Cursor CLI vs. VT Code

Feature	Cursor CLI	VT Code

Tagline	Ship code with agents right from your terminal	Semantic AI coding agent with LLM-native code understanding
Website	https://cursor.com/cli	https://github.com/vinhnx/vtcode
Language	typescript	rust
Release Date	August 7, 2025	September 12, 2025
Last Updated	April 28, 2026	April 28, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	basic
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	No
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	Yes	No
IDE Integration	Cursor IDE, Xcode, Android Studio, JetBrains, VSCode, Neovim	VS Code, Zed, Cursor, Windsurf
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	No	Yes
Context Window	Up to 1M tokens	Model-dependent; auto-summarization
Supported Models	Composor 2, Claude Opus 4.6, GPT-5, Codex 5.3, Gemini 3, Grok	API compatible models for OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, DeepSeek, Z.AI, Ollama, LM Studio and 400+ models on OpenRouter
Pricing Model	Freemium	BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free / $20-200/mo	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Proprietary Software	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	N/A	https://github.com/vinhnx/vtcode
Development State	active	active