Claude Code vs. Vix

Feature	Claude Code	Vix
Tagline	An agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal	Sleek, Fast and Token Efficient AI Coding Agent
Website	https://claude.ai/code	https://getvix.dev
Language	typescript	go
Release Date	February 22, 2025	June 1, 2026
Last Updated	June 3, 2026	June 4, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	shallow
Multi-File Editing	Yes	No
Auto Test Running	Yes	No
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	Yes	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, JetBrains	N/A
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	No
Context Window	1M tokens	Model Dependent
Terminal Bench 2.0	#52 · 58.0% ±2.9 1	#1 · 90.0% ±2.1 2
Supported Models	Claude Opus 4.7/4.6, Claude Sonnet 4.6, Claude Haiku 4.5	Anthropic Models (Opus 4.8 / 4.7 / 4.6), OpenAI (GPT-5.1 / o3 / 4o), MiniMax, Xiaomin MiMo and 300+ Models on OpenRouter.
Pricing Model	Subscription	$0
Free Tier	No	No
Price Range	$17-200/mo	$0
Source Code Availability	Proprietary Software	Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code	https://github.com/kirby88/vix
Development State	active	active

¹ Claude Code tested with Claude Opus 4.6 on Terminal Bench v2.0.

² Vix tested with Claude Opus 4.7 on Terminal Bench v2.0.