Codewhale vs. Cosine

Feature	Codewhale	Cosine

Tagline	Community-driven coding agent that runs a different model per role	Your coding agent in your terminal.
Website	https://codewhale.net/	https://cosine.sh/cli
Language	rust	go
Release Date	January 19, 2026
Last Updated	September 4, 2026	September 4, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	AI Lab
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	Editors via ACP (registry submission pending)	VS Code
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	No
Context Window	Model-dependent	Model dependent
Supported Models	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	Lumen Scout, Lumen Outpost; GPT-5.5/5.4, Claude Opus 4.7/4.6, Claude Sonnet 4.6, Gemini 3.1 Pro, Gemini 3 Flash, Kimi K2.6, GLM 5.1, MiniMax M2.7, Qwen 3.6 Plus, DeepSeek v4 Pro
Supported Subscriptions	ChatGPT SuperGrok	—
Pricing Model	Free, BYOK	Usage Based, Freemium, Subscription
Free Tier	Yes	No
Price Range	Free (BYOK)	$19-999/mo
Source Code Availability	Open Source (MIT)	Proprietary Software
Source Code	https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale	N/A
Development State	active	active