Droid CLI vs. zerostack

Feature	Droid CLI	zerostack

Tagline	Agent-native software development in your terminal	Minimal Rust coding agent optimized for memory footprint
Website	https://factory.ai	https://gi-dellav.github.io/zerostack/
Language	typescript	rust
Release Date	May 28, 2025	May 12, 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	deep
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, JetBrains IDEs, Vim, Zed	Zed (via ACP), Neovim (via CodeCompanion.nvim + ACP)
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	Model-dependent; auto-compaction
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.	OpenRouter (default), OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Ollama, plus unlimited custom OpenAI-compatible endpoints (vLLM, LiteLLM, enterprise gateways)
Supported Subscriptions	ChatGPT Claude Code	—
Pricing Model	Freemium	Free, BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	$20-200/mo	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Source Available (Proprietary)	Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/Factory-AI/factory	https://github.com/gi-dellav/zerostack
Development State	active	active