AutoHand vs. Kimi Code CLI

Feature	AutoHand	Kimi Code CLI

Tagline	Autonomous coding agent that reads, reasons, and writes code across your project	Kimi Code CLI is your next intelligent CLI agent
Website	https://autohand.ai	https://kimi.com/code
Language	typescript	python
Release Date	March 21, 2026	October 21, 2025
Last Updated	April 28, 2026	April 28, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	basic
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	No
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	No
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, Zed, JetBrains	VS Code, Zed, JetBrains
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	No
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent; auto-compaction	1M (K2.5)
Supported Models	200+ via OpenRouter: Claude, GPT, Grok, Gemini, Ollama, llama.cpp, MLX	All the Kimi supported models including Kimi K2.5, K2, optional BYOK.
Pricing Model	Freemium	Freemium
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK) / Paid (commercial >$5M ARR)	Free / ~$19/mo
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/autohandai/code-cli	https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli
Development State	active	active