AutoHand vs. ForgeCode

Feature	AutoHand	ForgeCode

Tagline	Autonomous coding agent that reads, reasons, and writes code across your project	A top-ranked AI enabled pair programming coding agent
Website	https://autohand.ai	https://forgecode.dev
Language	typescript	rust
Release Date	March 21, 2026	January 30, 2025
Last Updated	April 28, 2026	June 3, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	deep
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, Zed, JetBrains	VSCode & (terminal-native, ZSH plugin)
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent; auto-compaction	Model-dependent
Supported Models	200+ via OpenRouter: Claude, GPT, Grok, Gemini, Ollama, llama.cpp, MLX	Can use Claude & ChatGPT subscriptions with access to Opus, GPT series, supports 400+ models on Openrouter.
Pricing Model	Freemium	BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK) / Paid (commercial >$5M ARR)	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/autohandai/code-cli	https://github.com/antinomyhq/forgecode
Development State	active	active