AI CLI Tools Comparison

Compare 19 AI CLI tools side by side across pricing, open source, model support, multi-file editing, Git integration, and more.

19 tools·11 comparison dimensions

AI Coding CLI(8)

ToolPriceGitHub StarsOpen SourceModelsMax ContextMulti-file EditGit IntegrationMCP SupportSub-agentsPlatformsReleased
OpenCode🔓
Open-source AI coding agent for the terminal, 188K⭐ community favorite
Free (BYOK)188K+✓GPT-4o, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, and more依模型而定✓✓✓✓macOS, Linux2025
Claude Code
Anthropic's official AI coding agent for the terminal
Subscription ($20/mo + API usage)——Claude Sonnet/Opus only200K tokens✓✓✓✓macOS, Linux2025
Codex CLI🔓
OpenAI's open-source AI coding agent CLI
BYOK (Bring Your Own Key)100K+✓GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, o-series (via API)128K tokens✓✓✓—macOS, Linux2025
Gemini CLI🔓
Google's open-source AI agent for the terminal
Free (60 req/min, 1000 req/day)106K+✓Gemini 2.5 Pro/Flash (multi-model support)1M tokens✓—✓✓macOS, Linux, Windows2025
Aider🔓
Open-source AI pair programming assistant in the terminal
Free (BYOK)48K+✓Claude, GPT-4o, DeepSeek, Llama, and more依模型而定✓✓——macOS, Linux, Windows2023
GitHub Copilot CLI
GitHub's official AI command-line suggestion tool
Subscription ($10-39/mo)11K+—GPT-4o (via GitHub Copilot)有限—✓——macOS, Linux, Windows2024
OpenClaw🔓
Open-source AI coding CLI agent, 384K⭐ community favorite
Free (BYOK)384K+✓Multi-model support (Claude, GPT, Gemini, etc.)依模型而定✓✓✓—macOS, Linux2025
Hermes Agent🔓
Nous Research's open-source AI agent framework
Free (BYOK)217K+✓Multi-model (DeepSeek, Claude, GPT, etc.)依模型而定✓✓✓✓macOS, Linux2025

AI Model CLI(7)

ToolPriceGitHub StarsOpen SourceModelsMax ContextMulti-file EditGit IntegrationMCP SupportSub-agentsPlatformsReleased
Ollama🔓
Local LLM runner — run models with one command
Free (local)176K+✓Llama, Mistral, Gemma, Qwen, 100+ models依模型而定————macOS, Linux, Windows2023
llama.cpp🔓
C/C++ LLM inference engine
Free (local)121K+✓GGUF models (Llama, Mistral, Qwen, etc.)可配置（最高 128K+）————macOS, Linux, Windows2023
vLLM🔓
High-performance LLM inference and serving engine
Free (BYO GPU)87K+✓Major models (Llama, Mistral, Qwen, etc.)依模型而定————Linux (GPU required)2023
LiteLLM🔓
Unified LLM API proxy (100+ model providers)
Free (BYOK) + Enterprise54K+✓100+ models (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, local, etc.)依模型而定————macOS, Linux, Windows2023
LLM (Simon Willison)🔓
CLI tool for interacting with LLMs (plugin-based)
Free (BYOK)12K+✓Plugin system (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, local, etc.)依模型而定————macOS, Linux2023
Hugging Face CLI🔓
Hugging Face official CLI tool
Free (registration required)4K+✓200K+ models (Hugging Face Hub)依模型而定—✓——macOS, Linux, Windows2020
OpenAI CLI
OpenAI official CLI tool
Pay-per-use (API)31K+—GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, o-series, DALL·E128K tokens————macOS, Linux, Windows2020

AI Framework(4)

ToolPriceGitHub StarsOpen SourceModelsMax ContextMulti-file EditGit IntegrationMCP SupportSub-agentsPlatformsReleased
LangChain CLI🔓
LLM application development framework CLI
Free + LangSmith paid142K+✓Multi-model integration依模型而定———✓macOS, Linux, Windows2022
Dify🔓
Open-source LLM app development platform (CLI secondary)
Free + Cloud paid149K+✓Multi-model integration依模型而定———✓macOS, Linux, Windows2023
Langfuse CLI🔓
LLM observability and tracing platform
Free tier + Enterprise31K+✓Multi-model integrationN/A————macOS, Linux, Windows2023
Gradio🔓
ML app quick-build CLI (Python UI library)
Free + Hugging Face Spaces43K+✓Any ML modelN/A————macOS, Linux, Windows2020

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