Codewhale vs. Plandex

Feature	Codewhale	Plandex

Tagline	Community-driven coding agent that runs a different model per role	Open source AI coding agent for large projects and real world tasks
Website	https://codewhale.net/	https://github.com/plandex-ai/plandex
Language	rust	go
Release Date	January 19, 2026	March 14, 2024
Last Updated	September 4, 2026	August 19, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	No
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	No
Git Integration	deep	deep
Multi-File Editing	Yes	No
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	2M tokens effective
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	Any OpenAI-compatible models and 400+ models from OpenRouter.
Supported Subscriptions	ChatGPT SuperGrok	—
Pricing Model	Free, BYOK	Free
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK)	Free (self-hosted)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (MIT)	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale	https://github.com/plandex-ai/plandex
Development State	active	inactive