Claude Code vs. Codewhale

Feature	Claude Code	Codewhale

Tagline	An agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal	Community-driven coding agent that runs a different model per role
Website	https://claude.ai/code	https://codewhale.net/
Language	typescript	rust
Release Date	February 22, 2025	January 19, 2026
Last Updated	September 4, 2026	September 4, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	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	VS Code, JetBrains	Editors via ACP (registry submission pending)
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	1M tokens	Model-dependent
Terminal Bench 2.0	#52 · 58.0% ±2.9 ¹
Supported Models	Claude Fable 5 / Mythos 5 (Restricted Availability), Opus 4.8, Claude Sonnet 4.6, Claude Haiku 4.5	30+ providers: DeepSeek, Claude, GPT, Kimi, GLM, Qwen, Grok, Mistral, Xiaomi MiMo, Alibaba Model Studio, SiliconFlow, OpenCode Zen, Hugging Face; local via vLLM, SGLang, Ollama
Supported Subscriptions	Claude Code	ChatGPT SuperGrok
Pricing Model	Subscription	Free, BYOK
Free Tier	No	Yes
Price Range	$17-200/mo	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Proprietary Software	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code	https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale
Development State	active	active