Blackbox AI CLI vs. Cursor CLI

Feature	Blackbox AI CLI	Cursor CLI

Tagline	Feature-rich AI coding agent in your terminal	Ship code with agents right from your terminal
Website	https://www.blackbox.ai/cli	https://cursor.com/cli
Language	typescript	typescript
Release Date	September 20, 2025	August 7, 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	deep
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	Yes	Yes
IDE Integration	35+ IDE integrations including VS Code, JetBrains	Cursor IDE, Xcode, Android Studio, JetBrains, VSCode, Neovim
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	No
Context Window	Model Dependent	Up to 1M tokens
Supported Models	400+ models including Opus, GPT, Gemini, Qwen, GLM, Grok, Minimax (free), Mimo, Llama, Kimi, Mistral, DeepSeek	Composor 2, Claude Opus 4.6, GPT-5, Codex 5.3, Gemini 3, Grok
Pricing Model	Freemium	Freemium
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK) / $10-40/mo	Free / $20-200/mo
Source Code Availability	Open Source (GPL-3.0)	Proprietary Software
Source Code	https://github.com/blackboxaicode/cli	N/A
Development State	active	active