Codebuff vs. Groq Code CLI

Feature	Codebuff	Groq Code CLI

Tagline	AI coding assistant for your terminal	A lightweight, customizable open-source CLI coding agent by Groq
Website	https://codebuff.com	https://github.com/build-with-groq/groq-code-cli
Language	typescript	typescript
Release Date	November 4, 2024	July 30, 2025
Last Updated	April 28, 2026	April 28, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	No
Git Integration	deep	none
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	No
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	No
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	No
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	None - terminal only	None - terminal only
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	No
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	Model-dependent
Supported Models	Any supported OpenRouter model	Groq Compound Models, GPT-OSS, Llama, Qwen, Kimi K2 DeepSeek, Mistral (via Groq)
Pricing Model	Freemium	BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free 500 credits/mo / $100-500/mo	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/CodebuffAI/codebuff	https://github.com/build-with-groq/groq-code-cli
Development State	active	active