Keen Code vs. Ralph TUI

Feature	Keen Code	Ralph TUI

Tagline	Terminal coding agent in Go with a deliberately lean tool set	AI agent loop orchestrator for terminal
Website	https://mochow13.github.io/keen-code/	https://ralph-tui.com
Language	go	typescript
Release Date	February 16, 2026	January 14, 2026
Last Updated	September 4, 2026	August 19, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	basic	deep integration with git worktrees
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	No
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	No	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	None - terminal only	None - Terminal only
Hooks / Extensions	No	No
Web Search	No	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent; auto-compaction	Depends on underlying agent
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	Orchestrates Coding Agents: Claude Code, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, Codex, Kiro, Droid, Cursor CLI.
Supported Subscriptions	ChatGPT	—
Pricing Model	Free, BYOK	BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK)	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (MIT)	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/mochow13/keen-code	https://github.com/subsy/ralph-tui
Development State	active	active