Blackbox AI CLI vs Devin for Terminal

Feature	Blackbox AI CLI	Devin for Terminal

Tagline	Feature-rich AI coding agent in your terminal	A local coding agent that runs directly in your terminal from Cognition AI
Website	https://www.blackbox.ai/cli	https://devin.ai/terminal
Language	typescript	rust
Release Date	September 20, 2025	April 9, 2026
Last Updated	August 19, 2026	September 27, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	AI Lab
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	deep
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	No
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	Yes	No
IDE Integration	35+ IDE integrations including VS Code, JetBrains	Windsurf IDE
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	No
Context Window	Model-dependent	Model-dependent
Terminal Bench		#8 · 18.6% ±3.0 (Terminal-Bench 3.0) ²
AA Coding Agent Index	-	62% · Fable 5.1 XHigh + SWE-2 Medium
Supported Models	400+ models including Opus, GPT, Gemini, Qwen, GLM, Grok, Minimax (free), Mimo, Llama, Kimi, Mistral, DeepSeek	Cognition (SWE-2), Anthropic (Fable, Opus, Sonnet, Haiku), OpenAI (GPT, GPT-mini, GPT-Codex), Google (Gemini), Kimi (Kimi K3), GLM (GLM 5)
Pricing Model	Freemium	Subscription, Usage Based
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK) / $10-40/mo	$0, $20 - $200 per month
Source Code Availability	Open Source (GPL-3.0)	Proprietary Software
Source Code	https://github.com/blackboxaicode/cli	N/A
Development State	active	active