Feature Matrix
May 20, 2026 · View on GitHub
AI coding agents feature matrix. I provide to tools which i'm using daily or used
CLI Agents
| Features | Claude Code | OpenCode | Codex | Droid | Gemini |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Performance | Medium | Fast | Fast | Medium | Medium |
| Debug agent | Yes | No | No | No | - |
| Extensions | VSCode, JetBrains | - | VSCode, JetBrains | - | VSCode |
| IDE Integration | VSCode, Zed | VSCode | VSCode, Zed | VSCode, Zed | VSCode, Zed |
| Source code | Closed | FOSS | FOSS | Closed | - |
| Mode | |||||
| Orchestrator mode | No | No | No | No | No |
| Plan mode | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Act mode | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ask mode | Yes | Partial | Partial | Partial | No |
| Chat mode | Plan mode | Plan mode | Read-only | Plan mode | No |
| To-Do Prepare | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| Ralph / METR | No | No | /goal | /missions | No |
| MCP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MCP Lazy/Search | Yes 1 | No | Yes 1, 2, 3 | Yes 1 | No |
| Tools | |||||
| Web search | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Web fetch | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Tool search | Yes 1 | No | Yes 1, 2, 3 | Yes 1 | No |
| Advisor | A/B 1 | No | No | No | No |
| Parallel calling | Yes 1 | Yes ? | GPT-5.4+ | No | No |
| Skills | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Skills Lazy/Search | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Skills Commands | Yes | No | No | No | No |
.agents Unified | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Features | |||||
AGENTS.md | CLAUDE.md | Yes | Yes | Yes | GEMINI.md |
| Plugins | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Extensions |
| Hooks | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| LSP | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Hierarchical Tree | Yes | No | No | No | ? |
| Subagents | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| Swarm/Teams | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Customization | |||||
| Custom models | Partial | Yes | Partial | Partial | No |
| BYOK | Vendor | Yes | Vendor | Yes | Vendor |
| Security | |||||
| Sandbox | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Extensions
| Features | Claude Code | Cline | Kilo Code | Codex | Github Copilot | Gemini Code Assist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Performance | Slow | Medium | Medium | Fastest | Medium | Medium |
| Debug extension | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Available | VSCode, Zed | VSCode, JetBrains | VSCode, JetBrains | VSCode, Zed | VSCode, JetBrains, Zed | VSCode, Zed |
| Source code | Closed | FOSS | FOSS | Closed | FOSS | - |
| Mode | ||||||
| Orchestrator mode | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Plan mode | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Act mode | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ask mode | Yes | No | Partial | Partial | Partial | No |
| Chat mode | Plan mode | Plan mode | Plan mode | Read-only | Plan mode | No |
| To-Do Prepare | Yes | - | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| MCP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MCP Lazy/Search | Yes 1 | No | No | Yes 1, 2, 3 | Yes | No |
| Tools | ||||||
| Web search | Yes | Partial | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Web fetch | Yes | Partial | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Skills | Yes | Yes | Kilo Rules | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Skills Lazy/Search | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Skills Commands | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
.agents Unified | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Features | ||||||
AGENTS.md | CLAUDE.md | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | GEMINI.md |
| Plugins | Yes | No | No | No | No | Extensions |
| Hooks | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| LSP | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Hierarchical Tree | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? |
| Subagents | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Swarm/Teams | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Customization | ||||||
| Custom models | Partial | Yes | Yes | Partial | No | No |
| BYOK | Vendor | Yes | Yes | Vendor | Partial | Vendor |
| Security | ||||||
| Sandbox | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |