Keen Code vs. Poolside Agent CLI

Feature	Keen Code	Poolside Agent CLI

Tagline	Terminal coding agent in Go with a deliberately lean tool set	Work with Poolside Agents from your terminal
Website	https://mochow13.github.io/keen-code/	https://docs.poolside.ai/cli/pool
Language	go	go
Release Date	February 16, 2026	October 25, 2025
Last Updated	September 4, 2026	August 14, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	AI Lab
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	basic	deep
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	No	No
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	None - terminal only	Poolside Assistant, VS Code, Visual Studio
Hooks / Extensions	No	No
Web Search	No	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	No
Context Window	Model-dependent; auto-compaction	(Point) 64K - 128K (Malibu, Laguna)
Supported Models	Anthropic, OpenAI, Codex via ChatGPT OAuth, Google AI, Moonshot Kimi, Z.ai GLM, DeepSeek, MiniMax, Amazon Bedrock, OpenCode Go, plus any OpenAI-compatible endpoint	Laguna M.1, Laguna XS.2, Malibu, Point and OpenRouter with over 300+ supported models.
Supported Subscriptions	ChatGPT	—
Pricing Model	Free, BYOK	Subscription, Subscription, BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	No
Price Range	Free (BYOK)	$0, Enterprise
Source Code Availability	Open Source (MIT)	Proprietary Software
Source Code	https://github.com/mochow13/keen-code	https://github.com/poolsideai/pool
Development State	active	active