Keen Codevsoli
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
Keen Code
mochow13 · Terminal agent
#201OSSMCP
Panel
5.53 spec wins
- Reliability
- 5.5
- Usefulness
- 5.2
- Cost
- 7.5
- Longevity
- 4.0
“A Go binary that you install through npm, which is the most honest summary of modern tooling currently on offer.”
oli
amrit110 · Terminal agent
#184OSS
Panel
5.42 spec wins
- Reliability
- 4.7
- Usefulness
- 4.8
- Cost
- 7.8
- Longevity
- 4.2
“The name stands for Open Local Intelligent assistant, an acronym that clearly had to work for it.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | Keen Code | oli |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | Terminal agent | Terminal agent |
| Runs | local | local |
| Platforms | macos, linux | macos, linux |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | Yes | No |
| MCP server | No | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-file edits | Yes | Yes |
| Git operations | Yes | No |
| Browser control | No | No |
| Sandboxed execution | No | No |
| Multi-agent orchestration | Yes | No |
| Headless / CI mode | No | No |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | multiple providers | Anthropic Claude, OpenAI, Google Gemini, Ollama |
| Bring your own model | Yes | Yes |
| Local models | No | YesOllama models with function calling, such as Qwen 2.5 Coder, are supported for full tool use. |
| 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 | Apache-2.0 |
| GitHub stars | 70 | 244 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | Keen Code | oli | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 6.0 | 5.3 | Keen Code — Pick this if you want a lighter version of the terminal agents you already know; pick Claude Code if you would rather have the features than the restraint. |
| El Crítico | 5.3 | 5.0 | Keen Code — The stated design principle is leaving out features a working engineer does not need, and the row does not say which features those are or who decided. |
| El Profesor | 6.0 | 6.3 | oli — The agent loop, tool execution and provider calls live in a compiled backend addressed over JSON-RPC, so the interface is a client rather than the program. |
| La Inversora | 4.5 | 4.8 | oli — 245 stars, a permissive licence, one author and no entity: this is a personal engineering exercise published openly, and it is priced accordingly at nothing. |
| La Jefa | 4.8 | 4.0 | Keen Code — Free across sixty desks with nothing to administer: no console, no identity integration, no audit record and no unattended run to put in a pipeline. |
| El Hacker | 6.8 | 7.0 | oli — Apache-2.0, and local models with function calling are supported for full tool use rather than chat only, with Qwen 2.5 Coder named as one that actually works. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.