ForgeCode vs. Pi

Feature	ForgeCode	Pi

Tagline	A top-ranked AI enabled pair programming coding agent	A minimal terminal coding harness
Website	https://forgecode.dev	https://pi.dev
Language	rust	typescript
Release Date	January 30, 2025	December 2, 2025
Last Updated	June 29, 2026	June 28, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	No
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)	None - terminal only
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	Model-dependent; auto-compaction
Supported Models	Can use Claude & ChatGPT subscriptions with access to Opus, GPT series, supports 400+ models on Openrouter.	20+ providers: Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Mistral, OpenRouter, Groq, Ollama, xAI, Azure, Bedrock
Supported Subscriptions	ChatGPT Claude Code	GitHub Copilot Claude Code ChatGPT
Pricing Model	BYOK	BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK)	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/antinomyhq/forgecode	https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono
Development State	active	active