Pi vs. Standard Code

Feature	Pi	Standard Code

Tagline	A minimal terminal coding harness	Cloud-hosted agent loop with local file and shell execution via a terminal CLI
Website	https://pi.dev	https://standardcode.ai
Language	typescript	typescript
Release Date	December 2, 2025	June 25, 2026
Last Updated	August 19, 2026	September 4, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	No	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	basic
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	None - Terminal only	None - terminal only
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	No
Context Window	Model-dependent; auto-compaction
Supported Models	20+ providers: Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Mistral, OpenRouter, Groq, Ollama, xAI, Azure, Bedrock	Unlimited One (undisclosed open-weight models), Sama One (OpenAI via ChatGPT subscription)
Supported Subscriptions	GitHub Copilot Claude Code ChatGPT	ChatGPT
Pricing Model	BYOK	Subscription, BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	No
Price Range	Free (BYOK)	$49/mo per line ($5 first week)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (MIT)	Proprietary Software
Source Code	https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono	N/A
Development State	active	active