Deep Agents Code vs Nanocode

Feature	Deep Agents Code	Nanocode

Tagline	A pre-built coding agent powered by any LLM with tool calling	Minimal Claude Code alternative in ~250 lines
Website	https://docs.langchain.com/oss/deepagents/code/overview	https://github.com/1rgs/nanocode
Language	python	python
Release Date	October 19, 2025	January 11, 2026
Last Updated	August 19, 2026	August 19, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	No
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	No
Git Integration	basic	none
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	No	No
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	No
Image / Multimodal Input	No	No
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	None - Terminal only	None - Terminal only
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	No
Web Search	Yes	No
Local Model Support	Yes	No
Context Window	Model-dependent; compression at threshold	Model-dependent
Terminal Bench	#26 · 66.5% ±3.1 (Terminal-Bench 2.0) ¹
Supported Models	Any LangChain model: Claude, GPT-5, Gemini, DeepSeek, Ollama, Groq, xAI	Claude family of models via the Anthropic API + Any model supported via OpenRouter (400+ models)
Supported Subscriptions	ChatGPT	-
Pricing Model	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/langchain-ai/deepagents	https://github.com/1rgs/nanocode
Development State	active	active