SRD CodeFreevsTencent CodeBuddy
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
SRD CodeFree
China Telecom Research Institute · IDE extension
#106MCP
Panel
6.11 spec wins
- Reliability
- 6.3
- Usefulness
- 6.2
- Cost
- 5.2
- Longevity
- 6.7
“It ships prepackaged digital employees called /frontend-dev and /backend-dev, which is the org chart arriving as slash commands.”
Tencent CodeBuddy
Tencent Cloud · IDE extension
#59MCP
Panel
6.22 spec wins
- Reliability
- 5.5
- Usefulness
- 6.2
- Cost
- 6.2
- Longevity
- 6.8
“The standalone editor covers requirements and design as well as code, so it will be attending your planning meetings now.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | SRD CodeFree | Tencent CodeBuddy |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | IDE extension | IDE extension |
| Runs | local | local, cloud |
| Platforms | macos, linux, windows | macos, linux, windows |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | Yes | Yes |
| MCP server | No | Yes |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | YesApproval modes explicitly govern permission for file editing and shell command execution, with a whitelist for automatic execution. | YesThrough CodeBuddy Code, the CLI form of the product; the IDE plugin itself is assistant-shaped. |
| Multi-file edits | Yes | Yes |
| Git operations | YesThe CodeReview skill works over pull and merge requests, a single commit or a commit range; the listing does not describe the agent committing on your behalf. | Yes |
| Browser control | No | No |
| Sandboxed execution | No | No |
| Multi-agent orchestration | Yes | No |
| Headless / CI mode | No | No |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | GLM-5.1, Qwen3.5, SrdCoder V5, SrdNES V4 | Tencent Hunyuan, DeepSeek, GLM |
| Bring your own model | No | No |
| Local models | No | No |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | mixed | mixed |
| Starts at | n/a | n/a |
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Bring your own key | No | No |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | No | No |
| License | proprietary | proprietary |
| GitHub stars | n/a | n/a |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | SRD CodeFree | Tencent CodeBuddy | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 6.5 | 6.5 | no preference |
| El Crítico | 6.0 | 6.3 | Tencent CodeBuddy — Three separate products share this name with different capability sets, so what the tool can do depends entirely on which one somebody installed. |
| El Profesor | 7.0 | 6.0 | SRD CodeFree — CodeAudit runs taint-tracking security analysis and code search is backed by a language server, so two of the inputs are deterministic analyses rather than the model's impression. |
| La Inversora | 6.8 | 7.3 | Tencent CodeBuddy — The plugins are free on both marketplaces and the paid editions are metered in credits, which is a classic funnel: give away the client, sell the consumption. |
| La Jefa | 5.8 | 5.8 | no preference |
| El Hacker | 4.5 | 5.3 | Tencent CodeBuddy — Closed source, no key of mine, no weights on my hardware, but it is listed as both an MCP client and an MCP server, which is one genuine door. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.