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Ordered by the requirements met, strengths preserved, explicit trade-offs and research coverage. Sponsorship does not enter the order.
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OpenHands
Open-source software engineering agent with a browser client, CLI and Python SDK; local, cloud or self-hosted.
Free (Free)Where it improves on Juggler
- +In your editor · PartialZed, JetBrains and Toad connect natively over the Agent Client Protocol and VS Code via a community extension, but the vendor labels the whole integration experimental.Evidence ↗
- +In your pipeline · YesShips GitHub Actions plugins for PR review and QA that fire on pull-request events, plus a headless CLI mode with JSONL output for pipelines.Evidence ↗
- +In a browser · YesA web GUI (Agent Canvas) is listed on every plan, locally and hosted.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Juggler
- −Getting out · PartialAccount content can be managed, deleted in-product, or deleted on written request; no data-export mechanism and no credit-expiry term is published, and payments are stated to be non-refundable.Evidence ↗
34/35 researched criteria · 1 not established - 02
goose
Open source AI agent for coding and general tasks; runs locally as a desktop app, CLI, or ACP server.
Free (self-hosted)Where it improves on Juggler
- +Ships it · YesIt goes past the diff: shell access plus deployment extensions (Netlify, Vercel) and CI/CD pipelines. There is no built-in deploy step; shipping is whatever your extension or pipeline does.Evidence ↗
- +In your editor · YesEditors connect to goose as an ACP agent; there is also a published VS Code extension. Both the VS Code extension and the ACP client integration are labelled experimental in the docs.Evidence ↗
- +In your pipeline · YesDocumented as a GitHub Actions job that comments on pull requests; the guide's worked example is automated PR code review.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Juggler
- −In a browser · NoThe vendor enumerates its surfaces as desktop app, CLI and API, with no hosted or browser UI. goose serve speaks HTTP/WebSocket but is an ACP backend for the Desktop client, and remote reach is a Telegram gateway or experimental p2p roaming, both driven from your own machine.Evidence ↗
34/35 researched criteria · 1 not established - 03
Junie
JetBrains' coding agent: runs in JetBrains IDEs, the terminal and CI, on JetBrains models or your own keys.
FreeWhere it improves on Juggler
- +In your editor · YesSelectable in the JetBrains AI chat across the JetBrains IDE family, plus Google's Android Studio.Evidence ↗
- +In your pipeline · YesOfficial GitHub Action triggered from issues and PR comments, a GitLab CI/CD integration, and a generic headless mode.Evidence ↗
- +A company can buy it · YesEvery paid plan card offers an Organizations purchase path, and the AI terms define a Business Customer buying AI Seats and credits.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Juggler
- −Self-hosted · PartialInference can be fully self-hosted (bundled local engine, Ollama/LM Studio/LiteLLM, or a self-hosted proxy); the agent binary itself is JetBrains-distributed.Evidence ↗
- −Open source · NoThe official JetBrains/junie repository carries installers and release registries under an all-rights-reserved licence; no agent source is published.Evidence ↗
34/35 researched criteria · 1 not established - 04
zot
Single-binary terminal coding agent harness in Go: five built-in tools, most providers, extensions in any language.
FreeWhere it improves on Juggler
- +API access · YesThree ways in: a Go in-process SDK, zot rpc speaking NDJSON over stdin/stdout, and a packaged Node.js TypeScript client plus a Swift xcframework.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Juggler
- −Debugs and fixes · PartialNo dedicated debugging feature; the vendor names failure investigation only as an example of a task you can hand a background sub-agent, which then edits the same working directory.Evidence ↗
- −In a browser · NoNo hosted web app. The only remote surface documented is a Telegram DM bridge over a protocol-agnostic bot core.Evidence ↗
33/35 researched criteria · 2 not established - 05
OpenCode
Open source AI coding agent for the terminal, desktop, browser and IDE, running any model you connect.
FreeWhere it improves on Juggler
- +In your editor · YesAn extension covers VS Code and its forks, and ACP support puts it inside Zed and JetBrains IDEs.Evidence ↗
- +In your pipeline · YesIt executes inside your GitHub Actions runner, and a parallel integration runs it in GitLab CI or GitLab Duo.Evidence ↗
- +In a browser · Yesopencode web starts a server bound to 127.0.0.1 and opens the browser UI, so the web surface is one you run rather than a vendor-hosted service.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Juggler
- −MCP server · NoMCP runs inbound only: external MCP servers become tools inside OpenCode, and no MCP endpoint exposing OpenCode itself is documented.Evidence ↗
- −Getting out · PartialBilling can be switched off at any time and the remaining balance stays spendable.Evidence ↗
33/35 researched criteria · 2 not established - 06
Kilo Code
Open source AI coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, CLI and cloud, with 500+ models at provider rates.
FreeWhere it improves on Juggler
- +In your editor · YesVS Code and every VS Code-based editor, plus all JetBrains IDEs.Evidence ↗
- +In your pipeline · YesReviews can fire automatically on PR creation, and Cloud Agent sessions can be started by webhook.Evidence ↗
- +In a browser · YesCloud Agents are driven from a browser dashboard, and there is a Slack surface.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Juggler
- −Agent permissions · PartialAuto-approve exists, but the OS-level sandbox that bounds it is experimental and Linux/macOS only.Evidence ↗
- −Self-hosted · PartialThe MIT clients can be forked and self-hosted and inference can be fully local, but Gateway, Cloud Agents and team administration are Kilo-hosted.Evidence ↗
- −Getting out · PartialUsage data has documented export endpoints and credit purchases can be refunded (the 5% fee is not); the site states nothing about credits expiring.Evidence ↗
35/35 researched criteria
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