Cosine vs. jcode

Feature	Cosine	jcode

Tagline	Your coding agent in your terminal.	Open-source AI coding agent for the terminal, written in Rust
Website	https://cosine.sh/cli	https://jcode.sh
Language	go	rust
Release Date		January 5, 2026
Last Updated	September 4, 2026	September 4, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	basic
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	No
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	No	Yes
IDE Integration	VS Code	None - terminal only
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	No
Local Model Support	No	Yes
Context Window	Model dependent	Model-dependent
Supported Models	Lumen Scout, Lumen Outpost; GPT-5.5/5.4, Claude Opus 4.7/4.6, Claude Sonnet 4.6, Gemini 3.1 Pro, Gemini 3 Flash, Kimi K2.6, GLM 5.1, MiniMax M2.7, Qwen 3.6 Plus, DeepSeek v4 Pro	25+ providers: Claude, GPT, Gemini, Copilot, MiniMax, OpenRouter, DeepSeek, Groq, Mistral, xAI, Cerebras, Ollama, LM Studio
Supported Subscriptions	—	ChatGPT Claude Code GitHub Copilot
Pricing Model	Usage Based, Freemium, Subscription	Freemium, Subscription, BYOK
Free Tier	No	Yes
Price Range	$19-999/mo	Free (BYOK) / $10-1,000/mo
Source Code Availability	Proprietary Software	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	N/A	https://github.com/1jehuang/jcode
Development State	active	active