parallax-agents.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-parallax-agents.min.md" }, "markdown": "MiniMax Code scores 67.5 (B) on agent readiness against Parallax's 37.9 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do multi-agent orchestration.\n\n- MiniMax Code: grade B, 67.5/100, rank #277 of 1175. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-code.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/minimax-code.json\n- Parallax: grade F, 37.9/100, rank #1085 of 1175. 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 752 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### MiniMax Code (B)\n\nGood for: Scripted coding runs on MiniMax's models or any compatible model, driven by JSON output and exit codes.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 63 against 40\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 81 against 29\n- Agent ergonomics, 75 against 42\n- Security \u0026 auth, 57 against 43\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 77 against 56\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 61 against 48\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n- Open source\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 2.0 out of 5\n\nWatch for: Pre-1.0 and labelled a source preview, with npm at 0.6.12 and the public source at 0.6.5\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 | MiniMax Code | Parallax | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 63 | 40 | MiniMax Code +23 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 81 | 29 | MiniMax Code +52 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 75 | 42 | MiniMax Code +33 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 57 | 43 | MiniMax Code +14 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 30 | MiniMax Code +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 77 | 56 | MiniMax Code +21 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 61 | 48 | MiniMax Code +13 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **67.5 · B** | **37.9 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | MiniMax Code | Parallax |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | MiniMax | 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 for first-party code, with the bundled sandbox runtime under Apache-2.0. The desktop app's source isn't published | 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 | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-16 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-01-19 | |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-01-19 | |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | |\n| Popularity | 2k stars, 6.8k npm/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (4) | 2/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**MiniMax Code.** An MIT-licensed terminal coding agent with a headless mode that returns versioned JSON, documented exit codes and an ACP server, and telemetry off by default. It's pre-1.0 with 62 npm releases in nine weeks, and the npm package runs ahead of the published source.\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### MiniMax Code\n\n1. Run `mcode exec --cwd \u003crepo\u003e --output-format json --timeout 10m --max-steps 50` and check both the exit code and the JSON `status`\n2. Keep `--permission full` and `off` for a container or throwaway workspace. The default `smart` fails when it would need a person\n3. Set `MCODE_PROVIDER_API_KEY` and add a provider for BYOK. M Plan models need a browser sign-in with `mcode login --region global`\n4. Set `MINIMAX_DATA_DIR` per CI runner. Keys and sessions live in `~/.minimax` by default\n5. Pin a version. npm published 62 releases in nine weeks and the public source trails it\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, MiniMax Code or Parallax?\n\nMiniMax Code scores 67.5 (B) on agent readiness against Parallax's 37.9 (F), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Are MiniMax Code and Parallax open source?\n\nMiniMax Code is open source (MIT for first-party code, with the bundled sandbox runtime under Apache-2.0. The desktop app's source isn't published). No open-source release is listed for Parallax.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-parallax-agents.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-parallax-agents.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"minimax-code\", \"b\": \"parallax-agents\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare minimax-code parallax-agents`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/minimax-code.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/parallax-agents.json\n\n## Other comparisons with MiniMax Code or Parallax\n\n- [Agent Zero vs MiniMax Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-minimax-code.md)\n- [Aider vs MiniMax Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-minimax-code.md)\n- [Amp vs MiniMax Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-minimax-code.md)\n- [Antigravity CLI vs MiniMax Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-minimax-code.md)\n- [Auggie CLI vs MiniMax Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-minimax-code.md)\n- [Claude Code vs MiniMax Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-minimax-code.md)\n- [Cline vs MiniMax Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-minimax-code.md)\n- [Crush vs MiniMax 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