Codewhale vs. Devin for Terminal

Feature	Codewhale	Devin for Terminal

Tagline	Community-driven coding agent that runs a different model per role	A local coding agent that runs directly in your terminal from Cognition AI
Website	https://codewhale.net/	https://devin.ai/terminal
Language	rust	rust
Release Date	January 19, 2026	April 9, 2026
Last Updated	September 4, 2026	August 19, 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	No
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	Yes	No
IDE Integration	Editors via ACP (registry submission pending)	Windsurf IDE
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	Cognition (SWE-1), Anthropic (Opus, Sonnet, Haiku), OpenAI (GPT, GPT-mini, GPT-Codex), Google (Gemini), Kimi (Kimi K2.5), GLM (GLM 5)
Supported Subscriptions	ChatGPT SuperGrok	—
Pricing Model	Free, BYOK	Subscription, Usage Based
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK)	$0, $20 - $200 per month
Source Code Availability	Open Source (MIT)	Proprietary Software
Source Code	https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale	N/A
Development State	active	active