# Mistral Vibe CLI vs Paseo (slim)

> Paseo scores 62.1 (B) to Mistral Vibe CLI's 58.4 (C) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Paseo scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against Mistral Vibe CLI's 58.4 (C), and leads in 1 of 7 scored categories. Mistral Vibe CLI leads on reliability, schema & documentation, agent ergonomics and transparency & trust. Both do agent harnesses.

- Mistral Vibe CLI: C 58.4, rank #746 of 1486 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mistral-vibe-cli.min.md
- Paseo: B 62.1, rank #575 of 1486 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paseo.min.md
- Mistral Vibe CLI, good for Developers and CI jobs that want an open-source harness tuned for Mistral models, with hard per-run budgets and an export file, or a local model with no account. Ahead on Reliability, 69 against 50; Schema & documentation, 85 against 65; Agent ergonomics, 84 against 70; Transparency & trust, 81 against 68. Also Free to start without a card.
- Paseo, good for Developers who want parallel coding agents on their own machines with no telemetry, reachable from anywhere. Also No key needed to call it; No incidents deducted, where Mistral Vibe CLI loses 14 points for them.

| Category | Mistral Vibe CLI | Paseo |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 69 | 50 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 85 | 65 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 84 | 70 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 58 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 73 | 75 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 81 | 68 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Mistral Vibe CLI | Paseo |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Mistral AI | Mohamed Boudra |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-30 | 2026-11-07 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-25 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-03 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | not read yet |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not read yet |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not read yet |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not read yet |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not read yet |
| Popularity | 5.1k stars, 332k PyPI/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | 3.3/5 (4) | none |

Why the edge:
- Schema & documentation, Mistral Vibe CLI +20: Mistral Vibe CLI 85 (Framework reading. A configuration reference with each key's type and default, the `export.json` fields, and the `--agent-socket` JSON-RPC methods with typed params and results in the README, plus ACP. Since 3.0.3 `vibe config schema` prints a JSON schema of every setting, including each built-in tool's; the streaming events still have no published schema (20 of 25). docs.mistral.ai/llms.txt indexes the CLI pages, each with a Markdown twin (10). The safety page says what each agent allows and when to use it, and on 2 November it agrees with the source. `-p` runs the configured `default_agent` and denies calls that need approval, and the offline guide and configuration reference name `enable_update_checks`. The 18 October contradictions and TODO notes are gone (15 of 20). Output formats, agent names, permission values and OpenTelemetry redaction modes are enums, and the config is validated on load (12). Many examples and an exit-code table that maps each code to the outcome names in `export.json` (13). Dated changelog and version tags (15). 20+10+15+12+13+15 = 85.); Paseo 65 (Harness reading. Public docs, a CLI and plugin examples in the repository (65).)
- Reliability, Mistral Vibe CLI +19: Mistral Vibe CLI 69 (Local-package reading. PyPI, uv, pip, Homebrew at 3.0.4 and an install script, with Python 3.12 or later stated and UNIX the supported target (20). A public CI workflow on push and pull request to main runs pre-commit, the test suite and a build and install smoke matrix, but GitHub's pages and API were refused in this session, so whether main is passing is unchecked (15 of 25). The 18 October issue counts came from shields.io badges, a third-party copy of GitHub data this run bars, so they are struck. Every release has a Fixed section in the changelog, and how many open issues are crashes or regressions, and how fast they're answered, couldn't be read (10 of 25). The changelog states Keep a Changelog and semver and marks breaking changes, but the hooks rename shipped in minor 2.21.0, patch 2.11.1 changed the `-p` approval default, patch 2.26.1 removed the bundled local model, and patches 3.0.3 and 3.0.4 carry marked config, model and session breaks (9). 3.0.4, classified Production/Stable (15). 20+15+10+9+15 = 69.); Paseo 50 (Local software. Desktop builds, an Android APK, a Docker image and a Nix package (20). ci.yml on the repository; pass state not read (15). GitHub issues and pull requests weren't read (GitHub's pages refuse these sessions), so that line is scored absent (0). CHANGELOG.md (15). Version 0.15.3 (0). 20 + 15 + 0 + 15 + 0 = 50.)
- Agent ergonomics, Mistral Vibe CLI +14: Mistral Vibe CLI 84 (Framework reading, adapted to a harness driven by a pipeline. `--enabled-tools` and `--disabled-tools` with globs and regex (in `-p` the first disables everything else), per-tool and per-MCP-tool permissions, and switches for subagents and background processes (20 of 25). `--max-turns`, `--max-tokens`, `--max-price` and `--time-limit`, with text, json and streaming output and an export file with usage and cost (20). Exit codes 0 to 4 with named outcomes, refusals reported with a code, and config problems listed under `warnings` (18). `--resume SESSION_ID` and `--continue`, SIGTERM stops a run so it can be resumed, and model API failures are retried before exit 2 (16). One required input (the prompt), a GitHub Action and the ACP server, but no SDK, and the app-server's JSON-RPC protocol isn't documented for outside use (10). 20+20+18+16+10 = 84.); Paseo 70 (Harness reading. A self-hosted daemon that agents can use to create worktrees, launch other agents and talk to them, scriptable from the CLI (70).)
- Transparency & trust, Mistral Vibe CLI +13: Mistral Vibe CLI 81 (Apache-2.0, with LICENSE and pyproject in agreement (30). The README sends readers to Mistral's privacy policy (effective 3 September 2026), which names Vibe. The commercial terms (effective 25 September 2026) say no training on customer data unless a product's default or an opt-in allows it, and the pricing page lists model training as opt-out on Free, Pro and Team. The configuration reference calls telemetry anonymous without listing its fields. The offline guide now names `enable_update_checks = false` with `enable_telemetry = false`, as the source reads them (16 of 30; 14 on 18 October, when it named a key the source defines but never reads). Removals are listed in the changelog, deprecated settings are named in the configuration reference and warned about at startup, the agent socket may change without notice, and custom Python tools and the bundled local model were removed in patch releases with warnings (10 of 20). Telemetry is disclosed with an opt-out in the README and the configuration reference, and the README names the server-managed shell-tool rollout, but its fields are only in the source (14 of 20). 30+16+10+14 = 70.); Paseo 68 (Apache 2.0 for everything but third-party components (30). No telemetry and agents run on your machine (22 of 30). CHANGELOG.md, no deprecation policy (10). States no telemetry (20). 30 + 22 + 10 + 20 = 82.)