Droid CLI vs. jcode

Feature	Droid CLI	jcode

Tagline	Agent-native software development in your terminal	Open-source AI coding agent for the terminal, written in Rust
Website	https://factory.ai	https://jcode.sh
Language	typescript	rust
Release Date	May 28, 2025	January 5, 2026
Last Updated	June 29, 2026	September 4, 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	No
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	No	Yes
IDE Integration	VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, JetBrains IDEs, Vim, Zed	None - terminal only
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	No
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	Model-dependent
Terminal Bench 2.0	#12 · 77.3% ±2.2 ¹
Supported Models	Frontier models by Factory: Opus 4.6, GPT-5, GPT-5.3-Codex & custom models; DeepSeek, GLM, Kimi K2, Qwen.	25+ providers: Claude, GPT, Gemini, Copilot, MiniMax, OpenRouter, DeepSeek, Groq, Mistral, xAI, Cerebras, Ollama, LM Studio
Supported Subscriptions	ChatGPT Claude Code	ChatGPT Claude Code GitHub Copilot
Pricing Model	Freemium	Freemium, Subscription, BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	$20-200/mo	Free (BYOK) / $10-1,000/mo
Source Code Availability	Source Available (Proprietary)	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/Factory-AI/factory	https://github.com/1jehuang/jcode
Development State	active	active