Mistral Vibe vs. zerostack

Feature	Mistral Vibe	zerostack

Tagline	Mistral's open-source CLI coding assistant	Minimal Rust coding agent optimized for memory footprint
Website	https://mistral.ai/products/vibe	https://gi-dellav.github.io/zerostack/
Language	python	rust
Release Date	December 9, 2025	May 12, 2026
Last Updated	April 28, 2026	September 4, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
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	No	Yes
Voice Mode	Yes	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, JetBrains, Zed	Zed (via ACP), Neovim (via CodeCompanion.nvim + ACP)
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	256K tokens	Model-dependent; auto-compaction
Supported Models	Mistral models Devstral 2, Codestral, (BYOK) OpenRouter models (400+ Models), and custom local models. https://docs.mistral.ai/mistral-vibe/introduction	OpenRouter (default), OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Ollama, plus unlimited custom OpenAI-compatible endpoints (vLLM, LiteLLM, enterprise gateways)
Pricing Model	Freemium	Free, BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free / $15-25/mo	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/mistralai/mistral-vibe	https://github.com/gi-dellav/zerostack
Development State	active	active