Codewhale vs OpenHands CLI

Feature	Codewhale	OpenHands CLI

Tagline	Community-driven coding agent that runs a different model per role	Lightweight OpenHands CLI as a standalone AI coding agent
Website	https://codewhale.net/	https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands
Language	rust	python
Release Date	January 19, 2026	October 18, 2025
Last Updated	September 4, 2026	August 19, 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)	Zed, Toad, VS Code, JetBrains IDEs
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	No
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	Model-dependent
Terminal Bench		#59 · 51.9% ±2.9 (Terminal-Bench 2.0) ²
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	Models from multiple providers including, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI. Compatible with 400+ OpenRouter models.
Supported Subscriptions	ChatGPT SuperGrok	-
Pricing Model	Free, BYOK	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/OpenHands/OpenHands
Development State	active	active