Codewhale vs Vix

Feature	Codewhale	Vix

Tagline	Community-driven coding agent that runs a different model per role	Sleek, Fast and Token Efficient AI Coding Agent
Website	https://codewhale.net/	https://getvix.dev
Language	rust	go
Release Date	January 19, 2026	June 1, 2026
Last Updated	September 4, 2026	August 19, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	shallow
Multi-File Editing	Yes	No
Auto Test Running	Yes	No
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	Yes	No
IDE Integration	Editors via ACP (registry submission pending)	N/A
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	No
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	Anthropic Models (Opus 4.8 / 4.7 / 4.6), OpenAI (GPT-5.1 / o3 / 4o), MiniMax, Xiaomin MiMo and 300+ Models on OpenRouter.
Supported Subscriptions	ChatGPT SuperGrok	Claude Code ChatGPT
Pricing Model	Free, BYOK	Free
Free Tier	Yes	No
Price Range	Free (BYOK)	$0
Source Code Availability	Open Source (MIT)	Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale	https://github.com/kirby88/vix
Development State	active	active