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Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
codehamr
codehamr · Terminal agent
#115OSS
Panel
6.70 spec wins
- Reliability
- 6.3
- Usefulness
- 5.8
- Cost
- 9.3
- Longevity
- 5.2
“Four tools and three slash commands, which is fewer features than most agents put in the onboarding screen.”
pi
Earendil Inc. · Terminal agent
#9OSS
Panel
6.82 spec wins
- Reliability
- 6.5
- Usefulness
- 6.5
- Cost
- 7.3
- Longevity
- 7.0
“A coding agent that ships themes, which is the first time anyone has cared what the terminal looks like while a file gets deleted.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | codehamr | pi |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | Terminal agent | Terminal agent |
| Runs | local | local |
| Platforms | macos, linux, windows | macos, linux, windows |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | No | No |
| MCP server | No | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-file edits | Yes | Yes |
| Git operations | No | No |
| Browser control | NoThe agent can bootstrap a headless browser as a verification helper when the machine allows it, but it has no browser tool of its own. | No |
| Sandboxed execution | No | No |
| Multi-agent orchestration | No | No |
| Headless / CI mode | No | Yes |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | Ollama, vLLM, LM Studio, OpenAI-compatible endpoints | OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, OpenRouter, llama.cpp |
| Bring your own model | Yes | Yes |
| Local models | Yes | Yes |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | byok | byok |
| Starts at | $0/mo | $0/mo |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | Yes | Yes |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| GitHub stars | 219 | 111,339 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | codehamr | pi | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 6.8 | 7.5 | pi — Pick pi if you want a terminal agent small enough to read in an afternoon and extend in TypeScript; pick OpenCode if your workflow already depends on MCP servers. |
| El Crítico | 6.3 | 6.8 | pi — Extensions are TypeScript modules loaded into the agent's own process, so a package is a supply chain, and the install line already says --ignore-scripts. |
| El Profesor | 7.8 | 7.3 | codehamr — It runs the tests, compiles, or loads the page, and prints `unverified:` when it cannot, which is the rarest honesty in this category. |
| La Inversora | 6.0 | 5.5 | codehamr — 216 stars, and the only commercial artefact is a hosted endpoint sitting behind a waitlist, which is a business plan in its earliest possible form. |
| La Jefa | 5.8 | 5.5 | codehamr — Nothing per seat, nothing in the pipeline, no console and no audit log, and the Windows contingent needs WSL2 before they can start at all. |
| El Hacker | 7.5 | 8.5 | pi — MIT TypeScript, extensions that add tools, commands and UI, /llama for llama.cpp on my box, ANTHROPIC_API_KEY in the environment, and packages to share it all. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.