# Muse Code vs Qoder CLI (slim)

> Muse Code scores 61.3 (C) to Qoder CLI's 59.3 (C) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Muse Code scores 61.3 (C) on agent readiness against Qoder CLI's 59.3 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Qoder CLI leads on reliability, payments & pricing and transparency & trust. Both do agent harnesses.

- Muse Code: C 61.3, rank #521 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/muse-code.min.md
- Qoder CLI: C 59.3, rank #609 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qoder-cli.min.md
- Muse Code, good for Developers who want Meta's Muse models, Muse Wonder Full included, in a terminal or CI agent with the sandbox and approvals on from the first run. Ahead on Security & auth, 67 against 55. Also No incidents deducted, where Qoder CLI loses 3 points for them.
- Qoder CLI, good 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. Ahead on Reliability, 51 against 45; Payments & pricing, 35 against 20; Transparency & trust, 64 against 57.

| Category | Muse Code | Qoder CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 45 | 51 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 84 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 79 | 80 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 67 | 55 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 75 | 72 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 57 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Muse Code | Qoder CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Meta | Qoder (BRIGHT ZENITH PRIVATE LIMITED) |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary binary, used under the Meta Model API Terms of Service, which cover Meta's coding harness. Subscriptions are also under the Meta Subscription Terms of Service. The TypeScript and Python SDKs in the linked repository are 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 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-16 |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read |  |
| Popularity | 63k npm/wk | 5k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3.3/5 (4) | 3.5/5 (4) |