Codewhale vs. ForgeCode

Feature	Codewhale	ForgeCode

Tagline	Community-driven coding agent that runs a different model per role	A top-ranked AI enabled pair programming coding agent
Website	https://codewhale.net/	https://forgecode.dev
Language	rust	rust
Release Date	January 19, 2026	January 30, 2025
Last Updated	September 4, 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	Yes	No
IDE Integration	Editors via ACP (registry submission pending)	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	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	Can use Claude & ChatGPT subscriptions with access to Opus, GPT series, supports 400+ models on Openrouter.
Supported Subscriptions	ChatGPT SuperGrok	ChatGPT Claude Code
Pricing Model	Free, BYOK	BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK)	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (MIT)	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale	https://github.com/antinomyhq/forgecode
Development State	active	active