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	September 4, 2026	August 19, 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 · 57.9% ±3.8 (Terminal-Bench 4.0) ¹
AA Coding Agent Index	62% · Fable 5.1 (max, with fallback)	-
Supported Models	Claude Fable 5 / Mythos 5 (Restricted Availability), Opus 4.8, 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.
Supported Subscriptions	Claude Code	Claude Code ChatGPT
Pricing Model	Subscription	Free
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