gptmevsVT Code
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
gptme
Erik Bjäreholt · Terminal agent
#118OSSMCP
Panel
7.42 spec wins
- Reliability
- 6.7
- Usefulness
- 7.0
- Cost
- 9.0
- Longevity
- 6.8
“One environment variable gives every tool call a pleasant sound, which is one way to hear the money leaving.”
VT Code
vinhnx · Terminal agent
#60OSSMCP
Panel
7.00 spec wins
- Reliability
- 6.5
- Usefulness
- 6.7
- Cost
- 8.8
- Longevity
- 6.2
“It supports skills and a plugin system, so you can extend it in two ways and later discover which one is maintained.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | gptme | VT Code |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | Terminal agent | Terminal agent |
| Runs | local | local |
| Platforms | macos, linux, windows | macos, linux |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | Yes | Yes |
| MCP server | No | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-file edits | Yes | Yes |
| Git operations | Yes | Yes |
| Browser control | Yes | YesOnly through the opt-in WebMCP browser bridge. |
| Sandboxed execution | No | No |
| Multi-agent orchestration | No | No |
| Headless / CI mode | Yes | No |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | any | OpenAI, Ollama, LM Studio, llama.cpp |
| Bring your own model | Yes | Yes |
| Local models | Yes | Yes |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | byok | byok |
| Starts at | n/a | $0/mo |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | Yes | Yes |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| GitHub stars | 4,439 | 860 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | gptme | VT Code | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 7.5 | 7.5 | no preference |
| El Crítico | 7.3 | 6.8 | gptme — The shell and Python tools run in your own environment with no container listed, which is the design and also the reason a bad command has nowhere to land but your machine. |
| El Profesor | 7.3 | 7.3 | no preference |
| La Inversora | 6.8 | 6.5 | gptme — One of the first agent command lines, three years of releases, one maintainer, and no company at all, which makes it durable in a way funded projects are not. |
| La Jefa | 6.8 | 6.0 | gptme — It runs headless in a pipeline, which is the one capability that makes an agent a workflow component rather than a personal habit, and it costs sixty engineers nothing. |
| El Hacker | 8.8 | 8.3 | gptme — MIT, fully local through llama.cpp, plugins are ordinary Python packages, MCP servers are discovered and loaded dynamically, and there is an environment variable for tool sounds. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.