Codebuff vs. ForgeCode

Feature	Codebuff	ForgeCode

Tagline	AI coding assistant for your terminal	A top-ranked AI enabled pair programming coding agent
Website	https://codebuff.com	https://forgecode.dev
Language	typescript	rust
Release Date	November 4, 2024	January 30, 2025
Last Updated	April 28, 2026	June 29, 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	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	None - terminal only	VSCode & (terminal-native, ZSH plugin)
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	Model-dependent
Supported Models	Any supported OpenRouter model	Can use Claude & ChatGPT subscriptions with access to Opus, GPT series, supports 400+ models on Openrouter.
Supported Subscriptions	—	ChatGPT Claude Code
Pricing Model	Freemium	BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free 500 credits/mo / $100-500/mo	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/CodebuffAI/codebuff	https://github.com/antinomyhq/forgecode
Development State	active	active