Vix vs Zot

Feature	Vix	Zot

Tagline	Sleek, Fast and Token Efficient AI Coding Agent	Yet another coding agent harness.
Website	https://getvix.dev	https://zot.sh
Language	go	go
Release Date	June 1, 2026	April 18, 2026
Last Updated	August 19, 2026	September 4, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	No
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	shallow	low
Multi-File Editing	No	Yes
Auto Test Running	No	No
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	N/A	None
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	No	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	Model dependent
Supported Models	Anthropic Models (Opus 4.8 / 4.7 / 4.6), OpenAI (GPT-5.1 / o3 / 4o), MiniMax, Xiaomin MiMo and 300+ Models on OpenRouter.	Models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Kimi, DeepSeek, Google Gemini/Vertex, GitHub Copilot, Bedrock, Azure and 300+ models from OpenRouter.
Supported Subscriptions	Claude Code ChatGPT	-
Pricing Model	Free	Free
Free Tier	No	No
Price Range	$0	$0
Source Code Availability	Open Source (AGPL-3.0)	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/kirby88/vix	https://github.com/patriceckhart/zot
Development State	active	active