Ante vs. Grok Build CLI

Feature	Ante	Grok Build CLI

Tagline	Self-contained Rust agent harness with native offline inference	Bring Grok into your terminal
Website	https://ante.run/	https://x.ai/cli
Language	rust	rust
Release Date	December 23, 2025	May 14, 2026
Last Updated	September 4, 2026	August 19, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	AI Lab
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	basic	deep
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	No	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	None shipped; `ante serve` exposes a JSONL protocol for editor plugins	None - Terminal only
Hooks / Extensions	No	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	Model-dependent
Terminal Bench 2.0	#24 · 69.4% ±2.1 ¹
Supported Models	17 built-in presets: Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini and Vertex, xAI Grok, DeepSeek, OpenRouter, Zai, Ali Coding Plan, Antix, plus any OpenAI-compatible endpoint via ~/.ante/catalog.json and any local GGUF model through the bundled llama.cpp	SuperGrok Heavy, Grok 4.5, 4.20, Grok 4, Grok Build 0.1, custom models including OpenAI compatible models
Supported Subscriptions	Claude Code ChatGPT	SuperGrok X Premium
Pricing Model	Free, BYOK	Subscription
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (alpha preview)	$0 (3 Day Trial) / $30 monthly (SuperGrok) / $300 monthly (SuperGrok Heavy)
Source Code Availability	Proprietary Software	Open Source (EULA)
Source Code	https://github.com/AntigmaLabs/ante	https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build
Development State	active	active