Plandex vs. Zot

Feature	Plandex	Zot

Tagline	Open source AI coding agent for large projects and real world tasks	Yet another coding agent harness.
Website	https://github.com/plandex-ai/plandex	https://zot.sh
Language	go	go
Release Date	March 14, 2024	April 18, 2026
Last Updated	August 19, 2026	September 4, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	No	No
Multi-Agent Support	No	Yes
Git Integration	deep	low
Multi-File Editing	No	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
Hooks / Extensions	No	Yes
Web Search	No	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	2M tokens effective	Model dependent
Supported Models	Any OpenAI-compatible models and 400+ models from OpenRouter.	Models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Kimi, DeepSeek, Google Gemini/Vertex, GitHub Copilot, Bedrock, Azure and 300+ models from OpenRouter.
Pricing Model	Free	Free
Free Tier	Yes	No
Price Range	Free (self-hosted)	$0
Source Code Availability	Open Source (MIT)	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/plandex-ai/plandex	https://github.com/patriceckhart/zot
Development State	inactive	active