Codewhale vs. Zero

Feature	Codewhale	Zero

Tagline	Community-driven coding agent that runs a different model per role	Open-source Go coding agent for the terminal, 25+ providers
Website	https://codewhale.net/	https://zero.gitlawb.com/
Language	rust	go
Release Date	January 19, 2026	May 28, 2026
Last Updated	September 4, 2026	September 4, 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	Yes
IDE Integration	Editors via ACP (registry submission pending)	Zed, JetBrains, Neovim (via ACP)
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	No
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	Model-dependent; auto-compaction
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	25+ providers: GitLawb OpenGateway (default), AI/ML API, OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, xAI, ChatGPT/Codex, OpenRouter, Groq, DeepSeek, Together, Fireworks, Qwen, Moonshot, MiniMax, Bedrock, Vertex, Z.ai, KiloCode, OpenCode Zen/Go; local via Ollama and LM Studio
Supported Subscriptions	ChatGPT SuperGrok	ChatGPT SuperGrokX Premium+
Pricing Model	Free, BYOK	Free, BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK)	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (MIT)	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale	https://github.com/Gitlawb/zero
Development State	active	active