Kiro CLI vs. Ralph TUI

Feature	Kiro CLI	Ralph TUI

Tagline	AI coding agent by Amazon	AI agent loop orchestrator for terminal
Website	https://kiro.dev/cli	https://ralph-tui.com
Language	rust	typescript
Release Date	November 17, 2025	January 14, 2026
Last Updated	April 28, 2026	April 28, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	deep integration with git worktrees
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	No
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration		None - terminal only
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	No
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	No	Yes
Context Window	Not disclosed	Depends on underlying agent
Supported Models	Frontier and open weight models with auto routing: Opus / Sonnet 4.6, MiniMax 2.5, DeepSeek 3.2, Qwen3.	Orchestrates Coding Agents: Claude Code, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, Codex, Kiro, Droid, Cursor CLI.
Pricing Model	Freemium	BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free / $0-200/mo	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Proprietary Software	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	N/A	https://github.com/subsy/ralph-tui
Development State	active	active