Claude Code vs. ForgeCode

Feature	Claude Code	ForgeCode

Tagline	An agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal	A top-ranked AI enabled pair programming coding agent
Website	https://claude.ai/code	https://forgecode.dev
Language	typescript	rust
Release Date	February 22, 2025	January 30, 2025
Last Updated	June 3, 2026	June 3, 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	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, JetBrains	VSCode & (terminal-native, ZSH plugin)
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 Opus 4.7/4.6, Claude Sonnet 4.6, Claude Haiku 4.5	Can use Claude & ChatGPT subscriptions with access to Opus, GPT series, supports 400+ models on Openrouter.
Pricing Model	Subscription	BYOK
Free Tier	No	Yes
Price Range	$17-200/mo	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Proprietary Software	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code	https://github.com/antinomyhq/forgecode
Development State	active	active