Crush and kimi-cli, fact by fact
| Fact | Crush | kimi-cli |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 28,542Verified 8 Oct 2026 | not tracked for kimi-cli |
| Newest commit | 6 Oct 20261 days old when we read itVerified 8 Oct 2026 | not tracked for kimi-cli |
| Contributors | 154Verified 8 Oct 2026 | not tracked for kimi-cli |
| License | OtherVerified 8 Oct 2026 | not tracked for kimi-cli |
| Latest stable release | v0.97.1published 29 Sep 2026Verified 8 Oct 2026 | not tracked for kimi-cli |
| npm downloads | 7,773 a week@charmland/crushVerified 8 Oct 2026 | not tracked for kimi-cli |
| Repository | charmbracelet/crushGoVerified 8 Oct 2026 | not tracked for kimi-cli |
What our catalogue holds
These are curated rows, not readings. We state no difference between the two columns because we have not checked either of them.
| Catalogue field | Crush | kimi-cli |
|---|---|---|
| Category | CLI Tool | CLI Tool |
| Where it runs | Terminal | Terminal |
| Pricing string, uncheckedWrong on 43 of our 190 rows. Not a price of ours. | Open Source | Open Source |
| Vendor page | github.com | github.com |
What we know about Crush
Crush is configured by a `crushrc` that is Bash, and it runs that Bash identically on Windows because Crush embeds its own Bash interpreter rather than calling the host shell.
“Because Crush has a native, built-in Bash interpreter, Bash-based config works identically across all platforms, including Windows.”
Code in a terminal on a platform the other agents skip: Crush ships first-class builds for Android, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD as well as macOS, Linux and Windows.
“- **Works Everywhere:** first-class support in every terminal on macOS, Linux, Windows (PowerShell and WSL), Android, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and NetBSD”
Work in a typed language where the compiler knows more than the file: Crush attaches language servers, so `lsp add go --command "gopls"` feeds gopls output into the agent's context.
“- **LSP-Enhanced:** Crush uses LSPs for additional context, just like you do”
Start a task on an expensive model and finish it on a cheap one: Crush swaps the model mid-session and keeps the context.
“- **Flexible:** switch LLMs mid-session while preserving context”
Crush is not open source today: it ships under the Functional Source License 1.1, which bars any competing commercial use until each version turns MIT two years after release.
“A Permitted Purpose is any purpose other than a Competing Use. A Competing Use · means making the Software available to others in a commercial product or · service that: · 1. substitutes for the Software;”
A new model reaches Crush only when a separate repository merges it, because the default model list lives in Catwalk, not in Crush.
“Crush’s default model listing is managed in [Catwalk](https://github.com/charmbracelet/catwalk), a community-supported, open source repository of Crush-compatible models, and you’re welcome to contribute.”
Crush has no read-only planning mode: the request for Build and Plan modes has been open since 2025-12-28 with 61 reactions.
“Build / Plan Modes”
A team that needs an approval prompt on every shell command out of the box should pick Codex CLI or GitHub Copilot CLI.
“- **Full control:** Preview every action before execution — nothing happens without your explicit approval.”
What Crush costs
Charm Hyper, the provider built for Crush, gives 100 Hypercredits a month at $0 and 250 a day on a $20 monthly subscription; 1 Hypercredit is 5 cents.
“Hypercredits are the core of Hyper's usage-based pricing model, where credits map directly to token costs. 1 Hypercredit is currently 5¢, and they're distributed based on your subscription tier.”
What this page does not answer
We have researched Crush and we have not researched kimi-cli. That means the judgments above answer for one tool and not for the other, and we publish no price for kimi-cli because we have not read its pricing page. Nothing on this page about kimi-cli is our opinion; there is not enough evidence yet for one.
Questions people ask
- Are Crush and kimi-cli still maintained?
- Crush committed to charmbracelet/crush (main) on 6 Oct 2026. kimi-cli has no repository we track. Both readings come from the default branch of each repository, on the date shown beside them.
- What does Crush cost?
- Crush: Charm Hyper, the provider built for Crush, gives 100 Hypercredits a month at $0 and 250 a day on a $20 monthly subscription; 1 Hypercredit is 5 cents. kimi-cli: we have not read its pricing page, so we publish no price for it. Every figure here is quoted from the vendor's own page and linked beside the claim.
- Is Crush or kimi-cli open source?
- Crush's repository charmbracelet/crush reports the Other licence. We have not read a licence for kimi-cli. We read the licence GitHub reports for the repository, which is not the same question as whether the hosted product is free.
How we check this page
- Machine facts. Stars, contributors, the newest commit on the default branch, the licence GitHub reports and the latest stable release come from the GitHub API, and download counts from npm, PyPI, Homebrew and the VS Code Marketplace. Each value carries the day it was last confirmed, never the day this page was built. The line under each label is arithmetic on those two values.
- Judgments. Every claim about what a tool suits, what it is bad at and what it costs is quoted from a page we read, and that page is linked beside the claim. Where there is no link, we wrote no claim.
- Index status. Crush carries claims we read, quoted and linked; kimi-cli does not. So this page is offered to search engines.
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