AutoHand vs. Nanocode

Feature	AutoHand	Nanocode

Tagline	Autonomous coding agent that reads, reasons, and writes code across your project	Minimal Claude Code alternative in ~250 lines
Website	https://autohand.ai	https://github.com/1rgs/nanocode
Language	typescript	python
Release Date	March 21, 2026	January 11, 2026
Last Updated	April 28, 2026	April 28, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	No
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	No
Git Integration	deep	none
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	No
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	No
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	No
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, Zed, JetBrains	None - terminal only
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	No
Web Search	Yes	No
Local Model Support	Yes	No
Context Window	Model-dependent; auto-compaction	Model-dependent
Supported Models	200+ via OpenRouter: Claude, GPT, Grok, Gemini, Ollama, llama.cpp, MLX	Claude family of models via the Anthropic API + Any model supported via OpenRouter (400+ models)
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 (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/autohandai/code-cli	https://github.com/1rgs/nanocode
Development State	active	active