RoutavsVibeTree
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
Routa
Phodal Huang · Agent harness
OSSMCP
Panel
6.52 spec wins
- Reliability
- 6.3
- Usefulness
- 6.5
- Cost
- 7.5
- Longevity
- 5.8
“It puts your agents on a kanban board with a Review column, which is where good intentions have always gone to sit.”
VibeTree
sahithvibudhi · Agent harness
OSS
Panel
6.50 spec wins
- Reliability
- 6.2
- Usefulness
- 6.2
- Cost
- 8.3
- Longevity
- 5.3
“It runs as a server you drive from a phone browser, for when the urge to refactor strikes on public transport.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | Routa | VibeTree |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | Agent harness | Agent harness |
| Runs | local | local |
| Platforms | macos, linux, windows, web | macos, linux, windows, web |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | Yes | No |
| MCP server | No | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-file edits | YesCode is changed by the agents Routa coordinates; Routa owns the board, the worktrees and the review state. | YesThe agent in the worktree makes the changes; VibeTree creates the worktree and shows the branch diff. |
| Git operations | Yes | Yes |
| Browser control | No | No |
| Sandboxed execution | No | No |
| Multi-agent orchestration | Yes | Yes |
| Headless / CI mode | No | No |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | any | Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Aider, opencode, any terminal program |
| Bring your own model | Yes | Yes |
| Local models | No | No |
| 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 | 1,821 | 267 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | Routa | VibeTree | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 6.8 | 7.0 | VibeTree — Pick it if you already run more than one agent and the review step is where it falls apart; pick a single checkout and some discipline if you do not. |
| El Crítico | 5.8 | 6.0 | VibeTree — The documented Homebrew install passes --no-quarantine, so the recommended path onto a Mac is the one that skips the operating system's own check. |
| El Profesor | 7.0 | 6.8 | Routa — Goals, tasks, sessions, traces, evidence and review state are modelled as one connected record, which makes a completed piece of work traceable from intent to approval. |
| La Inversora | 6.0 | 6.3 | VibeTree — A commoditised category and 267 stars is a modest position in it: nobody owns anything here the others cannot copy in a weekend. |
| La Jefa | 6.3 | 5.8 | Routa — Nothing per seat, and it deploys as a compose stack rather than sixty desktop installs, which is the first delivery model here my platform team could actually operate. |
| El Hacker | 7.5 | 7.3 | Routa — MIT, published to both the JavaScript and Rust registries, and it speaks MCP alongside two other agent protocols, so what I already run can attach without a translation layer. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.