Codewhale vs. Keen Code

Feature	Codewhale	Keen Code

Tagline	Community-driven coding agent that runs a different model per role	Terminal coding agent in Go with a deliberately lean tool set
Website	https://codewhale.net/	https://mochow13.github.io/keen-code/
Language	rust	go
Release Date	January 19, 2026	February 16, 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	basic
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	No
Voice Mode	Yes	No
IDE Integration	Editors via ACP (registry submission pending)	None - terminal only
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	No
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	Anthropic, OpenAI, Codex via ChatGPT OAuth, Google AI, Moonshot Kimi, Z.ai GLM, DeepSeek, MiniMax, Amazon Bedrock, OpenCode Go, plus any OpenAI-compatible endpoint
Supported Subscriptions	ChatGPT SuperGrok	ChatGPT
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/mochow13/keen-code
Development State	active	active