Charm Crush vs. Toad

Feature	Charm Crush	Toad

Tagline	Glamourous agentic coding for all	A unified interface for AI in your terminal
Website	https://charm.sh	https://batrachian.ai
Language	go	python
Release Date	July 29, 2025	December 18, 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	No
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	No
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	None - terminal only	None - terminal only
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	Depends on underlying agent
Supported Models	All Crush-compatible models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Deepseek, Gemini, Groq, etc.	Compatible with AI coding agents and models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, Kimi, OpenHands via ACP
Pricing Model	BYOK	Free
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK)	Free
Source Code Availability	Open Source (FSL-1.1-MIT)	Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/charmbracelet/crush	https://github.com/batrachianai/toad
Development State	active	active