ForgeCode vs. Kiro CLI

Feature	ForgeCode	Kiro CLI

Tagline	A top-ranked AI enabled pair programming coding agent	AI coding agent by Amazon
Website	https://forgecode.dev	https://kiro.dev/cli
Language	rust	rust
Release Date	January 30, 2025	November 17, 2025
Last Updated	June 3, 2026	April 28, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	AI Lab
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	VSCode & (terminal-native, ZSH plugin)
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	No
Context Window	Model-dependent	Not disclosed
Supported Models	Can use Claude & ChatGPT subscriptions with access to Opus, GPT series, supports 400+ models on Openrouter.	Frontier and open weight models with auto routing: Opus / Sonnet 4.6, MiniMax 2.5, DeepSeek 3.2, Qwen3.
Pricing Model	BYOK	Freemium
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK)	Free / $0-200/mo
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Proprietary Software
Source Code	https://github.com/antinomyhq/forgecode	N/A
Development State	active	active