Crush

Crush

Charm
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About

Crush is a glamorous AI coding agent that lives right in your terminal, seamlessly connecting your tools, code, and workflows with any Large Language Model (LLM) of your choice. It offers multi-model flexibility, letting you choose from a variety of LLMs or add your own using OpenAI or Anthropic-compatible APIs, and supports mid-session switching between them while preserving context. Crush is session-based, enabling multiple project-specific contexts to coexist. Powered by Language Server Protocol (LSP) enhancements, it incorporates coding-aware context just like a developer’s editor. It's highly extensible via Model Context Protocol (MCP) plugins using HTTP, stdio, or SSE for added capabilities. Crush runs anywhere, leveraging Charm’s sleek Bubble Tea-based TUI for a polished terminal user experience. Written in Go and MIT-licensed (with FSL-1.1 for trademarks), enabling developers to stay in their terminal while taking advantage of expressive AI coding assistance.

About

Muse Code is Meta’s terminal coding agent, powered by Muse Spark 1.2, for handling complex software engineering tasks across large repositories. The agent can plan changes, write code, validate results, and coordinate multiple persistent subagents during development sessions. Muse Code uses async background agents that stay active throughout a session to reduce repeated information gathering and help complete multi-step tasks with less steering. Its runtime uses a local event log that records model calls, tool runs, approvals, and edits so sessions can be replayed and resumed after failures. Muse Code includes bundled skills such as /plan for approval-gated planning, /grill for stress-testing plans, and /goal for working toward completion. Built for AI developers and software teams, Muse Code helps automate coding workflows, long-running engineering tasks, debugging, and repository-level development.

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Supported
Cloud Not Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Supported
Cloud Not Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

Developers and technical users in search of a solution offering an AI-powered coding assistant that integrates seamlessly with their workflows

Audience

Software engineers, AI developers, coding agent users, platform teams, DevOps teams, ML engineers, research teams, enterprise development teams, and organizations that need terminal coding agents, repository automation, code generation, debugging, validation, persistent subagents, replay-safe execution, long-running coding workflows, and end-to-end software development support

Support

Phone Support Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

API

Offers API Supported

API

Offers API Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

Free
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Pricing

$1.25 per 1M tokens (input)
Standard pricing: $1.25 per million input tokens and $4.25 per million output tokens

Discounted "contributor" tier costing $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens for users who agree to share feedback to improve the AI.
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 5.0 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Crush is really appealing from a developer’s point of view because it brings agentic coding into the terminal without making the workflow feel bloated. It feels like a tool for people who already live in the command line and want an AI agent that can work with their existing code, tools, and habits. I like that it is open source and model-flexible. Being able to wire your own LLM into the workflow is a big deal because different coding tasks need different tradeoffs around cost, speed, context, and reasoning quality. The terminal UI is also a nice fit for real development work. Crush is not trying to replace the whole IDE; it gives you an agentic layer where you can ask for help, work through code, run commands, and stay close to the environment you already use. The active GitHub repo is a good sign too. Frequent commits, lots of stars, and ongoing work around providers, MCP, hooks, and shell features make it feel like a project with real momentum instead of a one-off AI demo.

Cons

  • Crush is probably not the best fit for someone who wants a polished, hand-holdy coding assistant with everything abstracted away. It feels more geared toward developers who are comfortable in the terminal and want control over models, config, permissions, and workflows. I would also be careful with any AI coding agent that can interact with your shell and project files. Recent research on coding-agent setup workflows shows that agents can be vulnerable to malicious or misleading project instructions, dependency names, registry redirects, and unsafe install steps, so developers still need review habits and guardrails. For production repos, I would keep permissions tight, review commands, watch file diffs, and avoid letting any agent run destructive operations without explicit approval.

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Muse Code looks exciting because Meta is finally going after coding agents directly, not just releasing another general AI model. A terminal-based agent that can write code, inspect software, run tests, and validate changes is exactly the kind of workflow developers actually care about. The pricing angle is a big deal. Meta is pitching Muse Code as one of the more affordable coding agents, with a lower-cost tier that is reportedly less than one-tenth the cost of its general Muse Spark model. That matters if you use coding agents all day instead of just for the occasional refactor. I also like that it is powered by Muse Spark 1.2, which sounds more focused on software engineering than earlier Muse Spark releases. If Meta can make the agent reliable inside real repos, Muse Code could become a serious daily tool.

Cons

  • It is still in beta, so I would not trust it blindly yet. Coding agents need to prove themselves on messy codebases, failing tests, weird dependencies, security-sensitive changes, and long multi-step tasks. I would also want to see more independent developer feedback. Meta’s pricing and positioning are interesting, but the real test is whether Muse Code can consistently make good changes without wasting time or creating cleanup work.

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Supported

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Company Information

Charm
Founded: 2019
United States
github.com/charmbracelet/crush

Company Information

Meta
Founded: 2004
United States
meta.ai

Alternatives

Factory Droid

Factory Droid

Factory.ai

Alternatives

Claude Code

Claude Code

Anthropic
OpenCode

OpenCode

Anomaly Innovations
Hermes Agent

Hermes Agent

Nous Research
Auggie CLI

Auggie CLI

Augment Code
AtomCode

AtomCode

AtomGit

Categories

Agentic AI Supported
AI Coding Agents Supported

Categories

Integrations

Amazon Bedrock Supported
Claude Supported
Claude Max Supported
FreeBSD Supported
GLM Coding Plan Supported
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Supported
GitHub Copilot Supported
JSON Supported
LM Studio Supported
Meta AI Not Supported
Model Context Protocol (MCP) Supported
Muse Spark 1.1 Not Supported
Muse Spark 1.2 Not Supported
Muse Spark 1.3 Not Supported
NetBSD Supported
OAuth Supported
Ollama Supported
OpenAI Supported
OpenBSD Supported
PowerShell Supported

Integrations

Amazon Bedrock Not Supported
Claude Not Supported
Claude Max Not Supported
FreeBSD Not Supported
GLM Coding Plan Not Supported
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Not Supported
GitHub Copilot Not Supported
JSON Not Supported
LM Studio Not Supported
Meta AI Supported
Model Context Protocol (MCP) Not Supported
Muse Spark 1.1 Supported
Muse Spark 1.2 Supported
Muse Spark 1.3 Supported
NetBSD Not Supported
OAuth Not Supported
Ollama Not Supported
OpenAI Not Supported
OpenBSD Not Supported
PowerShell Not Supported
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