Kimi Code CLI vs. Plandex

Feature	Kimi Code CLI	Plandex

Tagline	Kimi Code CLI is your next intelligent CLI agent	Open source AI coding agent for large projects and real world tasks
Website	https://kimi.com/code	https://github.com/plandex-ai/plandex
Language	python	go
Release Date	October 21, 2025	March 14, 2024
Last Updated	April 28, 2026	June 11, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	No
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	No
Git Integration	basic	deep
Multi-File Editing	Yes	No
Auto Test Running	No	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	No	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	No
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, Zed, JetBrains	None - terminal only
Hooks / Extensions	No	No
Web Search	Yes	No
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	1M (K2.5)	2M tokens effective
Supported Models	All the Kimi supported models including Kimi K2.5, K2, optional BYOK.	Any OpenAI-compatible models and 400+ models from OpenRouter.
Pricing Model	Freemium	Free
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free / ~$19/mo	Free (self-hosted)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli	https://github.com/plandex-ai/plandex
Development State	active	inactive